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Ecreia Laki Perez is being held on $6,000 bond in the Fulton County Jail after allegedly trying to bring a handgun and a stun gun that resembled a cell phone into the courthouse *** The maker of anti-wrinkle agent Botox has reached a $600 million settlement with federal prosecutors and agreed to plead guilty to illegal promotion of the product *** Hurricane Earl was barreling toward the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday with winds swirling at around 145 mph *** Two years after committing to fielding a football team and 97 years after the school's founding, Georgia State will play football tonight. The Panthers will play Shorter, the first date on its inaugural 11-game schedule that concludes with a Nov. 18 match-up against defending national champion Alabama *** U.S. prosecutors have charged the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, in the plot that killed seven CIA employees at an American base in Afghanistan last December *** Crews are expected to try to remove the blowout preventer on BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday. Officials plan to detach the blowout preventer from the well and replace it with a new one, a procedure aimed at paving the way for a final fix *** View Albany Herald photos at www.albanyherald.com Click "Get Photos" to make your selections from the homepage

Business
	Chamber to host business expo 0 Comments Last Updated: 11:53 PM 08/27/10 - The Albany Area Chamber of Commerce expects 1,000 people to attend a business expo in September. - Ricki Barker, staff writer (Full Story)
	Judge recommends $12M settlement on bad peanuts tied to Blakely plant 0 Comments Last Updated: 12:08 AM 08/27/10 - Peanut butter that sickened the plaintiffs in the case came from the plant in Blakely and Plainview, Texas. - The Associated Press (Full Story)
	Publix opens in Lee County 0 Comments Last Updated: 2:51 PM 08/18/10 - Hundreds swarm the new development off U.S. 19. (Full Story)
	Ga. Tech to partner with city in program 1 Comment Last Updated: 11:00 PM 08/17/10 - Tech has already offered help to more than 100 local vendors, officials say. - J.D. Sumner, government writer (Full Story)
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