Sherwood faces real ‘Giants’ on the field

The Georgia State Panthers won their inaugural football game Thursday night by a 41-7 score over Shorter *** A would-be home invasion victim shot and killed an intruder in northwest Atlanta Thursday night-no charges are expected *** Republican gubernatorial candidate Nathan Deal fulfilled his pledge to release his tax records Thursday as his rival Roy Barnes had four months earlier. The former North Georgia congressman, who listed his net worth at $2.5 million on his financial disclosures, put 29 years worth of his income tax records on-line. He released only 1040 forms, which offer a basic overview, not the detailed supplemental forms that show the specific revenue streams that led to a congressional ethics investigation *** Hurricane Earl churned past the North Carolina Outer Banks and its powerful gusts and driving rains were starting to be felt in southeastern Virginia early Friday, the beginning of at least 24 hours of stormy, windy weather along the East Coast *** According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Gilberto Avalos-Rivera, 41, dropped off 911 pounds of marijuana on Oct. 19, 2009 at a residence in Griffin that the Mexican drug cartel La Familia was using as a off-loading site-he has been convicted on drug conspiracy charges *** Georgia's state DNA database, started in 1998, has solved its 2,000th crime *** BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion *** View Albany Herald photos at www.albanyherald.com Click "Get Photos" to make your selections from the homepage

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Updated: 12:01 AM Nov 19, 2009 Sherwood faces real ‘Giants’ on the field John Cannady, Baconton Posted: 12:00 AM Nov 19, 2009 Reporter: John Cannady, Baconton Email Address: letters@albanyherald.com

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