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FACT CHECK: Stumbles in latest presidential debate
Analysis
In the rough-and-tumble of a town hall-style debate, not all of the presidential candidates’ claims stood up to scrutiny Tuesday night.
Biden’s debate tactics fell short
Letter to the editor
I listened to the vice presidential debate while working and then again on TV when I got home. I even watched analysis of the debate from several liberal dissidents. Even some of the so-called Democrats said it was dead even.
Romney destined to be president
His name is Mitt Romney and he is a throwback, one whose character exemplifies those mettlesome politicians of old who so faithfully served their country and all the people therein, those of renown stature such as Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Regan — three throughly honest, god-fearing statesmen, one and all.
Voting booth is a person’s bully pulpit
Letter to the editor
Come Nov. 7, 2012, will your voice have been heard?
‘Spreading wealth’ spreads poverty
Opinion column
Not since the days of slavery have there been so many people who feel entitled to what other people have produced as there are in the modern welfare state, whether in Western Europe or on this side of the Atlantic.
Candidates meet in second debate
An aggressive President Barack Obama ripped into Mitt Romney’s economic blueprint in a town hall style debate Tuesday night, accusing his rival of favoring only a “one-point plan” to help the rich at the expense of the nation’s middle class. The Republican protested the charge was way off the mark.
Score a (partial) victory for the world’s grandmoms
Opinion column
It would have been easy enough for the Dougherty County Commission to ignore Shirley and Eddie Nelson.
Herald blue and gold online for ASU homecoming week
Albany State University celebrates Homecoming this week.
Brian Kemp stops by Terrell elections office
Officials with the Georgia Secretary of State's Office are predicting that the voter turnout for this year's election will be at least 70 percent.
Two plead guilty to armed robbery
Two men under the age of 21 will serve at least 10 years in prison for a March 2011 robbery.
Squawk of the Day - Oct. 17, 2012
Pick up Wednesday's Herald to see what everyone is squawking about.
Albany State University professor honored
John McRae trains students at Albany State's Cairo site to become teachers.
Rotary hears support for Amendment 1
A constitutional amendment on the Nov. 6 ballot would allow state or local approval of public charter schools in Georgia upon the request of the individual communities.
Hilton to get Starbucks and a general upgrade
The Hilton Garden Inn is installing a Starbucks coffee spot and makes various hotel upgrades.
City votes to tighten reins on WG&L
The Albany City Commission wants the city manager to manage a hazardous waste cleanup site.
Albany approves road resurfacing list
Albany's Public Works department maps out $4 million in special tax-funded road resurfacing projects.
Investigator: Microwave wasn't plugged in when it killed Sylvester man
Jimmy Roddy of Sylvester was electrocuted Saturday while working on the appliance.
Local business woman found dead in shop
Officials remember Amaya King as an “upbeat, courageous” person.
Albert Moore
Albert Moore, 68, Albany, died October 15, 2012
Wallace Ward Cleveland
Wallace Ward Cleveland, 81, Blakely, died October 15, 2012
Marjorie Nell (Riner) Martin
Marjorie Nell Martin, 74, died October 7, 2012
Larry Fred Bullard
Larry Fred Bullard, 59, Columbus, died October 10, 2012
Brandon Wood
Brandon Wood, Albany, died October 15, 2012
John Stanley Felter
John Stanley Felter , 68, died October 15, 2012
Zenobia Fleming Allen
Zenobia Fleming Allen, 84, Lawrenceville, died October 14, 2012
Edward Gerald Herrod
Edward Gerald Herrod, 76, died October 16, 2012
Emma B. Fisher
Emma B. Fisher, 90, Albany died October 14, 2012
Dorothy Slade Horne
Dorothy Slade Horne, 90, Cordele, died October 15, 2012
Horace Jackson Thompson
Horace Jackson Thompson, 85, Moultrie, died October 15, 2012
Joyce D. Margerum
Joyce Dutchess Margerum, 61, September 29, 2012
Second Baker sheriff runoff ordered
Judge Loring Gray sees evidence of doubt in the recent Baker County sheriff’s race runoff and orders a new election.
Lake Park Student Places 3rd in National Archery Tournament
Kate Douglas, an Albany 5th grader, placed third in a national archery competition.
Braves' McCann undergoes surgery on injured shoulder
Duluth grad could be ready for first month of season.
Heard withdraws election lawsuit
The write-in at-large Dougherty School Board candidate says he wants to concentrate on the Nov. 6 election.
AP: Beyonce set for Super Bowl halftime
All the single ladies will be watching the upcoming Super Bowl along with football lovers. That's because Beyonce is the halftime show performer.
Taliban: 14-year-old girl deserved to be killed for supporting Obama
Taliban insurgents said on Tuesday that the Pakistani schoolgirl its gunmen shot in the head deserved to die because she had spoken out against the group and praised U.S. President Barack Obama.
Study: Romney's privatized Medicare would raise premiums
Nearly six in 10 Medicare recipients would pay higher premiums under a hypothetical privatized system along the lines of what Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has proposed, according to a study released Monday.
Social Security benefits to go up by 1.7 percent
More than 56 million Social Security recipients will soon find out how much their monthly payments will go up next year.
Politicians in it for themselves
Letter to the editor
Well, it looks like our country is truly a country of the politicians, by the politicians and for the politicians, and, of course, their families.
Charter schools give kids a chance
Letter to the editor
I am a mother of three, a wife of a farmer and a proud PTO parent in rural Southwest Georgia. When our family moved to Morgan to be closer to our family farm, I realized that the public school wasn’t an option for my kids. Some kids may go well in the system, but mine didn’t.
Enlightened battle Taliban's ignorance
Letter to the editor
Once again education has had a dramatic win over ignorance and fear. The lack of education to understand the world and its progressions couldn’t have been more apparent than what the Taliban attempted to do last week.
