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Mayer, O'Boyle win half-marathon
TYBEE ISLAND--Another Critz Tybee Run Fest is in the books, and to win the event's signature race, you had to average faster than a six-minute mile. Chris Mayer of Dacula, 23, won the half-marathon with a 1:15:36 time, beating out several Savannah College of Arts and Design students. The Barry College grad bested his personal record time by about 45 seconds.
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The big game means big bucks for local businesses
SAVANNAH, GA- It is not just a Super Bowl Sunday for local businesses. "We call it a Super Fest here at Coach's Corner," says bar manager John Henderson. With a super week comes big bucks every year for the popular sports bar. "Its one of our busiest times of year," continues Henderson. While businesses gear up for the big game, they are
National
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Protesters gather outside Saleh's hotel
NEW YORK (AP) — A protest of the embattled president of Yemen outside the New York hotel where he's staying got heated when demonstrators saw him leave the building. The dozen protesters had been kept across the street from the Ritz-Carlton hotel Sunday afternoon. They had been waving flags and yelling in opposition to President Ali Abdullah Saleh. He is
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Seven hurt in Pennsylvania fire
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fire officials say a blaze in a north Philadelphia row home injured seven people, including three firefighters, one critically. Authorities said the fire in the three-story building on North 20th Street was reported just before 6 a.m. Sunday. Arriving crews reported heavy black smoke pouring from the third floor. Firefighters battled the flames for about an hour
World
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Ex-Panama dictator Noriega suffers possible stroke
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panamanian police say former dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega has been transported from prison to a hospital, possibly because of a stroke. A statement issued Sunday from the National Police says Noriega had high blood pressure and apparently a brain hemorrhage. He was taken from the El Renacer prison to Hospital Santo Tomas in the nation's capital.
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Israeli premier to visit United States
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says he will visit the U.S. next month for the annual conference of AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby. A statement by Netanyahu's office Sunday said the prime minister would speak at the conference. It was not immediately clear if Netanyahu would meet U.S. President Obama during his visit. The visit comes at
Business
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Super Bowl ads battle for championship
NEW YORK (AP) — Forget the battle between the Giants and the Pats. The real Super Bowl showdown is between advertisers. The Super Bowl is advertising's biggest stage and companies spent an average of $3.5 million for 30-second commercials for the right to duke it out during Sunday's game. This year's ads use celebrities, nostalgia and sex appeal to draw
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Ford asks GM to pull Super Bowl ad
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ford is demanding that rival General Motors pull a Super Bowl commercial that implies the Chevrolet Silverado pickup is more dependable than the Ford F-Series. But GM stands by the ad and says it will run during Sunday's game. In the ad, a driver in a Silverado navigates a post-apocalyptic scene. When he meets up with
State
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Couple dead and baby injured in Ga. car crash
CANTON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a head-on collision in Cherokee County killed a mother and father from Texas and injured their two-month-old baby boy. Lt. Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened about 11 a.m. on a highway about five miles west of Canton. He says 48-year-old Rick Dean Headen and 40-year-old Charlotte Ann
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House fire in Auburn kills 1, injures another
AUBURN, Ga. (AP) — A fire at an Auburn home killed an elderly female resident and left a man with mild to moderate injuries. Lt. Eric Eberly told the Gwinnett Daily Post that firefighters rushing to the fire on Saturday night pulled one male inside the home from the fire. He says they then returned to the home and pulled
Product Recalls
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Strollers recalled due to a fall hazard
Bumbleride Inc. is recalling about 28,000 Bumbleride Indie & Indie Twin Strollers because the front wheel can break at the axle hub, causing the stroller to tip and posing a fall hazard. There have been 36 incidents of the front wheel cracking, including two reports of the stroller tipping over resulting in minor injuries. The recalled Bumbleride Indie strollers are
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Infant bodysuits recalled
Weeplay Kids, LLC is recalling about 128,000 Carter's Watch the Wear bodysuits and Sleep n' Play garments due to a choking hazard. The company says the snaps can detach from the fabric of the garment, posing a choking hazard to infants and young children. The company has received approximately 30 reports of snaps detaching from the garments. No injuries have