Atlanta Journal Constitution - The state will spend $775,800 to support four programs designed to make driving on Georgia roads safer, officials said. The safety programs include distributing child-safety seats to needy families, reducing risks on rural roads, and developing strategies to reduce crash injuries to older drivers.

Atlanta Journal Constitution - A man accused of killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old son and trying to make it look like a bathtub drowning is expected to go on trial next week in Albany. Vincent Soilberry is accused of beating Shondarius Roney in the head, chest and torso, resulting in "a lacerated liver, fractured ribs,

Atlanta Journal Constitution - New Year's Day brings new laws to Georgia. The state legislature passed a number of measures in 2008. Most went into effect in July, but a handful take effect the first of the year. Among them: S.B. 488: Drivers Licenses

Atlanta Journal Constitution - The head of Georgia's embattled mental health agency on Wednesday announced she will leave the post, having weathered years of underfunding, severe federal reports and community criticism that her agency is in crisis. Gwen Skinner took the helm of the state Division of Mental Health, Developmental

Atlanta Journal Constitution - The east Georgia city of Crawfordville will provide a backdrop for an upcoming Robert Duvall movie, a 1930s drama called "Get Low." The seat of Taliaferro County was chosen because its appearance has changed little in 70 years, with no fast-food chains marring the landscape. Bob Kendrick, president

Atlanta Journal Constitution - Mexico sent 10 alleged drug smugglers to the United States on Wednesday, capping an already record year for extraditions between the two countries. Several were high-ranking members of Mexico's most powerful drug gangs, including the Gulf and Tijuana-based Arellano-Felix cartels. The suspects will

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Atlanta Journal Constitution - For half a century, normal rainfall for metro Atlanta has meant at least 50 inches a year. That's more than Seattle, and enough to fill drinking water reservoirs, keep grass green and wash away the springtime pollen. But the definition of "normal" could be changing. State climatologist David

Atlanta Journal Constitution - Police in California are asking for the public's help in finding a woman believed to be living in metro Atlanta who is wanted for stealing $300,000 from an elderly woman. Hazel Whitt Mitchell, 73, is wanted on a charge of financial elder abuse. She is accused of scamming another woman, now 93, out

Atlanta Journal Constitution - The American Red Cross is starting the new year with a giving spirit. The organization has revived its "Live Life, Give Life" promotion, which will reward three donors with a pair of round-trip airline tickets on Delta Airlines. The promotion is one way to thank donors for their time, said April

Miami Herald - Herman Rosenblat offered the world his heartwarming tale of the love he discovered in a Nazi concentration camp. And it made him into a celebrity, until it was discovered it was only fiction.