Sunday,
Jan. 10, 1999 | Updated at 1:30 a.m. ET
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| Less than four
weeks after undergoing quadruple heart bypass surgery, Falcons coach Dan
Reeves walks off the field with a 20-18 playoff victory over San Francisco
and the team's first-ever trip to the NFC title game. (Beau Cabell/The
Macon Telegraph) |
Falcons strike gold
ATLANTA - For years, football for the Atlanta Falcons was like that
goofy Charles Atlas bodybuilding commercial. Which person was the strong
one and who was the weakling has always been clear. No more. DIRTY
BIRDS' ROOST
- Enter
our Super Bowl Sweepstakes!
Lott pledges fair Clinton trial
WASHINGTON - With White House lawyers and House prosecutors trying
to turn new ground rules to their advantage, Senate Majority Leader Trent
Lott pledged "above all, fairness" Saturday to President Clinton in the
impeachment trial that could remove him from office. AP
WIRE
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Senate trial
basics
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Live
coverage of the Senate hearings, courtesy of C-SPAN
Midstate legislators work to grant local wishes
ATLANTA - A permanent campus for Macon State College in Warner Robins
ranked as one of the spending priorities of the University System of Georgia
for 1999 but did not make the governor's list. FULL
STORY
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Switch to GOP
costly to Perdue
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GROWTH: Too
much of a good thing?
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Georgia state
Senate committees
Word of the year is 'e'
Even the sexiest, most scandalous news of 1998 couldn't keep the interactive
computing juggernaut from producing the year's top word.The American Dialect
Society's Word of the Year was "e-," the prefix in "e-commerce," "e-shopping,"
"e-banking" and other tasks that can now be done online. FULL
STORY
Jackets
hit 'low point'
ATLANTA - Any chance Georgia Tech had of challenging for the ACC championship
this season died when guard Dion Glover tore his knee ligaments in the
first practice of preseason. Now any chance of simply competing against
the lower half of the conference seems to be evaporating as well. SPORTS
Gochenour
seen in Senate as a man of conviction
Looking back over his political career last week, Ed Gochenour, 46,
cited passage of the single-appeal legislation as one of his most memorable
achievements during his six years in the Senate. LOCAL/STATE
RON
WOODGEARD
An industry of creepy-crawlers
Normally, I hate to bust out harshly on any issue. But I'll share this
anyway. Health insurance companies can be the lowest form of prehensile
life that crawls the earth. No. That's not strong enough. PERSPECTIVES
POP
BUZZ
Awards shows will save the best for 'Private Ryan'
Welcome to Pop Buzz, a biweekly feature that will keep a finger on
the pulse of American pop culture. FEATURES
THE
NEED TO READ
Cutting adult illiteracy tops chamber's priorities
About 32 percent of Bibb County residents 25 and older do not have
high school diplomas. That's why increasing funding and programs to teach
illiterate adults to read is among the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce's
top priorities for this year's legislative session, which begins Monday. BUSINESS
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How,
who where?
