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Sunstrom gets NJCAA Pitcher of the Week

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Tweet Written by David Mann ALBANY, Ga. – The NJCAA voted Darton State College’s ace AJ Sunstrom as the D-1 Pitcher of the Week, Thursday.

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Men’s and Women’s Softball League Registration At the Recreation and Parks Department

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Tweet Special to the Journal Albany, Ga – The Albany Recreation and Parks Department announces its 2013 Men’s and Women’s Spring Softball League registration. Register your team now through March 25. The registration fee is $350 per team, and no entry will be allowed without payment. Ten regular season games will be played at Gordon [...]

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Isakson Co-Sponsors ‘Careers for Veterans Act’

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Tweet WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson today co-sponsored the Careers for Veterans Act, a bill that would help create long-term, sustainable jobs for America’s veterans by transitioning the skills they gained through their service into jobs in the civilian workforce. By making licenses and credentials in their chosen fields more accessible, this bill will [...]

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ALBANY JAILBIRDS RAISE OVER $71,000 FOR MDA

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Tweet Special to the Journal TALLAHASSEE, FL  — The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), along with 85 jailbirds from the Albany business community, had a successful Albany Lock Up that raised over $71,000 on February 27th at Merry Acres.

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BISHOP VOTES TO KEEP GOVERNMENT OPEN

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Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Sanford Bishop (GA-02), Ranking Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies released a statement regarding his vote to pass H.R. 933, the Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of [...]

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Some Republicans Picking Wrong Fight

By   /  March 8, 2013  /  Charlie Harper  /   Comments

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Tweet There is yet another fight brewing in Washington over the budget.  And has become custom, the fight isn’t between Republicans and Democrats, but is Republican versus Republican.  The money authorized by Congress is set to expire at the end of this month.  As such, a new Continuing Resolution must be passed to fund federal [...]

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Rand Paul’s question far from offensive

By   /  March 8, 2013  /  Tom Knighton  /   Comments

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Tweet American politics can be offensive.  It’s the nature of the beast on that front.  Senator Lindsey Graham called Rand Paul’s question about whether drones would be used on Americans not engaged in combat on American soil offensive.  I’m sorry Sen. Graham, but the offensive thing is that it took so long for such a [...]

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Republicans plan ‘historical, monumental’ effort to defeat gun bills

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Tweet Written by Greg Campbell of the Daily Caller Foundation Some of the most controversial gun bills being considered by the Democratic-controlled Colorado legislature might not be the shoo-in legislation that many have assumed them to be. according to an article in the Denver Post, three of seven gun bills being heard in the Colorado [...]

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