http://www.dailyreportonline.com/news.jsp The Daily Report delivers Georgia legal news throughout the day. en-us Copyright 2013. ALM Media Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/terms.jsp http://www.law.com/img/ga/dr_rss_logo.png http://www.dailyreportonline.com/news.jsp Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:11 EDT apalmer@alm.com (Alyson M. Palmer) Mortgage lenders breathed a sigh of relief on Monday as the Georgia Supreme Court issued a ruling that unties the hands of banks seeking to foreclose on borrowers in default. David Ates (above), who represented homeowner plaintiffs in foreclosure cases at high court, said there "is absolutely no check on this process anymore." http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600922529&rss=rss_ga_news Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:11 EDT 1202600922529 gland@alm.com (Greg Land) The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday clarified how much medical malpractice defense lawyers must disclose to plaintiffs after interviewing their treating physicians, lawyers for both sides of the case said. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600922567&rss=rss_ga_news Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:10 EDT 1202600922567 ktucker@alm.com (Katheryn Hayes Tucker) After a career of building the business and legal framework for journalism, the man who was Ted Turner's top lawyer during the creation of Cable News Network has returned from a stint at the helm of Radio Free Europe with a new appreciation for speaking truth to power. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600924350&rss=rss_ga_news Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:09 EDT 1202600924350 In the Supreme Court of Georgia. Decided: May 20, 2013 http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600889520&rss=rss_ga_news Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:08 EDT 1202600889520 As the economy starts to improve, attorneys will increasingly explore the possibilities of moving to new law firms. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600884219&rss=rss_ga_news Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:07 EDT 1202600884219 A woman accused of arranging for her husband to be killed outside a suburban Atlanta preschool is set to be arraigned today for a third time. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600867719&rss=rss_ga_news Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:06 EDT 1202600867719 cdunn@alm.com (Catherine Dunn) In-house counsel tackled an increased number of class-action lawsuits last year, but managed to tamp down legal spending by an average of $100,000 per matter, according to the 2013 Carlton Fields Class Action Survey. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600884256&rss=rss_ga_news Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:05 EDT 1202600884256 mhamblett@alm.com (Mark Hamblett) The judge presiding over one of the most politically charged cases in recent New York City history says her 20 years on the bench have taught her to "appreciate more than ever the words 'judicial independence.'" http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600889553&rss=rss_ga_news Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:04 EDT 1202600889553 Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best to put off a controversy over gay marriage until a bill goes before the full Senate. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202601086964&rss=rss_ga_news Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202601086964 The family of a 22-year-old man killed in a barrage of police gunfire during a hip-hop Urban Beach Week festival in 2011 filed a civil rights and negligence lawsuit Tuesday seeking damages for his death and hoping to figure out what happened. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202601088370&rss=rss_ga_news Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202601088370 Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best to put off a controversy over gay marriage until a bill goes before the full Senate. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202601086341&rss=rss_ga_news Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202601086341 A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved ? and disable it remotely. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202601086039&rss=rss_ga_news Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202601086039 Authorities on Tuesday released nearly 600 photos that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202601080997&rss=rss_ga_news Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202601080997 The last of the suspects to be charged with the death of a Florida A & M University drum major during a hazing ritual has a date in court. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202601044347&rss=rss_ga_news Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202601044347 ldavidson@alm.com (Lawrence Viele Davidson) A week of bickering between a DeKalb County judge and the district attorney ended with another DeKalb judge saying he would rule in his colleague's favor - and then recusing from the case. DeKalb Superior Court Judge Daniel Coursey (above) listens during Friday's hearing on a suit against a fellow judge. Later, Coursey recused, citing a JQC regulation on not ruling on a colleague's case. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600680317&rss=rss_ga_news Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:11 EDT 1202600680317 gland@alm.com (Greg Land) Following a series of judicial rulings that dramatically reduced the scope of a multi­count legal malpractice case down to a single claim, a Fulton County jury found no liability against Atlanta attorney Louis Cohan and his former firm, now-defunct Weinstock & Scavo. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600682033&rss=rss_ga_news Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:10 EDT 1202600682033 gland@alm.com (Greg Land) Atlanta Public Schools don't have to respond to prosecutors' subpoena for students' records related to criminal allegations of school officials cheating on standardized tests - at least not for now. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600680353&rss=rss_ga_news Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:09 EDT 1202600680353 squalters@alm.com (Sheri Qualters) A federal judge has ruled that the estate of late entrepreneur and Internet activist Aaron Swartz may release to Congress and the public some of the information gathered by the lawyers preparing his defense in his hacking case. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600635842&rss=rss_ga_news Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:08 EDT 1202600635842 lshuchman@alm.com (Lisa Shuchman) Back in February, President Barack Obama indicated in his State of the Union address that 3-D printing may be the next big thing in manufacturing. What he didn't say is that 3-D printing may also be the next big thing in intellectual property disputes. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600635804&rss=rss_ga_news Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:05 EDT 1202600635804 ksloan@alm.com (Karen Sloan) Harvard University undergraduates who aspire to be attorneys will have a head start on admission to that law school across the way at starting in 2015. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600652982&rss=rss_ga_news Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:03 EDT 1202600652982 An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a bait-and-switch scheme has told jurors she had qualms about suing the developer-turned-TV star given his power and influence. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600903479&rss=rss_ga_news Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600903479 A federal judge has refused to dismiss a $75 million lawsuit accusing a Mississippi casino of serving a heavily medicated man so many free drinks that he collapsed in the bathroom of his hotel room and died. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600902788&rss=rss_ga_news Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600902788 An overhaul of Alabama's gun laws is on the way to Gov. Robert Bentley, who is expected to sign the proposal. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600890108&rss=rss_ga_news Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600890108 The U.S. Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state's redistricting. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600890028&rss=rss_ga_news Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600890028 One of Georgia's negotiators in a tri-state water dispute also is president of a lobbying firm that has sought to commercially develop a technology billed as a partial solution to that feud, a situation that a top state official and others say could look like a conflict even though it is legal. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600885824&rss=rss_ga_news Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600885824 The U.S. Attorney in Arizona violated Justice Department policy by providing Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent who helped reveal the botched arms-trafficking probe called Operation Fast and Furious, the Justice Department's inspector general said Monday. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600903679&rss=rss_ga_news Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600903679 rmcdonald@alm.com (R. Robin McDonald) A panel of the Georgia Court of Appeals was asked Thursday to rule on the validity of a Clayton County grand jury's public corruption investigation of Morrow's former city manager and his subsequent indictment. The defendant's lawyer (above), Brian Steel, said the DA's conduct was "egregious." http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600462819&rss=rss_ga_news Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:11 EDT 1202600462819 apalmer@alm.com (Alyson M. Palmer) A federal appeals panel sitting in Atlanta on Thursday wrestled with what appears to be a new kind of case: a school district being sued over claims that a student was bullied because of his disability. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600448594&rss=rss_ga_news Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:09 EDT 1202600448594 ldavidson@alm.com (Lawrence Viele Davidson) DeKalb County's district attorney has responded to a judge's claims that the DA's investigator harassed him by saying it's the judge who is doing the harassing. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600442910&rss=rss_ga_news Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:08 EDT 1202600442910 The name Comrades came from the first song we played together in Joe's basement. Simply put, the song is about friends and has become a concert tradition to sing all together with our friends at the end of every show. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600407567&rss=rss_ga_news Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:07 EDT 1202600407567 On behalf of the State Bar of Georgia, I am writing to congratulate Justice Hugh P. Thompson of the Supreme Court of Georgia on being elected by his colleagues to serve as Chief Justice beginning Aug. 15, succeeding current Chief Justice Carol W. Hunstein. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600408036&rss=rss_ga_news Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:06 EDT 1202600408036 Danny Carter shocked colleagues when the Hampton, Va., jailer posted a picture of his boss's opponent in the sheriff's race on his Facebook page along with a link to the contender's website. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600410106&rss=rss_ga_news Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:06 EDT 1202600410106 The beginning of 2013 has seen overall confidence in the state of the legal industry dip slightly among law firm managing partners, despite the same group's growing optimism about which way the U.S. economy is headed. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600421830&rss=rss_ga_news Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:05 EDT 1202600421830 akeshner@alm.com (Andrew Keshner) More than 200 attorneys and staff at Legal Services NYC walked off their jobs Wednesday after voting overwhelmingly to reject management offers for a new contract. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600421908&rss=rss_ga_news Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:05 EDT 1202600421908 The state Supreme Court has ruled in an ex-NFL player's case that Connecticut lawyers can't be sued for fraud for their conduct in court cases because of a centuries-old legal doctrine. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600652845&rss=rss_ga_news Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600652845 In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600649253&rss=rss_ga_news Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600649253 At the age of three, Brianica Kirsch was diagnosed with brain cancer. Her parents, desperate to find alternative measures for their daughter who had undergone surgeries and chemotherapy, turned to Dr. Christine Daniel, who offered an herbal supplement with a success rate she claimed was between 60 and 80 percent. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600649693&rss=rss_ga_news Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600649693 Authorities in the Turks and Caicos Islands have decided not to prosecute two Americans accused of having one bullet each in their luggage at the airport in the British territory. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600653725&rss=rss_ga_news Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600653725 A lawyer for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner is calling on the U.S. Justice Department to release photos of wounds the man suffered when struck with non-lethal rounds at a recent clash with guards at the prison. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600650795&rss=rss_ga_news Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600650795 A judge has rejected a request from lawyers for Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to allow them to take periodic photos of him in prison. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600652685&rss=rss_ga_news Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600652685 gland@alm.com (Greg Land) Real estate closing attorneys around the state are battling companies that hire Georgia lawyers to preside over closings just long enough to see that the documents are signed and witnessed. Meredith Ragains, left, Simon Bloom and Stephanie Everett have filed proposed class actions against closing vendors and their lawyers on behalf of more than 3,000 property buyers. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600300142&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:11 EDT 1202600300142 ktucker@alm.com (Katheryn Hayes Tucker) The U.S. government agreed this week to pay $225,000 to satisfy a $250,000 judgment for a log truck driver struck by a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier's Buick in rural South Georgia, according to attorneys on both sides. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600296739&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:10 EDT 1202600296739 jringel@alm.com (Jonathan Ringel) Georgia's legal community donated money and food equating to 840,958 pounds of goods to the state's food banks, a 38 percent increase from last year's effort, in the annual Legal Food Frenzy. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600290611&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:09 EDT 1202600290611 ldavidson@alm.com (Lawrence Viele Davidson) The chief investigator for the DeKalb County district attorney interrupted jury selection this week to serve a subpoena on a Superior Court judge with whom the DA is sparring. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600284336&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:08 EDT 1202600284336 Search Engine Optimization?or SEO?is the art or science of search. Google, Bing, Yahoo and the others attempt to do the same thing: Match questions with answers. The point of SEO is to make what you post online line up with the questions your intended audience is asking. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600244853&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:07 EDT 1202600244853 A Harvard Medical School research assistant who went on to serve as a U.S. judge for 23 years now finds herself at the center of the Boston Marathon bombing case, and by extension the post 9-11 issue of whether, and when, suspected terrorists should benefit from constitutional rights. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600279248&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:06 EDT 1202600279248 mrozen@alm.com (Miriam Rozen) The focus of lawsuits stemming from the April 17 explosion at the West, Texas, fertilizer plant may change, after news that Adair Grain Inc., doing business as West Fertilizer Co., holds only a $1 million liability insurance policy. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600261674&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:05 EDT 1202600261674 sgraham@alm.com (Scott Graham) Hong Kong-based Oron.com says it's just an ordinary cloud storage company, like Dropbox or Apple's iCloud. So why, it asks, should an American pornography distributor get an order freezing all of its assets and effectively shutting down its business? http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600261638&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:04 EDT 1202600261638 A solo practitioner sometimes looks at networking events as a chance to be social and relax with friends. After all, working on your own, often behind closed doors, can be isolating. Perhaps, but you could be missing out on a great opportunity to make contacts that will help you build your business. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600244815&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:03 EDT 1202600244815 A bill forbidding employers and universities from accessing private email or social media accounts of workers and students has passed the North Carolina House. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600432644&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600432644 Investigators have not ruled out criminal activity as the cause of a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant that killed at least 14 people and flattened part of a tiny Texas town, two officials familiar with the findings said Thursday. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600433443&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600433443 The Army's top officer acknowledged on Thursday that his service is failing in its effort to stop sexual assaults, as he and the nation's other top defense leaders were summoned to the White House to discuss the militarywide problem. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600430051&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600430051 A federal grand jury has indicted state Rep. Tyrone Brooks over allegations claiming he misappropriated more than $1 million in charitable funds. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600431598&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600431598 Atlanta Public Schools is notifying parents that it will have to turn over students' education information in response to a subpoena. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600409473&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600409473 A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day, police said Thursday afternoon. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600431378&rss=rss_ga_news Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600431378 ldavidson@alm.com (Lawrence Viele Davidson) A woman and her lawyer claiming the CEO of Waffle House Inc. sexually abused her will have to pay the CEO's attorney fees for filing sealed documents in the open, a Fulton County judge decided on Monday. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600114696&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:11 EDT 1202600114696 apalmer@alm.com (Alyson M. Palmer) Atlanta lawyer Thomas Byrne (above) is claiming victory in his first outing to the U.S. Supreme Court. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600116409&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:10 EDT 1202600116409 rmcdonald@alm.com (R. Robin McDonald) For years, a local subsidiary of international medical technology company C.R. Bard dominated the market for cancer-fighting radioactive seeds by paying kickbacks to medical centers, according to a federal whistleblower suit unsealed Monday in Atlanta. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600113613&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:09 EDT 1202600113613 States should lower the definition of drunken driving to a blood-alcohol reading of no more than .05 percent, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday, saying the U.S. is too tolerant of impairment behind the wheel. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600099394&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:08 EDT 1202600099394 For the fifth year in a row, U.S. employers have seen an increase in the number of wage-and-hour lawsuits filed against them in federal court, according to calculations by the Federal Judicial Center http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600031667&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:07 EDT 1202600031667 Lydia Cruz-Moore didn't like the way her co-workers did their jobs, and she wasn't afraid to say so. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600031593&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:06 EDT 1202600031593 tmauro@alm.com (Tony Mauro) The Supreme Court's running feud with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit resumed Monday with the justices' decision to grant review in a Tennessee case involving civil rights complaints filed by prison inmates. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600065600&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:05 EDT 1202600065600 On behalf of the State Bar of Georgia, I am writing to express condolences to the family, colleagues and friends of Atlanta attorney L. Jack Swertfeger Jr. on his recent passing. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600065670&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:04 EDT 1202600065670 truger@alm.com (Todd Ruger) A growing controversy in Washington involving the Internal Revenue Service could mean big changes in the way the agency regulates the political activity of tax-exempt organizations, according to election law experts. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600065636&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:02 EDT 1202600065636 Abortion rights activists on Wednesday filed the first of what they expect will be several legal challenges to laws recently approved in North Dakota that would make that state the most restrictive in the country for women to terminate their pregnancies. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600274271&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600274271 Check out the Daily Report's sleek new site exclusively for smart phones and tablets. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600234880&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600234880 A water projects bill approved by the U.S. Senate contains a provision that would remove a bureaucratic obstacle to deepening the Savannah harbor. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600250365&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600250365 Leaders of two conservative political groups in Georgia say they say faced invasive questioning from the Internal Revenue Service. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600263777&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600263777 U.S. Attorney's officials say a south Georgia man has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for distributing child pornography. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600263514&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600263514 Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Wednesday that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The Associated Press as he stood by an investigation in which he insisted he had no involvement. http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202600263980&rss=rss_ga_news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT 1202600263980