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Monday, May 13, 2013  17 Dougherty County schools received automated external defibrillators or AED’s on Monday afternoon as part of the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Grant.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., released a statement Tuesday afternoon regarding the administration’s decision to bring Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and former spokesman for al Qaeda, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, to the United States for trial in a federal civilian court in New York City.

Friday, January 04, 2013  Phoebe Putney's Network of Trust has received a $25,000 grant to help put external defibrillators into elementary schools in Dougherty County.

Thursday, October 27, 2011  Albany Fire Department investigators are subpoenaing AT&T phone records to help to locate an arsonist who targeted the taco bell on Slappey Boulevard.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011  Worth County Commissioners call for a judiciary review after receiving complaints about Fire Chief Jason Brooks from fire department employees.

Monday, May 02, 2011  Officials say there is no specific threat to the Marine Corps Logistics Base, but as precaution all military installations and activities are placed in "force protection condition Bravo"

Monday, May 02, 2011  An MCLB Public Affairs Specialist receives an award from National Image Incorporated for her work in the community fighting childhood obesity, an issue that can affect recruiting measures for marines.

Monday, October 18, 2010  New defibrillators and technology for ambulances on the way.

Friday, August 06, 2010 

Monday, July 12, 2010  East Africa saw the emergence of a new international terrorist group Monday, as Somalia's most dangerous al-Qaida-linked militia claimed responsibility for the twin bombings in Uganda that killed 74 people during the World Cup.

Thursday, July 01, 2010  Al Qaeda has launched an online magazine in English called “Inspire," intended to reach Western youth.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010  Insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault Wednesday against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field, killing an American contractor and wounding nine troops in the second Taliban strike at NATO forces in and around the capital in as many days.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010  A Taliban suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital Tuesday, killing six troops — five Americans and one Canadian, officials said. Twelve Afghan civilians also died — many of them on a public bus in rush-hour traffic.