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Friday, March 15, 2013  Updated with video; The Freedom from Religion Foundation is calling for the removal from "In God We Trust" from U.S. currency.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  Texas judge is expected to rule in lawsuit over football banners with Bible verses

Friday, October 12, 2012  As a part of International Education Week, Albany State University put on a diversity forum to talk about the differences people face in society.

Monday, May 28, 2012  Updated with video; The Albany Georgia Atheists, a new group that started in January, met Sunday afternoon at the Parks at Chehaw for a Memorial Day barbeque.

Thursday, May 03, 2012  The Marine Corps Logistics Base celebrated National Day of Prayer with their annual Prayer Breakfast.

Friday, April 13, 2012  Updated with video; The Albany Area Black Expo kicked off earlier this week and today people filled a room for the annual Women of Purpose luncheon.

Friday, April 06, 2012  Updated with video; April is National Fair Housing Month and to kick it off the Department of Community and Economic Development is teaching residents about discrimination and new additions to the Federal and Georgia Fair Housing Acts.

Thursday, February 23, 2012  Georgia U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R) is summoning President Barack Obama to reverse a controversial Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule that stems from the new health care law.

Friday, January 20, 2012  Supreme Court ruling on church discrimination leaves educators at religious schools in limbo

Tuesday, December 27, 2011  Find out what happens at the chapel on base.

Wednesday, February 02, 2011  Jim Crow Laws segregated whites and blacks in separate schools, separate bathrooms, and drinking from separate water fountains for 89 years. The “separate but equal” philosophy was officially outlawed in 1965. But desegregating some parts of the country has been slow and Albany is a prime example.

Friday, January 28, 2011  A federal judge upheld Georgia's law banning guns in churches by dismissing a lawsuit Monday that claims the ban violates constitutional rights to freedom of religion and bearing arms.

Saturday, September 25, 2010  Georgia pastor's youth academy taught sexual control, made boys carry 'sex self-check card'

Wednesday, January 06, 2010  Here are some of the stories making headlines in Georgia

Friday, October 02, 2009  Cheerleaders at a north Georgia high school are gearing up for another football game, but they won't be holding up signs bearing Bible verses.