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WASHINGTON — Republican leaders on Sunday grappled with the prospect t

ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter no longer needs treatment for the cancer diagnosis he revealed in August, a spokeswoman for the former president said on Sunday.
Carter, 91, apparently shared the news at one of his regular Sunday School classes at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Kirk Chidester says he had distant relatives who fought for the South in the U.S. Civil War.
He sees the Confederate flag they fought under as a battle flag and part of U.S. history.

ATLANTA — One of Georgia's largest school systems plans to end its school security contract with the Atlanta Police Department.Atlanta Public Schools is moving ahead with the plan despite warnings from Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed that the move could have "catastrophic consequences" for children.The school system is taking steps to form its own police force and replace the city police officers currently patrolling schools with officers directly accountable to the district.

COLUMBUS, Ga. — If Georgia isn't on your mind, this is the year that state tourism officials are hoping vacationers near and far will be drawn to the state's musical heritage and live concert offerings.The "Year of Georgia Music" is the theme adopted by the Georgia Department of Economic Development's Tourism Division in 2016, with red-hot country music star Luke Bryan, who hails from Leesburg, Georgia, near Albany, gracing the front of the state's official tourism guide.

Today's obituaries in the Savannah Morning News.For these and past obits, click here.- Aretha Sikes Blakewood, Rincon, GA- Blanche Williams Brannen, Garden City, GA- Bette L. Burns, Bluffton, SC- Jack R. Cannon, Savannah, GA- Maria Luisa Costa Cardozo, Brunswick, GA- Viola Williams Collins, Savannah, GA- Mrs. Janie Carroll Dodd, Garden City, GA- Mary Catherine Ferrante, Audubon Park, NJ- Kathryn Leona McMillan Forrest, Guyton, GA

KAILUA, Hawaii — A spokesman for Marine Corps Base Hawaii confirms that a Marine died early Saturday morning after the boat he was in capsized in waters near the base.The 17-foot boat overturned with three men onboard near the north side of Kaneohe Marine Corps Base Hawaii, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports.Two of the men were able to swim back to shore and notify authorities, the fire department told the newspaper.

ALEXANDRIA, La. — Hospital officials called it an accident when a 70-year-old psychiatric patient was fatally injured in an altercation with a nursing assistant at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in central Louisiana three years ago.But the case became fodder for the VA's congressional critics after local prosecutors charged the employee, 54-year-old Fredrick Kevin Harris, with manslaughter in the death of Air Force veteran Charles Lee Johnson.

ALEXANDRIA, La. — Hospital officials called it an accident when a 70-year-old psychiatric patient was fatally injured in an altercation with a nursing assistant at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in central Louisiana three years ago.But the case became fodder for the VA's congressional critics after local prosecutors charged the employee, 54-year-old Fredrick Kevin Harris, with manslaughter in the death of Air Force veteran Charles Lee Johnson.