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Watching the Market:
>Gingrey, House reject 'bailout' bill; Dow drops a record 777 points:
U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey was among the "no" votes on the $700 billion "bailout" bill Monday. Said Gingrey in a statement released Monday evening: "We simply cannot preserve our free market economy by sacrificing the very principles that underlie it. I have heard loud and clear from my constituents throughout Northwest Georgia, and they do not want to gamble hundreds of billions of their hard-earned tax dollars on Wall Street's poor choices. They want to preserve our financial system, but demand that we think more about the taxpayer in developing the solution to this mess than Washington and Wall Street did when they got us into it."> Full statement
>Gingrey on Hill Blog: 'We shouldn't rush to judgment on this thing'> Blog
>For more on the national perspective, click CNN
>Wachovia sells banks, not securities arm, to Citigroup> Wachovia
>In Rome/Floyd: Wachovia held $174.1 million in deposits as of June 30, 2007, or 12.8 percent of the bank deposits in Floyd County (fourth overall here) FDIC
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Health
Closer look at breast cancer's impact on Northwest Georgia:
With the announcement of the opening of The Breast Center at Floyd Medical Center, the hospital also released some grim statistics about the disease and our region. As Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins Wednesday, we take a closer look at the fatality rate in each local county (more background, click here):
>Bartow: The mortality rate for breast cancer is 25.5 deaths per 100,000 people.
>Chattooga: The mortality rate is 28.9 deaths per 100,000 people.
>Floyd: The mortality rate is 23 deaths per 100,000 people.
>Gordon: The mortality rate is 24.2 deaths per 100,000 people.
>Polk: The mortality rate is 31.3 deaths per 100,000 people.
>'The Breast Center' opens at Floyd Medical: New offices at the hospital's main campus plus a mobile unit will help get mammographies--and results--to area women in a much faster, more proactive manner> Special Report
Tuesday's Politics:
>Cagle asked about Perdue's China trip amid fuel concerns: Reporters asked Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle several times Monday about Gov. Sonny Perdue's pro-industry trip to China amid gasoline concerns back home> Dick Pettys story
>Dempsey picks up endorsement from conservation group>Politics
>Third forum planned for Oct. 20: The Rome/Floyd County NAACP, 100 Blackmen of Rome/Northwest Georgia, MLK Commission and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will host a political forum at the Rome Civic Center. Three forums have been announced for local candidates. For more, click Politics
>Bartow GOP to party with Palin: The Bartow GOP Women are planning a debate watching party for Thursday evening (Sarah Palin vs. Joe Biden)> Details
>Election Day countdown: Five weeks from today; register to vote by Monday
Bud deal still brewing: InBev shareholders OK'd the $52 billion takeover of Anheuser-Busch, which has a brewery in Cartersville and Metal Container in Rome. What's next: regulators' review and approval by A-B stockholders> InBev
Buzz
>Coosa Valley Fair opens today: Get today's, Wednesday's schedule> CVF
>Berry's Mountain Day celebration this Saturday> Berry
>Go Green indeed: Look for some good news soon about the 'Go Green' videos from Mary Hardin Thornton of Keep Rome Floyd Beautiful and Susan Cooley of the Sara Hightower Regional Library System.
>Yard sale could be busier than 'normal': The Highway 411 Yard Sale, stretching through Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, gets under way Wednesday and continues through Saturday. Given the economy, this might be more popular this year. A prime spot: Big Cedar Creek RV Park.
>Shorter Hawks No. 23 in latest football poll: Shorter College broke into the NAIA Football Top 25 Coaches' Poll at No. 23> Hawks
Weather Center
>One more day of mid-80s and then low 70s, mid-40s overnight.
>Hurricane Kyle updates; Laura spins to life
>Extended forecast, EarthWatch and more> Weather Center
Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable brought to you by Riverside Toyota
>Best conference of all? Not as easy as S-E-C, especially in the east> Arey
High school, Shorter College football, brought to you by Printworks
>John McClellan's weekly high school picks> The Football Report
>Plus: Pepperell, Rome ranked in AJC polls
>Shorter No. 23 in NAIA poll
Downtown Headlines
>Shrine parade, football game to pack downtown Saturday
>For more, click Downtown Headlines
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