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By Dr. Spencer Price

Objectivity – it is the absolute bedrock of science. There is no notion, idea, hypothesis, concept, principle, axiom, maxim, theory, or law more fundamental to science than objectivity. In fact, in the absence of objectivity, science does not exist. Call it what you want, but it ain’t science.

So what happens when scientists in general lose their objectivity? They become anything but scientists – beach bums, flower children, Birkenstock-wearing granola munchers, bearded recluses in self-imposed exile from the outside world. A sad thing indeed. [Full Story »] 

Savannah Morning News

IT’S STILL about the economy. It’s still about jobs. It’s still about hope, not gloom and doom.

Yet President Obama and Congress have forgotten these things. So have congressional leaders of both political parties.
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This is by far, the most dangerous drug on planet Earth. In a very short time, it is capable of devastating anyone's life who is foolish enough to start using it. What starts out as a "love at first sight, dream come true " soon becomes a "nightmare from Hell" experience. [Full Story »] 

A man seriously injured in a motorcycle crash December 18 on Crawford Road has died. David Taylor, 56, survived a lengthy surgery after being lifeflighted to Atlanta Medical Center but developed pneumonia which killed him on Christmas eve.

Survivors include his ex-wife, Jennifer Taylor of Barnesville, father, David Taylor of Johnstonville and three children. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. [Full Story »] 

Jennifer Lynn Clark, ex-wife of Donald Clark, and her boyfriend, Kenneth Michael Yost, have been arrested and charged with murder.

Warrants were signed late Christmas eve afternoon after a body, presumed to be that of Donald Clark, was found at 3:10 p.m. by Lamar County sheriff Joe Buice and Lt. Ronnie Goins on a tract of land in Redbone known as the Tom Rusk dairy that is now owned by Ralph Adamson.

Buice said lead investigator Rick McCreary had obtained murder warrants for Jennifer Clark and Yost and both were taken into custody. Additional charges are likely. [Full Story »] 

A 69-year-old white male was seriously injured in a one-car accident Monday night on Cannafax Road. The victim, identifed as Robert Schaber, was lifeflighted to a trauma center.

He suffered a head injury and was unconscious at the scene. The accident occurred in a bad curve near 635 Cannafax Road when the driver lost control and hit a utility pole. He was the only passenger in the vehicle and was partially ejected. [Full Story »] 

A Crawford Road man was lifeflighted to Atlanta Medical Center Friday afternoon after a motorcycle accident near his home. David Taylor, 56, was riding a 100cc Kawsaki mini-bike when his coat became entangled in the spokes of a wheel of the bike, causing the crash. Taylor was not wearing a helmet.
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Barnesville police officer Rex Johnson found this hawk hanging from a tree near his home by a hunting lanyard December 14. The bird had not been dead long, Johnson said. The bird also had leggings. The lanyard was green with an O ring at the end.

Jim Ozier of DNR said the bird appears to be a juvenile red-tailed hawk used for falconry.

Johnson lives on Crawford Road near its intersection with Howard Road. If you think this may be your bird or have information regarding it, contact him at 770.468.1542.

UPDATE: The dead hawk's master has been located. [Full Story »]