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American Red Cross workers and Liberty County emergency officials assessed damage Sunday from a severe storm that swept through the county Saturday.

That empty passenger seat in your car could save you money if someone joined you during your commute.

FORT JACKSON, S.C. - The new headquarters for the 81st Regional Support Command at Fort Jackson will be named after the first member killed in Iraq - a South Carolina man.

ATLANTA - Jazlyn Williams has stocked up on canned goods and water.

WASHINGTON - Does filling the gas tank leave your wallet empty and spirit sputtering? Get used to both because almost everything car-related is costing more.

Sunday's press run brought a disappointing end to a frustrating week for the Savannah Morning News.

A lot has happened since last year, when a few residents at The Landings started a fundraising effort to help soldiers and their families.

A security camera at Capital Grocery on Capital Street recorded a burglary in progress early Saturday. Police are now looking for a suspect.

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I once received a brochure from a company that specializes in assisting small businesses with marketing, including the development of brochures. But in the brochure, the word marketing was misspelled.

Names: Walter Bordus and Charlie Brown

NEW YORK - For the first time since the bubble burst earlier this decade, information technology stocks have overtaken financials as the largest sector by market value in the Standard & Poor's 500 index. But that alignment might not last for long - soaring oil prices have helped lift the energy sector to a close third.

Paula Deen buffet opens in Miss. casino

Name: Stanley Harris Jr.

DETROIT - The beige 2003 Honda Civic sat on Mike Haile's used-car lot in Atlanta for only three days before he sold it for $8,200. And that was $300 more than the asking price.

DETROIT - Honda Motor Co. is coming out with hybrid cars starting early next year that will cost about $1,900 more than comparable gas-only models. The cost for the Detroit Three, according to industry analysts, could be lower market share as U.S. consumers continue their rapid shift to smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles.

TOKYO - Honda will sell a new, improved and affordable gas-electric hybrid in the U.S., Japan and Europe starting in early 2009, underlining the Japanese automaker's commitment to "green" technology, the company president said last week.

Wills Smith no longer has a reason not to be confident.

Having fun is a big part of South Effingham's baseball program. Needless to say, it is easier to adhere to that philosophy when you're winning - and the Mustangs have done that.

INDIANAPOLIS - Tony Kanaan skidded out of control after a run-in with his teammate. Danica Patrick was clipped by another car just trying to get off pit road. With all those yellow flags, it was hard to get up to speed at the Indianapolis 500.

LOS ANGELES - The 23rd -ranked Georgia Bulldogs were eliminated from the 2008 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament after dropping a 6-0 contest to third-ranked UCLA at Easton Softball Stadium on Sunday.

HOOVER, Ala. - The LSU Tigers once seemed a longshot to even make the Southeastern Conference tournament, and were snubbed when the postseason honors came out.

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The Maroon team beat the Tan, 12-3, Sunday afternoon at Grayson Stadium in the final game of a series of three exhibition games played with Coastal Empire high school players.

CONCORD, N.C. - Tony Stewart suffered his second heartbreaking defeat of the season Sunday night when a flat tire late in the Coca-Cola 600 handed Kasey Kahne the victory in NASCAR's longest race of the year.

CONCORD, N.C. - The U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division invaded the Lowe's Motor Speedway before Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600.

SAN ANTONIO - Manu Ginobili scored 30 points to break out of his slump and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers 103-84 in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals on Sunday night.

Top-ranked North Carolina, the two-time College World Series runner-up, was one of four Atlantic Coast Conference schools selected Sunday as regional hosts for the NCAA tournament.

ATLANTA - A couple of fortunate bounces helped Eric Byrnes and the Arizona Diamondbacks.

ATLANTA - A trio of experienced relievers on the mend could begin joining the Atlanta Braves' bullpen as early as today.

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Greg Veloz, Jordan Abruzzo and Richard Pena each had a pair of RBIs to lead Savannah past Greenville 9-5 on Sunday night in South Atlantic League action.

ATHENS - Georgia will be home this week as it opens its quest for a sixth trip to the College World Series.

Michael Milligan is a product of the baby boom, the first generation that grew old without necessarily growing up.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A major art collection looted by the Nazis is on display for the first time. This exhibition tells the tragic story of a pre-eminent art dealer who died fleeing the Nazis and the successful fight by his heirs to win back the paintings.

Heather Mullis wasn't supposed to graduate high school.

In "The Savannah Cookbook," food writer Damon Lee Fowler has gathered 175 recipes from the city's culinary history.

SCAD Style event: "Across the Divide III" Exhibition

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MEMORIAL DAY is a time to express a deep and abiding gratitude for the acts of ultimate heroism performed by those who have given even their own lives to protect the ideals of our nation and the safety of its people.

Amnesty measures hidden in war supplemental

Have ego, will travel.

I've been watching the news a lot lately, and whenever commentators discuss the presidential election, namely the Democratic primaries, there always seems to be some reference to the red, white and blue voting block that overwhelmingly casts their ballots for Hillary Clinton and against Barack Obama.

GIVE GEORGIA Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox an "F" for this year's foul-up over defective tests given to the state's sixth- and seventh-grade students.

You knew it was going to happen. You had to know there would come a time when some reader somewhere felt compelled to give me a grammar lesson.

PEMBROKE - Rossie Shuman Adams, who had lived in Pembroke since 1929 and had celebrated her 89th birthday on March 24, died May 18, 2008, at Candler Hospital.

SPRINGFIELD - Pearlie Mae Pinkney, 80, died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at Effingham County Extended Care Center.