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U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Sandy, Utah.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senators working on a wide-ranging immigration bill have agreed to tighten controls on the asylum system that allows people fleeing war or persecution to find refuge in the U.S.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina offered the amendment, which would terminate asylum or refugee status for anyone who returns home to the country they fled, unless they can show a good reason for doing so.
Graham said the change was merited in light of the Boston Marathon bombings. The brothers who allegedly set off the bombs arrived in the U.S. as boys when their family sought asy...
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Game One of the Class AA Semifinals is underway as the Pepperell Dragons host the Westminster Wildcats.
Mon May 20 17:30:00 UTC 2013
Update: The Pepperell baseball today will host Westminster today at 4 p.m. in the first game of their best-of-three Class AA semifinal series.
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The following is a list of events going on in and around Polk County today, May 20:
1. The Cedartown Senior Citizen Nutrition Center located next to Bert Wood Park has activities from 8 a.m. to 2 ...
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The following is a list of events going on in and around Polk County this weekend, May 18-19:
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1. The Polk County Kids Fishing Rodeo will be held Saturday, May 18 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m...
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The Cedartown Recreation Department will be holding football and cheerleading registration from July 1 to August 15 of this summer.
The sign-ups will be from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday...
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The Second Amendment to the Constitution has come under direct fire recently by anti-Second Amendment activists at both the state and national level.
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The sign erected at the Rockmart Huddle House gives public notice that the business has closed. (Agnes Hagin/thepolkfishwrap.com)
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The Huddle House, located at 808 West Elm Street, Rockmart, closed on Sunday, May 19, as noted on a sign erected at the site.
Jack and Connie Montford have operated the business for the past four ...
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