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Tibetan self-immolations spreading despite China security moves - Macon Telegraph (blog)
"They weren't letting Tibetans in," said the man, who like everyone else interviewed asked that his name not be used, for fear of official retaliation. "The police said, 'You can't come in now, you should come back in three or four days.
March 25, 2012


Oscars make an effort to be inclusive - Macon Telegraph (blog)
Of the Beverly Hills quip, one studio executive who did not wish to be identified, said, "It was kind of funny. He was almost sending up the academy for the diversity issue, tweaking them a little." "Margin Call" screenwriter JC Chandor said, ...
February 27, 2012


Out of the public eye, China cracks down on another protesting village - Macon Telegraph (blog)
"The police wanted me to agree to give our land to the officials," said a farmer, 46, who also asked that his name not be used. "They wanted me to sign something saying that I agreed, but I wouldn't do it." Officials maintain Panhe's residents ...
February 26, 2012


Out of the public eye, China cracks down on another protesting village - Macon Telegraph (blog)
"The officials took away all of the young people who were getting on the Internet," said one farmer, a 50-year-old man who like many interviewed asked that his name not be used for fear of arrest. Panhe has become another in a long line of Chinese ...
February 26, 2012


Macon police arrest suspected drive-by flasher - Macon Telegraph (blog)
A person who requested anonymity from police reported the man's tag number at about 7 am Wednesday after seeing the man in a Toyota Camry at the intersection of Vineville and Pierce avenues, according to a police report. Police arrested 46-year-old ...
February 24, 2012


Macon police search for drive-by flasher - Macon Telegraph (blog)
A person who requested anonymity from police reported the man's tag number at about 7 am Wednesday after seeing the man in a Toyota Camry at the intersection of Vineville and Pierce avenues, according to a police report. Police have identified the man ...
February 23, 2012


Georgia turns its focus to offseason - Macon Telegraph (blog)
Safety Bacarri Rambo is among those, and a source said one player who hasn't been mentioned much -- junior cornerback Sanders Commings -- is also mulling the move. The same source said outside linebacker Cornelius Washington is still torn about the ...
January 10, 2012


Asomugha's injury could have been worse - Macon Telegraph (blog)
Though the sight of Asomugha's crumbling to the ground and being carted off the field was troubling, a source close to the situation later said there is nothing structurally wrong with Asomugha's knee, and it won't require season-ending surgery. ...
November 25, 2011


Seven games for Andy Reid and Eagles - Macon Telegraph (blog)
said one Eagles starter, who requested anonymity. "He had no time to learn how to do the job." Castillo may never get that chance. Reid may be forced to dump his longtime assistant to save himself. Of course, Eagles management may look at the ...
November 20, 2011


WR councilman indicted on federal charges - Macon Telegraph (blog)
Shaheen spoke with an FBI agent, who refused to give his name to a reporter, in the foyer of the courthouse. Both men declined to comment on the topic of their conversation. The agent deferred comment to FBI spokesman and Special Agent Stephen Emmett, ...
October 19, 2011


Warner Robins councilman indicted in federal court - Macon Telegraph (blog)
Williams' wife said authorities picked Williams' up at his home around noon. Shaheen spoke with an FBI agent, who refused to give his name to a reporter, in the foyer of the courthouse. Both men declined to comment on the topic of their conversation. ...
October 18, 2011


Expansion talk is a big ego trip - Macon Telegraph (blog)
That talk was fueled Saturday when an Associated Press report quoted a source close to the Big 12 leadership as saying the Aggies will be announcing their departure from that conference some time this week. Is there a marriage in the future between ...
August 29, 2011


Source: McDaniel missed 2nd class - Macon Telegraph (blog)
... was absent from a bar-exam preparation class on the Monday before the remains of his classmate and neighbor, Lauren Giddings, were discovered outside their Georgia Avenue apartment building, according to a person close to the investigation. ...
August 12, 2011


Killings spark questions about journalists' ties to Mexican gangs - Macon Telegraph (blog)
Colleagues who spoke only on the condition of anonymity offered up other theories of the murders, saying that Lopez and Ordaz may have been passing information to military intelligence and were killed by crime gangs in vengeance. ...
August 11, 2011


Father, son shot dead - Macon Telegraph (blog)
“He was a nice man,” she said of Anthony Sr. Another neighbor who refused to give her name said she was watching television when she heard real-life gunshots that drowned out ones being fired on the TV program.
July 25, 2011


Missouri Western preparing for Chiefs camp to open on time - Macon Telegraph (blog)
One issue stands in the way of a resolution, according to one person from each side of the dispute who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity: Players want owners to turn over $320 million in benefits that weren't paid during the 2010 ...
July 19, 2011


Update: Law enforcement officials arrested, indicted in Talbot County as part ... - Macon Telegraph (blog)
Several FBI, DEA agents and Georgia State Patrol officers spent almost two hours in the sheriff's office, executing a search warrant, according to an office employee who declined to give her name. “I still don't know what they looked for,” the woman ...
June 22, 2011


Despite the ice, some businesses carry on as usual - Macon Telegraph (blog)
... at The Shoppes at River Crossing in north Bibb County were closed except Belk department store, said a security worker who declined to give her name. ...
January 11, 2011


Newton leads Auburn's rout amid off-field controversy - Macon Telegraph (blog)
Late Friday night, the Associated Press, citing an anonymous source in Auburn's compliance office, reported the school has reviewed personal and church bank ...
November 6, 2010


14 shootings in less than a month leaves neighbors afraid, families destroyed - Macon Telegraph (blog)
“It scares me because a bullet could have come up in the air and hit us while we were sleeping,” said one of Cox's neighbors, who declined to give her name ...
October 16, 2010


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