States get money for church protection Web-posted July 3, 1996 at 12:30 a.m. WASHINGTON - Georgia Attorney General Michael Bowers and South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon joined seven of their counterparts Tuesday at a summit to condemn the wave of church burnings across the South. Elsewhere, President Clinton was designating $6 million to help local police bolster protection of churches.

The signs remain the same Web-posted July 2, 1996 at 7 p.m. A stroke of a pen felled ``Augusta College'' from its place on Walton Way, but it will take a brickmason and months to erase the old AC moniker. Web-posted July 2, 1996 at 7 p.m.

Going to extremes Web-posted July 3, 1996 at 12:30 a.m. As time and tempers grow short, candidate tactics and commercials get more desperate. ``If it weren't so serious, you'd call it the silly season of the campaign,'' said Stuart Roy, spokesman for Mr. Millner. Web-posted July 2, 1996 at 7 p.m.

New sport is hot and cool Web-posted July 2, 1996 at 6 p.m. With a strange surfboard - or perhaps an extra-wide slalom ski - strapped to his feet, Eddie Beverly crosses a wave and leaps 6 feet in the air, bending his knees and throwing his feet to the side like a trick skateboarder. The strange board Mr. Beverly is riding is called a wakeboard, a cross between water-skiing, surfing and skateboarding. Find out all about it in our Q&A section.

Independence Day safety Web-posted July 2, 1996 at 6 p.m. Put safety first when marking Independence Day with the traditional fireworks, says the National Council on Fireworks Safety. Also, check out our list of holiday closings,events and travel information for the Fourth.

	Jackets come back to win Web-posted July 2, 1996 at 11 p.m. Just when it seemed the typically steady GreenJackets had sunk to the level of their lowly opponents, the clutch hitting of Morgan Walker and Wiklenman Gonzalez proved why Augusta is currently the hottest club in the league.
Westside losing basketball star Web-posted July 1, 1996 at 11 p.m. Westside High School's basketball program has suffered another huge loss, with the transfer of William Avery to Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va.

New company provides solutions for publishing Web-posted July 2, 1996 at 7 p.m. High-tech start-up Digital Solutions Ink. is proffering high-quality scanning, photo manipulation, and retouching. They also offer digital high-quality proofs and poster-size digital prints, all from their office on Broad Street.

Patriotic web sites Web-posted July 2, 1996 at 7 p.m. Celebrate the Fourth by surfing the Web for the words and images of our Forefathers. Or check out Fireworks Centeral.