Registration growth sparks candidates
		Web-posted 6/29/98   ATLANTA -- Signing up to vote has become so easy that 1.1 million Georgians have been added to state rolls since the last time there was a primary election for governor.

	Debate lacking attacks
		Web-posted 6/29/98   SAVANNAH -- Seven candidates for governor bid for south Georgia votes in a televised debate Sunday, swapping proposals to aid tobacco farmers, build a new engineering school and increase state money for ports.

	Registered sex offender system flawed
	Web-posted 6/29/98   Georgia law guarantees residents the right to know if a convicted sex offender is living in their neighborhood, but the law doesn't protect residents from sex offenders who lie.

	Parkway meetings to begin soon
	Web-posted 6/29/98   Georgia Department of Transportation officials hope to begin public information sessions about the route of River Watch Parkway by early 1999, three years before the extension is scheduled for construction.

	Watering ban lifted for south Augusta
		Web-posted 6/29/98   Some of Augusta's thirsty lawns can finally have a long-awaited drink of water.

	Teen-agers to get polling experience
	Web-posted 6/29/98   Although they can't cast ballots, they can help others at the polls this year.

	Workers tested by heat
		Web-posted 6/29/98   When Jessee Mealing blacked out at the car wash where he works, he had to rest for about 30 minutes before he could manage to drive home. He felt nauseous and faint, he said, but his illness didn't come from a bacteria or virus.

	Substations curbing crime
		Web-posted 6/29/98   In a matter of 10 days, the Augusta Golf Teaching Center fell victim to two burglaries. The first time, the facility lost a substantial amount of inventory -- and it hadn't even opened its doors.

	Teacher touts Bible-based program for healthy eating
		Web-posted 6/29/98   Never underestimate the healing power of the body God gave you, Clare Bryan told a class of about 15 people Sunday evening at Augusta's Curtis Baptist Church.

	Turnout weak for high-priced runoffs
		Web-posted 6/29/98   AIKEN -- Two primary runoff elections cost Aiken County taxpayers more than $10,000, but it could have been worse.

	Center's new chief optimistic
		Web-posted 6/29/98   CLEARWATER -- When Tony Dunn assumed responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the Margaret J. Weston Medical Center on June 15, he took over a facility running a quarter-million dollar deficit and facing yet another audit of its books.

	Home front: Pipe tree just right for owner
		Web-posted 6/29/98   Like rusted elephant trunks or the reaching arms of Vishnu holding bouquets of petunias, Faye Bishop's pipe tree squats on her front lawn.

	Additional area news
	Web-posted 6/29/98   Man, boy drown in local pool ... Landfill to accept trash Wednesday ... Two eateries damaged by fires ... Water outage worries fire chief ... Mayor wants to keep charter

	Columbus State student tapped Miss Georgia
		Web-posted 6/29/98   COLUMBUS -- April Brinson, a 19-year-old music education major at Columbus State University, won the 54th annual Miss Georgia Pageant on Saturday night and will represent the state in the Miss America contest in September.

	Teacher program pressed
	Web-posted 6/29/98   SUMTER, S.C. -- Charles Davis Jr. was flattered and alarmed when he walked into an elementary school.

	Mayor hopes first escape will be last
		Web-posted 6/29/98   EDGEFIELD, S.C. -- Mayor John Pettigrew does not want the escape of a convicted drug dealer from Edgefield's federal prison to become a preview of coming events.

	Lighthouse being swallowed by ocean
	Web-posted 6/29/98   CHARLESTON, S.C. -- It seems like everyone wants the Morris Island lighthouse preserved -- but no one wants to own it.

	More schools OK religion-study time
	Web-posted 6/29/98   COLUMBIA -- More South Carolina public school students are finding time for religious study during their school day.

	Tiny city's art is now a big draw
	Web-posted 6/29/98   LAGRANGE, Ga. -- Inmates are not welcome here. Space at the old Troup County Jail is available only to painters, sculptors and photographers.

	Georgia naval base celebrates 20 years
		Web-posted 6/29/98   ST. MARYS, Ga. -- Thousands gathered at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base over the weekend to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the $1.3 billion base located off the Georgia coast.

	Spoleto leader in China to get opera for festival
	Web-posted 6/29/98   CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Spoleto's leader hopes to join the leader of the free world in gaining a revered Chinese opera.

	Georgia-grown watermelon prices low
		Web-posted 6/29/98   CORDELE, Ga. -- Despite three months of drought and sizzling temperatures in south Georgia, watermelons will be a sweet deal for consumers this summer.

	Documentary centers on 'where parents aren't allowed'
	Web-posted 6/29/98   ATLANTA -- When David Zeiger turned his camera on the marching band at Decatur High, he was trying to draw closer to his son. But the Atlanta filmmaker also learned truths about a whole generation.

	Making a careful toss
		Web-posted 6/29/98   Brian Rosenberg of Greenville, S.C., makes a throw at the basket Sunday during a round of disc golf at River View Park in North Augusta.

	English best-seller has Carolinian roots
	Web-posted 6/29/98   UNION, S.C. -- Over Here, the best-selling book written by Raymond Seitz, the former American ambassador to the Court of St. James, is dedicated to a Union native.

	Ask us: California home of Terminator
	Web-posted 6/29/98   Q: Where does actor Arnold Schwarzenegger live?