Study says Georgia's roads among the best
ATLANTA --- Georgia's state road system ranks among the nation's best in an annual study comparing highway networks released Thursday.
In its 19th annual comparison of states, the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation pegged Georgia's roadways at ninth best in 2008, the year in which it had the most recent data. The non-profit think tank gave Georgia the same overall rank in 2007.
South Carolina came in at sixth. First place went to North Dakota.
Latest case raises West Nile count to 5
DECATUR, GA. --- A 39-year-old man is the latest Georgian to suffer from West Nile virus.
DeKalb County Board of Health officials won't release his name. They say he's in the hospital suffering some paralysis.
So far there have been five cases of human West Nile virus in Georgia in 2010.
They include a case Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness has confirmed in a 67-year-old woman living in Atlanta.
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