Maybe We Deserve It

As a college student in Ohio from Georgia, I get a lot of criticism about my state. Sometimes a lot of that criticism is directed at Zell Miller. Sometimes a lot of it has to do with the bizarre things that have happened in my state recently. Case in point:

Crematory grounds could yield 200-plus bodies

NOBLE, Georgia (CNN) -- The grounds of a northwest Georgia crematory here may hold as many as 200 bodies left unburied and not cremated by the facility's operator, authorities said Sunday.

Court weighs teenager's sentence

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Attorneys for a high school football player convicted of having consensual sex with a fellow student told the Georgia Supreme Court on Wednesday that the teen's automatic 10-year sentence amounted to cruel and
unusual punishment.

Prosecutors insisted the mandatory prison term was exactly what state law intended for Marcus Dixon, who was convicted of aggravated child molestation and statutory rape. Dixon was 18 at the time; the girl was 15.

123 arrested in Georgia dog fight

COVINGTON, Georgia (AP) -- Police raided a rural house and found a blood-soaked dog fight arena where fans had gathered for a night of gambling with a winner-take-all pot of $50,000.

Wannabe millionaire caught at Wal-Mart (had a CNN.com link but I can't seem to find it)

"This is the first time in my law enforcement career I've seen someone trying to use a $1 million bill," said Convington's assistant police Chief Almond Turner, who's been a cop for 31 years. "It was green, but you could tell it was not a real bill."

Well, here are two more stories to add to te list:

Great-grandmother now says she's not pregnant

SYLVESTER, Georgia (AP) -- A 59-year-old great-grandmother who claimed in an Associated Press story last year that she was pregnant with twins admitted Tuesday that she is not.

Sheriff posts snipers after firings

JONESBORO, Georgia (AP) -- On his first day on the job, the new sheriff called 27 employees into his office, stripped them of their badges, fired them, and had rooftop snipers stand guard as they were escorted out the door.

The Peach State is a wacky place.