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DEATH-PENALTY BILL: Voted down in state Senate.

OBAMA: Passport “imprudently” peeped; State Dept. investigating. Also, will be endorsed by Bill Richardson today.

BRACKETEERING: Obama woos N.C. sports radio station by picking UNC to win the NCAA tournament. He also said he picks Stanford over Pitt in the South, but earlier told the NYT he picked UNC, Kansas, UCLA and Pitt in the Final Four. Scandal!

BUSH DECLARES DISASTER: About our tornadoes, not his presidency.

NO MICH-AGAIN PRIMARY: Revote plan falls apart; Obama suggests splitting delegates, Clinton wants a mail-in revote.

QUEEN OF KONG: Zoo Atlanta gorilla headed to Orlando to get knocked up. (The scientific name for a western lowland gorilla, I’m amused to find out, is gorilla gorilla gorilla.)

DEANGELO HALL: Finally gets sent to Oakland; Falcons get second-round draft pick and fifth-rounder for 2009.

FOULED OUT: Former SEC ref sentenced to 12 years in prison for running a $100 million Ponzi scheme.

DON’T MESS WITH TAXES: Faux-IRS scam reported in Gainesville (and AccessNorthGa.com gets to the heart of the story again with another hard-hitting news graphic).

GIRL SCOUT COOKIES SURVIVE TORNADO: Says one scout leader: “Thank God none of our cookies were destroyed.”

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DELTA BLUES: Airline offers voluntary buyouts to more than half its workforce to deal with rising fuel costs.

GOING GREEN(HOUSE): Power plant greenhouse gas emissions increased nationally by 3 percent last year, with Georgia as one of the worst offenders.

WESTIN P’TREE: Shifted “a few feet” when tornado hit it Friday; structural engineers to examine foundation.

WEATHER: High winds, thunderstorms to hit this afternoon, isolated tornadoes possible. Still won’t be enough rain for Lake Lanier, though.

SMITHSONIAN: Clough will have his hands full.

RUNAWAY BRIDE’S GROOM: Marries someone else.

DEANGELO HALL: Trade to Oakland will be finalized by Thursday; could send the Falcons three second-round draft picks.

TYLER PERRY: Will begin filming a new movie in downtown Covington next month. The release date is Sept. 12; Andisheh will be first in line.

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ITP TORNADO: Downtown F-2’s damage rattles hospitality industry, street closings and debris cause isolated traffic problems downtown this morning.

OTP TORNADO: Two killed by separate F-3 northwest of the city. A photo from the home of Bonnie Turner, one of the casualties, was carried 129 miles by the storm, landing in Cornelia, just west of the South Carolina border.

LANIER: Up 3/4 of a foot from Friday.

WAYNE CLOUGH: Steps down as Tech’s president to lead troubled Smithsonian.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Medical College of Georgia neuroscientist studies memory formation.

DEANGELO HALL: Trade to Oakland seems likely.

HOW ABOUT: Them Dogs. SEC championship, NCAA berth bolster Felton’s job security.

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