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Joe Paull/jpaull@ledger-enquirer.comAflac posts fourth quarter operating earnings of $697 million.

Aflac shuffles executives; Dan Amos and Kriss Cloninger to remain at least until age 70

Aflac said Wednesday it is shuffling key management positions and duties to strengthen the company, with the moves obviously setting up an eventual succession plan.

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Simultaneous car bomb attacks in Niger

Attackers in Niger detonated two car bombs at dawn on Thursday, one in the city of Agadez where a military barracks was targeted and one in Arlit where a French company operates a uranium mine, injuring more than a dozen people.

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NATION/WORLD

US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart

The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's two-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table.

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ATLANTA BRAVES

Update: Cory Rasmus talks about making his Major League debut for Atlanta Braves

ATLANTA -- It took a few days after he was called up to the Atlanta Braves, but former Russell County High standout Cory Rasmus finally made his Major League debut on Wednesday.
LOCAL NEWS

Russell County Sheriff: Beware Medicare, Medicaid scams targeting elderly

Russell County citizens should be cautious of callers claiming to represent Medicare or Medicaid, due to a foreign scam which has increasingly targeted elderly residents during the past two months, according to the Russell County Sheriff's Office.
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Update: Slow start dooms Alabama against LSU in SEC baseball tournament

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NATION/WORLD

Congo fighting persists as UN chief arrives

M23 rebels fired two rockets into the eastern Congo city of Goma, killing one person and wounding four, officials said, in an apparent spillover from three days of fighting raging north of the city.
LATEST NEWS

Chattahoochee Chatter: Nothing like wearing white to a funeral

Let's start this run through Chatterland in the Columbus Government Center.
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FILM LIST: Have you seen these movies filmed in the Columbus area?

Many movies have filmed in our area. Here's a list of highlights, based on information from the Georgia Department of Economic Development.
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Fourteenth Street pedestrian bridge won't open until August

Whitewater on the Chattahoochee officially begins Saturday, but gawkers will have to wait a few months to view the action from the 14th Street pedestrian bridge, city officials said today.
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58 Future leaders encouraged to do the "right thing"

Fifty-eight future leaders in the United States military and Western Hemisphere countries were encouraged to do the right thing when no one else is looking Wednesday during a graduation at Fort Benning’s McGinnis-Wickam Hall.