January's jobless rate creeps up but down from Jan. 2011. Record highs on the way? Rome cartoonist stirs web controversy. Latest jail reports. Latest restaurant scores.

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Bartow's jobless rate climbs in January vs. December but down considerably from January 2011.

-County-by-county reports; statewide analysis.

Heat wave continues; no records in jeopardy yet.

 

Cartoonist Mike Lester under fire for image showing Obama as a '70s-style pimp, Sandra Fluke as prostitute.

Latest public health restaurant inspection scores: Longtime favorite gets a low score in Floyd.

 

Later today: Latest Bartow County Jail reports.

Hawks win, advance to next round of NAIA title championship Friday.

-Lady Hawks rally from 26 down, win by a point to stay alive in national title hunt.

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-Please join our guests today for Rob Harbison on the chamber's "Winning More Bids" seminar Friday morning; Jim O'Hara, talking about Saint Patrick's Day; and Dan Alban, a Berry graduate and attorney at the Institute for Justice, on challenging the IRS on the ability to license tax preparers.