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Groggy? Daylight saving may be hazardous to your health

Georgia

Daylight Saving time may be hazardous to your health. (AP Photo)

By Willoughby Mariano March 12, 2012

By M.B. Pell March 12, 2012

Still recovering from daylight saving time? Brace yourself. PolitiFact Georgia research shows that the time change may be hazardous to your health.

Read our 2011 story "Daylight Saving health concerns valid." Researchers have tied the yearly switch to an increase in mining accidents, for instance, and an increase in heart attacks.

Take a deep swig from your coffee mug and read on.

See original story.

Revitalize Cobb

stated on November 22, 2013 in a mailer:

The economic impact of new Atlanta Braves stadium includes 9,241 new jobs and $295 million in wages.

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Revitalize Cobb

stated on November 22, 2013 in a flier:

The new Atlanta Braves stadium will require no tax increase for homeowners and provide $3 million annually for Cobb County schools.

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Saxby Chambliss

stated on November 19, 2013 in a debate on the Senate floor:

"The recidivism rate is nearly 29 percent and has been climbing steadily since detainees began being released from Guantanamo."

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stated on April 23, 2013 in a ZPolitics op-ed:

"Despite having their budget increased by over 40 percent since 2009 … pending claims for benefits with the (Department of Veterans Affairs) have increased from 391,000 to 890,000 under the Obama Administration."

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stated on January 2, 2013 in a radio interview:

The fiscal cliff deal "increased spending."

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stated on January 2, 2013 in a radio interview:

The fiscal cliff deal "ultimately raised taxes."

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stated on December 11, 2012:

On same-sex marriage

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stated on November 29, 2012 in a television interview:

Taxpayers are "on the hook ... for less than a third" of the proposed new Atlanta Falcons stadium, and those funds are "repaid from money that comes from outsiders."

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stated on December 18, 2012:

"Connecticut has the fifth toughest gun control laws in the country, including an assault weapons ban that bans 35 different weapons."

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stated on August 14, 2012:

Medicare "premium support" backed by Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan "is not vouchers."

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stated on August 26, 2012 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"Independent voters have a ten-point margin in favor of Mitt Romney right now."

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mostly-true

stated on August 10, 2012:

Initial efforts to strip airport contractors of their special diversity status "has no effect" on the contracts or the city’s diversity goals.

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stated on August 15, 2012 in an announcement:

On supporting the charter school amendment.

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stated on July 10, 2012:

"NASCAR fans are twice as likely as non fans to serve in the military and 37 percent of active servicemembers and veterans are NASCAR fans."

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stated on August 6, 2012 in an article:

Georgia spends fewer tourism advertising dollars than any other state in the South.

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Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

California S.B. 1174 eliminates the requirement for voter ID at polling places.

By Sofia Ahmed • August 30, 2024
X posts
stated on August 29, 2024 in X posts:

President Joe Biden “did a campaign ad at the graves in Arlington in 2020.”

By Loreben Tuquero • August 30, 2024
X posts
stated on August 16, 2024 in a video:

Video shows “Kamala Harris describing how she can ruin lives with the 'swipe of a pen.’"

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • August 30, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in a post:

Kamala Harris’ “plan to tax unrecognized Capital Gains mean(s) if your house goes up in value you will have to pay that Tax Even if you don’t sell your House!”

By Sara Swann • August 30, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“There’s no such thing as menopause.”

By Madison Czopek • August 30, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Hollywood actor Kurt Russell just said: ‘It is now proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden CHEATED in the 2020 election with mail-in ballots.’”

By Caleb McCullough • August 30, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:

Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2024
Viral image
stated on August 27, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Kurt Russell forms a new non-woke actors alliance with Roseanne Barr and Tim Allen.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024
Viral image
stated on August 23, 2024 in an X post:

Photo of former President Donald Trump after an assassination attempt was generated by artificial intelligence.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024
X posts
stated on August 28, 2024 in an X post:

C-SPAN captions for a JD Vance speech said, “Single person clapping.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024