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Furlough Days Approved; VP Candidates Debate; Voter Registration Deadline

Get a recap of all the major headlines we brought you last week.

Paulding County employees will be required to take four furlough days in fiscal year 2013. That's down from seven in fiscal year 2012, and county officials say they hope next year will see no furlough days.

Vice President Joe Biden and Republican candidate Paul Ryan met in a debate on Thursday night. We ran a live blog during the debate, and the comments just keep on coming.

Primrose School was evacuated briefly this week after a bomb threat was called in. No bomb was found.

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In other government news, Dallas council members this week approved the city's $4.95 million budget for fiscal year 2013.

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This week also saw the deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 6 general election.

How to make your highest and best offer on a house was the focus of this week’s look at real estate by C. Mark Willix, who answered your questions on this topic in his regular “Ask the Broker” feature.

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