Former US Sen. Zell Miller dies; he was 2-term governor

ATLANTA (AP) " As Georgia's governor, Zell Miller successfully championed selling lottery tickets to fund scholarships in a Bible belt state and lost a fight to change the Confederate-themed state flag. As a U.S. senator, he enraged fellow Democrats with a primetime convention speech endorsing the re-election of President George W. Bush.Time and again, Miller proved himself a stubbornly independent Southern Democrat during a political career that spanned four decades. Miller died [...]


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