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1 min ago | WSAV

Uga Profs To Study Water Conflicts Between Nations

Two University of Georgia researchers plan to study how to prevent and manage conflicts between nations who share fresh water sources.

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Related Topix: Georgia

4 hrs ago | WSAV

Uga Mascot Buried Next To His Father At Stadium

Uga VII, the mascot of the University of Georgia football team, has been buried next to his father at Sanford Stadium.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA

9 hrs ago | ClipSyndicate

Georgia Mascot Dies

Uga VII, the white English bulldog mascot for the University of Georgia's football team for almost two seasons, died Thursday

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Related Topix: Sports, Video

14 hrs ago | The Gadsden Times

An Unsteady Future for Broadcast

Published: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 4:09 a.m. Oprah Winfrey is fleeing broadcast television for cable.

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, Cable & Satellite, Comcast

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Warrants issued for former student in alleged fraternity beating

University of Georgia Police Department today took out warrants charging a former UGA student in connection with a Clemson University student's allegation he was held captive and beaten in a local fraternity house.

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Related Topix: Clemson University, Williamson, GA, Athens, GA, Athens Metro

Time

The Science Behind Outside Smoking Bans

When, more than a decade ago now, smoking bans began to take effect around the world, researchers and public health officials feverishly collected data demonstrating the health benefits: lower levels of respiratory illness were reported among bar workers from Dublin to San Francisco after indoor smoking bans took effect, saliva tests revealed lower ...

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication, California

Florida Times-Union

Georgia college students taking their sweet time to graduate

Tiffany King describes herself as a "fifth-year senior" at the University of Georgia who isn't in a hurry to finish college.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Georgia Tech

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Dr. Henry Harsch, 88, Atlanta psychologist

Henry Harsch was studying to become an engineer when he had an epiphany one day while riding a college elevator.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Psychology, Science, Atlanta Metro, University of Southern California, Decatur, GA

Thu Nov 19, 2009

640 WGST - Atlanta. Talk. Radio.

ATLANTA (AP) The University of Georgia's mascot, Uga VII, has died.

A cause of death Thursday for the pure white English bulldog was not immediately known and several Atlanta media organizations reported the death.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro

Freshnews

With NABCO Solution, University of Georgia Becomes First in the...

NABCO, Inc. today announced the sale of a Total Containment Vessel to the University of Georgia Police Department , which becomes the first campus law enforcement agency in the nation with its own capabilities to counter and contain chemical, biological and explosive threats.

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Related Topix: Aerospace-Defense, Security

Athens Banner-Herald

Visitor's friend backs his story on fraternity beating

A second Clemson University student backs a classmate's story that there was a fight downtown last weekend before the young man was beaten - he says in the basement of a nearby fraternity house.

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Related Topix: Clemson University, Athens, GA, Athens Metro

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Americus Times-Recorder, Americus, Ge...

Dwain Walden: Good news/bad news

It could very well be one of those good news/bad news scenarios. University of Georgia scientists have discovered a bug that eats kudzu.

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Related Topix: Vienna, GA, Entomology

R & D

Study raises concerns about outdoor second-hand smoke

Indoor smoking bans have forced smokers at bars and restaurants onto outdoor patios, but a new University of Georgia study in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that these outdoor smoking areas might be creating a new health hazard.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication

Myrtle Beach Online

Kudzu-munching bug also threatens US bean crops

Researchers recently found an insect in north Georgia that has never before been reported in the Western Hemisphere - and its arrival could be both a blessing and a curse.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Georgia, Entomology

WPMT-TV York

Stink bug that's new to US munches nuisance kudzu, but also threatens bean crops in South

Researchers recently found an insect in north Georgia that has never before been reported in the Western Hemisphere - and its arrival could be both a blessing and a curse.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Entomology

MyFoxAtlanta

Fake Cab-robberies Reported in Athens

Police say 41-year-old Tracy Faust mounted a taxi sign on the roof of a Cadillac Oct.

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Related Topix: Athens, GA, Alpharetta, GA

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Regents raise student fees

When Georgia's college students start their next semester, they'll get hit with a higher tab for fees.

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Related Topix: Georgia Tech, Valdosta, GA, University of Georgia West Georgia State

MyFoxAtlanta

UGA Police Investigate Beating Claim

University of Georgia police are looking into a visiting student's claim he was held captive at a fraternity house after getting into a fight in an Athens bar.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Clemson University

Alabama Live

New UAH student residence policy is controversial for longtime commuter college

The University of Alabama in Huntsville will require all freshmen and sophomores to live on campus beginning next fall, and that big move away from UAH's traditional commuter-college identity is roiling the campus.

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Related Topix: University of Alabama, Huntsville Metro, Huntsville, AL

Augusta Chronicle

Some call Rep. Broun mailing on health care misleading

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 5:54 a.m. A brochure from U.S. Rep. Paul Broun that hit constituents' mailboxes late last week implies that Democratic health care reform requires insurance plans to pay for abortions.

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Related Topix: Representative Paul Broun, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bart Stupak, Democrat

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