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3 hrs ago | Athens Banner-Herald

Forum: Student gives advice on college admissions

It's sweat time. High school seniors are tense with worry about getting into the colleges of their choice.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Opinion

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Winterville School plan talk of town

The historic Winterville School might become government offices, a senior citizens community center or home to the city's library.

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Related Topix: Winterville, NC

Athens Banner-Herald

Suicide ends hunt for Athens woman's killer

A man murdered his former girlfriend at an Athens shopping center Thursday afternoon then shot and killed himself some 30 miles away in Oglethorpe County when the sheriff tried to stop the car he was in, Athens-Clarke police said.

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Related Topix: Athens, GA, Athens Metro, Oglethorpe County, GA

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Union-Recorder

NEW! Athens-Clarke police investigate murder-suicide

Athens-Clarke police are investigating a murder-suicide that started with a woman's body found in a parked car about a mile from the University of Georgia campus.

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Related Topix: Athens, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA

13WMAZ-TV

UGA Marching Band Gets New Practice Field

The University of Georgia marching band is dedicating its new practice field Thursday.

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Athens Banner-Herald

Artist moved by Mideast affairs

The story of Rachel Corrie is one of determination, dedication and, ultimately, tragedy.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Athens, GA, Athens Metro

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Science Daily

Common Plants Can Eliminate Air Pollutants

Surprisingly, indoor air has been reported to be as much as 12 times more polluted than outdoor air in some areas.

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Chattanooga Times Free Press

Race, attacks expected in Atlanta mayor runoff

ATLANTA a ' If history is any guide, the runoff for mayor in Atlanta will be an expensive, bare-knuckles brawl that could lay bare racial divisions in the city that served as the cradle of the civil rights movement.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, African-American, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Saxby Chambliss

ArchitectureChicago PLUS

Tonight - One Night Only! at Schubas: Burnham Smackdown

Yes. I know this is a shameless plug for an event I'm moderating, but there's a great panel, and beer - what more can anyone ask? It's tonight, November 4, 7:00 p.m., upstairs at Schubas Tavern , 3159 N. Southport at Belmont, a former tied house .

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Energy, University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology

What's Up Daybook

Downtown Atlanta Architecture featured in High Museum of Art Exhibition.

The High Museum of Art will be the sole venue for "John Portman: Art &Architecture," an exhibition featuring architectural projects, furniture, paintings, and sculpture by Atlanta-based architect and artist John Portman.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Downtown (San Francisco, CA), Construction, Architecture, Embarcadero (San Francisco, CA), Sea Island, GA

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Macon Area Online

Vince Dooley to hold book signing in Warner Robins

Tues Nov. 3, 2009 3:07pm EDT - From Google Images and DawgPost.com . MACON,GA.- Vince Dooley, former Athletic Director and Coach at the University of Georgia, will promote and sign his 'Dooley's Play Book' at the new Kroger in Warner Robins, located at 774 Highway 96 on November 4 at 4 p.m. Customers can purchase 'Dooley's Play Book' from Coach ...

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Related Topix: Warner Robins, GA, Macon Metro, Macon, GA, Bonaire, GA

Examiner.com

Will race for Atlanta mayoral election come down to race?

As election day arrives and the national media looks on with curiosity, the Atlanta mayoral election could either help the process of blurring racial lines or it could reaffirm them.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Atlanta, GA, African-American, Barack Obama, Clark Atlanta University

AndhraNews

Immunity to whooping cough lasts longer than previously thought

Psychiatric medication puts pregnant women at preterm delivery risk Researchers at the University of Washington, University of Michigan and Michigan State University have found that pregnant women with a history of depression who used psychiatric medication are at higher risk of premature child delivery.

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Related Topix: University of Washington, Michigan State University, University of New Mexico

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Montgomery Advertiser

Destructive cogongrass threatens crops, timber

An invader is on the march in the Deep South, wreaking ecological havoc, cutting production in timber and agricultural crops and creating an extreme fire danger along the way.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Alabama Government, Alabama, Georgia, Georgia Government

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Georgia vs. Florida: the annual dance in Jacksonville

University of Georgia Bulldog fans Danielle Johnson, left, and husband Jeremy of Valdosta dance Friday at the Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Related Topix: Jacksonville Metro, University of Florida

Athens Banner-Herald

Public option may not be one for Georgians

Even if Congress passes a health care reform bill that includes a public option, Georgians may not be able to take advantage of it.

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Related Topix: US News, Medicare, Health, Georgia, Georgia Government, Nathan Deal, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Savannah, GA

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Sandy Springs Neighbor

Jeb Bush speaks in Buckhead

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush speaks to the crowd at the Grand Hyatt in Buckhead about the success in education from his state and how Georgia can take examples in its own education system.

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Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, Jeb Bush, Georgia, US Governors, Sonny Perdue

The Macon Telegraph

Board picks Hill as new Alabama 2-year chancellor

The State Board of Education picked a Georgia educator Friday to become chancellor of Alabama's two-year college system and help lead it back from a financial scandal that brought down a former chancellor.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Georgia Government, Alabama, US Governors, Sonny Perdue, University of Alabama

Athens Banner-Herald

Area flu cases recede after early spike

President Obama has called the H1N1 swine flu pandemic a national emergency, but in Northeast Georgia, new cases have slowed to a trickle.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Nursing, Athens Metro

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Catoosa County News

Catoosa County's Community Emergency Response Team needs volunteers

This is part of the team involved in getting a Catoosa County Community Emergency Response Team program established.

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Related Topix: Catoosa County, GA, FEMA, US News

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