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Georgia/Florida Beach Cleanup
While the dawgs prepare for the gators, volunteers will go head to head with litter. This is the 6th year students have volunteered to spend their game day morning sweeping up the trash left behind by thousands of students. But this rivalry weekend, clean up organizers are turning to something new…
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UGA Paint Line: Breast Cancer Awareness
ATHENS, Ga.– For nearly 15 years, the UGA Paint Line has been yelling and screaming in red and black in support of the Georgia Bulldogs. The colors will change this Saturday. They will be painting up in pink for the Missouri game in honor of breast cancer awareness month. Matthew…
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Athens Go-fers
Melissa Steele’s day starts out with a long to-do-list. “Yeah i just got downtown. I’m going to drop off the shoes at Marvin’s, meet Andrea, pick up a gift for Karen at Native American Gallery, and then I’m going to run to the grocery store,” she said as she’s driving…
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UGA Football Injuries Update
Athens, GA–Take a look at the intensity as Keith Marshall stumbles while going for the ball at the UGA vs. Tennessee game this past Saturday. This adds 4 more players to the list of injured UGA players, and it’s time for the newbies to fill their big shoes. Many fans…
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Students Try Out Drunk Buster Goggles
Athens, GA—After a night of drinking, you may experience dizziness, blurred vision and loss of balance. Today dozens of UGA students went through the same symptons without drinking a drop of alcohol. Diana Valdovinos was one of these students. They took a”field sobriety test” wearing drunk buster goggles, which simulated blood alcohol levels…
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Bicycle Bill Meeting Information
The meeting will be held at 6 PM tonight Until 8 PM at the Hall County Government Building located at 2875 Browns Bridge Rd. Gainesville,GA 30504. The meeting is open to the public and both sides of the argument will be heard in regards to the bill attempting to register bicycles state…
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Races coming up in Athens
For more information on the different races going on this month and in the future, you can go to http://www.runningintheusa.com/race/ListByCityRadius.aspx?City=Athens&State=GA to see all the different options open to you.
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Congressional Representatives Won’t Pick Up
No matter which congressional representative I called…the phone just rang and rang. Until of course– voicemail. Senator Saxby Chambliss’ voicemail said, “Due to the government shutdown, my office is performing only essential legislative operations with very minimal staff. Leave a message, they will check messages periodically.” We called. Left a…
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Don’t Text, Just Drive
Morgan County, GA– “It’s my brother’s 22nd birthday, and he passed away 4 years ago…” says Griffin Sorohan as he reflects on the day that changed his life forever. He was just 14 years old when his big brother Caleb was killed when he collided with a truck as he was…