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Bulldogs to host NCAA First & Second Rounds

Submitted by Jenna Herb, Sports Producer

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013, 6:45pm

ATHENS, Ga. -- The Georgia men's tennis team (22-4) received the No. 3 national seed and was named one of 16 hosts for the upcoming first and second rounds of the NCAA Championships, it was announced Tuesday evening. The Bulldogs will take on Binghamton in the first round, with Wake Forest and Northwestern also headed to Athens in hopes of advancing to the round of 16 on the campus of the University of Illinois in Urbana, Ill.

Georgia and Binghamton - which made the field as an automatic qualifier after winning the America East Conference title - will face off for the first time in history on Fri., May 10 at 1 p.m., while Wake Forest and Northwestern will play that morning at 10 a.m. The winners will meet in the second round on Sat., May 11 at 3 p.m. Illinois will then host the round of 16 through the finals in addition to the individual singles and doubles tournament May 16-27.

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UGA announces emphasis on economic development

Submitted by The Associated Press on Tuesday, April 30th, 6:26 am

ATHENS, Ga. -- University of Georgia President-elect Jere Morehead is announcing plans for a greater emphasis on economic development.

Morehead said this week that the university will establish an economic development office in Atlanta to provide a closer link with the business sector and the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

The office will be charged with making the university's research, public service and outreach resources more accessible for communities, development authorities and various chambers of commerce.

The university also announced that Margaret Wagner Dahl will become associate vice president for economic development, effective July 1. Dahl will continue to serve as director of the Georgia BioBusiness Center.

The university says the BioBusiness Center has helped launch more than 30 companies that have attracted more than $150 million in investment.

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UGA QB Murray "excited for upcoming season"

Submitted by Jeff Hullinger, 11Alive Reporter

Friday, April 26th, 2013, 10:56pm

ATHENS, Ga. -- With the NFL Draft front and center - - it is impossible not to think of UGA's fine senior QB to be Aaron Murray. He could have gone pro and made a lot of money.

Murray decided to stay in Athens and now the bar of expectation has been raised for the Bulldog season of 2013. On a campus of almost 35 thousand students -- he is the most famous, the "Big Man on Campus."

In state of almost 10,000,000 people he is a household name. And with fame comes self-imposed restriction out of personal necessity. Aaron Murray lives not as a 22 year old student/athlete these days. But more as celebrity-at-large, very large.

Aaron Murray's Twitter page has over 84K followers.

He recently tweeted this:

"Always drive by one frat house and see them throwing the ball around. Think they would get mad if I joined in?"

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Running around Metro Atlanta this weekend

Submitted by Michael H. King, Digital Executive Producer

Friday, April 26th, 2013, 2:53pm

ATLANTA - This weekend's race calendar includes runs in Norcross, Woodstock, Sandy Springs and Inman Park.

For the last weekend in April, runners can lace up their shoes starting Friday night.

The Atlanta edition of the Vampire 5K kicks off - for both vampires and citizens - Friday night at 7:45 at Six Flags Over Georgia. Racers will be able to pick up packets inside the pavilions underneath the Great American Scream Machine from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Race Day Registration is available for $55 per team or $60 per individual. The race course runs through service roads and parking lots, but also takes a jog through the amusement park itself. For more information, visit Vampire5k.com.

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Jobless rate drops to 7.9 percent

Submitted by Associated Press

Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 8:37am

ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate dropped to 7.9 percent in March, down four-tenths of a percentage point from 8.3 percent in February.

In Clarke County, the jobless rate was 6.2 percent in March.

State labor officials said Thursday the rate declined because of an increase in the number of jobs and fewer new layoffs.

Metro Athens had the state's lowest jobless rate at 5.9 percent.

The Heart of Georgia-Altamaha region had the highest at 10.4 percent.

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Athens police officer hurt in collision with taxi

Submitted by Associated Press

Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 7:14am

Athens police officer hurt in collision with taxi

ATHENS, Ga. -- A police motorcycle officer is recovering from serious injuries after he was injured in a collision with a taxi near downtown Athens.

Authorities say Athens-Clarke County Senior Police Officer Kenneth Beavers sustained a concussion, a broken leg and a facial injury in the Monday night crash. Beavers was being treated at Athens Regional Medical Center.

Georgia State Patrol Trooper First Class C.E. Parker said no one had been cited in the wreck as of Tuesday while authorities continue to investigate. The State Patrol investigations collisions that involve a county-owned vehicle.

The accident investigators plan to review footage from the downtown surveillance camera system to see if it captured images of the wreck.

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Mail stolen from 48 Clarke County residents

Submitted by Associated Press

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013, 8:58am

Mail stolen from 48 Clarke County residents

ATHENS, Ga. -- Dozens of northeast Georgia residents say their mail was stolen in a mystery that involves plastic bags full of mail found in the bed of a pickup truck.

Police said Monday they were investigating the thefts of mail from 48 victims in southeastern Athens-Clarke County.

A resident called police at the urging of his father, who found three large plastic bags of mail in the bed of his son's pickup truck. The younger man told police the bags were placed in the truck the night before by a man after a party in west Athens.

Police say much of the mail bore addresses of homes in neighborhoods off Barnett Shoals and Old Lexington roads.

Investigators plan to check the mail for fingerprints.

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