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(WSB Radio State Capitol Bureau) -- State lawmakers return to the gold dome today after taking two weeks off to work on the 2011 budget. During that time they heard from state department heads on ways to trim $1 billion from the proposed spending plan ... Some of the more controversial cuts came from the Board of Regents which predicted thousands of layoffs, elimination of entire degree programs, significant tuition increases, and the elimination of the 4-H program run by the University of

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Trial Date Set in Murder of Cobb AU Student

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Published March 7, 2010 at 4:28 a.m.

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) The trial for a man accused of murdering an Auburn University student from Georgia has been tentatively scheduled for Sept. 21 but a judge is still deciding on its location ... Circuit Court Judge Jacob A. Walker III set the date during a hearing a day after the two-year anniversary of the death of freshman Lauren Burk. The hearing was held to debate the defense's motion for a change of venue ... Walker said he would review the material entered Friday by the defense and

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Emory, UGA on best biz schools list

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Published March 5, 2010 at 4:34 p.m.

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Emory University's Goizueta Business School came in at No. 7 in the fifth annual ranking of the top 50 undergraduate business programs compiled by Bloomberg BusinessWeek ...

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UGA Grad Speaker: Alton Brown

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Published March 5, 2010 at 3:29 a.m.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Food Network star chef and author Alton Brown will be the graduation speaker at the University of Georgia this spring ... Brown, a UGA alum and Georgia resident, is the creator of TV show ``Good Eats,'' which just celebrated its 10th anniversary, and hosts ``Iron Chef America.'' He attended UGA in the 1980s and eventually graduated from UGA in 2004 with a degree in drama ... He also graduated from the New England Culinary Institute in 1997 ... He is the first Food Network host

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Georgia State Student Shot, Killed

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Published March 4, 2010 at 12:18 p.m.

Atlanta police are investigating the fatal shooting of a Georgia State University student ... Video ...

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GSU Student Shot, Killed

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Published March 4, 2010 at 3:35 a.m.

(WSB Radio) -- Atlanta homicide detectives believe the murder of a Georgia State University student may be drug-related ... Maxwell Fiandt, 20, was shot in the back of the head around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday outside a unit of the Pencil Factory Apartments on Decatur Street in downtown Atlanta ... Witnesses questioned by APD officers said they saw two black men in dark clothing leaving the scene after the shooting ... "One of his roommates heard a struggle at the door and came out to check," Maj.

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UGA Fraternity Faces Suspension

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Published March 3, 2010 at 6:08 p.m.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) The University of Georgia's chapter of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity is facing suspension over an accusation that a pledge was injured when he was paddled ... The father of a pledge wrote to the university's Greek Life office in February, saying his son received a potentially dangerous blood clot and had to seek a doctor's care ... UGA's Interfraternity Council suspended Pi Kappa Phi on Feb. 17, meaning it can't have any social, alumni or new member education activities until further

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Students Protest Proposed Cuts

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Published March 3, 2010 at 3:40 p.m.

(WSB Radio State Capitol Bureau) -- A couple dozen students from across the state rallied at the state capitol in protest of proposed cuts to the state's colleges and universities ... University System Chancellor Errol Davis told legislative budget writers many of the $600 million in cuts will result in layoffs of thousands of faculty, a reduction in pay for others, and the elimination of entire degree programs ... He reassured lawmakers that a proposal by the University of Georgia to eliminate

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Lawmakers Look at College Cuts

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Published March 3, 2010 at 5:37 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) Georgia lawmakers are expected Wednesday to review proposed cuts from the state's 35 colleges and universities that would mean laying off 4,000 faculty and staff and eliminating dozens of programs ... The University System of Georgia released a plan earlier this week that included closing satellite campuses, shortening library and student center hours and capping enrollment at campuses. Lawmakers asked university system officials to plan for $300 million in additional cuts, on top

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UGA Considers Rescinding Offers

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Published March 2, 2010 at 6:06 a.m.

(WSB Radio) There may soon be a lot of disappointed high school students across the state ... The University of Georgia is considering rescinding admission to 500 freshman who have already been offered a slot in the upcoming class ... It's one of the ways UGA may have to cut $60 million out of its budget ... Other proposals include turning away a thousand transfer students and eliminating entire departments ... Nothing is final, but the university system has been told to cut $300 million in

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