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  • Junk South to match donations to charities for a year

    Junk South will take a formalized approach to supporting area nonprofits over the next year when it kicks off a new donation matching program next month.

  • Mercy Health center receives check for $9,200

    The William B. Mulherin Foundation for Health & Wellness recently presented Mercy Health Center with a check for $9,200 to begin a Teaching Kitchen to help patients at Mercy learn how to shop for and prepare healthy food in a community environment.

  • Russsell Middle School role model staff winner selected

    Russell Middle School employee Robin Price was selected as "Role Model Staff" for the month of September. Role Model Staff award winners are nominated by their peers for showing outstanding P.R.I.D.E.

  • First Reliance Credit Union gives away gift card

    First Reliance Credit Union staff members Christy Cade and Willie Johnson present a $100 Visa gift card to Victor Miltiades. Miltiades is the of a raffle the credit union held during the Chick-Fil-A/Connect/3-on-3 basketball tournament in September.

  • Exchange students volunteer for Our Daily Bread

    Mikkel Petersen from Denmark, currently attending school at Clarke Central High School; Joel Correia from Germany, currently attending school at Madison County High School; Michał Drozd from Poland, currently attending school at Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School; Tamás Gyurcsany from Hungary, currently attending school at Clarke Central High School; and Francesco Rossi from Italy, currently attending school at Cedar Shoals High School.



  • Ongoing volunteer opportunities

    THE ARK What it is: An outreach center that provides emergency financial assistance to low-income residents in Athens-Clarke County and the surrounding counties. What it needs: People to act as permanent intake volunteers from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

  • Blueprint calendar

    TUESDAY Scary Movie Night: 5:30 p.m., Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter St.; teens can enjoy treats and popcorn with friends before watching a scary movie; free and open to teens ages 11-18, as well as adults; (706) 613-3650, ext. 329.

  • Volunteer this week

    MONDAY • Meal Packaging: 9-10 a.m. and 1-2 p.m. Volunteers are needed to help package up 50 to 100 meals with Campus Kitchen at the Athens Community Council on Aging. No cooking involved. For more information, visit www.ugacampuskitchen.weebly.com.

Health


  • HIV cure dealt a setback

    LOS ANGELES — The search-and-destroy mission against the HIV virus just got much more complicated.



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  • Pet owners buy organic, raid fridge to feed Fido

    BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Organic kibble? All-natural chow? Fido and Fluffy don't know it, but their owners want them to eat better — and they are forking over big bucks to make it happen.



  • Bullies: They're not just in middle school

    NEW YORK — Was a losing team bullied? Is your angry spouse a bully? How about that co-worker who's always criticizing you? Or the politicians who forced a government shutdown?



  • How Sandy went from 'boring' to killer superstorm

    WASHINGTON — It was the moment a run-of-the-mill hurricane mutated into a monster named Sandy.



  • Sebelius to face tough questioning on health law

    WASHINGTON — Republicans said Sunday they intend to press Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the Obama administration's troubled launch of healthcare.gov, the online portal to buy insurance — even as the website suffered yet another setback.



  • AP Interview: NJ's Chris Christie blames aid delay on DC

    TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie says he understands victims' frustrations a year after Superstorm Sandy but maintains that his administration isn't to blame for delays in aid reaching victims.



  • iPad art gains recognition in new Hockney exhibit

    SAN FRANCISCO — Happily hunched over his iPad, Britain's most celebrated living artist David Hockney is pioneering in the art world again, turning his index finger into a paintbrush that he uses to swipe across a touch screen to create vibrant landscapes, colorful forests and richly layered scenes.



  • NY to judge: Unseal documents on '71 Attica riot

    ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's attorney general has asked a state judge to release sealed documents about the 1971 riot and retaking of Attica state prison in an effort to reveal the full history of the nation's bloodiest prison rebellion and answer the questions of families whose loved ones died there.



  • Meteorologists spy clue to heat waves weeks away

    WASHINGTON — Meteorologists may have found a way to predict some killer heat waves up to three weeks in advance. Now, the best they can do is about 10 days.



  • Police: Roadside bomb kills 18 Afghan civilians

    KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb killed 18 civilians Sunday, mostly women and children, after it struck a small bus coming from a wedding in a lawless district of eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province, police said.



  • PM's choice wins Georgia presidency, polls show

    TBILISI, Georgia — The candidate backed by Georgia's billionaire prime minister easily won Sunday's presidential election in this U.S.-aligned former Soviet republic, exit polls indicated. His closest rival quickly conceded defeat.



  • Banners reflect hard-line backlash in Iran

    TEHRAN, Iran — Banners that suddenly cropped up around Tehran in the past week depict an American diplomat dressed in a jacket and tie, while under the negotiating table he is wearing military pants and pointing a shotgun at an Iranian envoy.



  • NYPD: Cousin admitted fatally stabbing mom, 4 kids

    NEW YORK — A Chinese immigrant who neighbors said struggled to survive in America was arrested Sunday on five counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of his cousin's wife and her four children in their Brooklyn home — using a butcher knife.



  • Phoenix shooting leaves family, dogs, gunman dead

    PHOENIX — Authorities released details Sunday from a weekend shooting attack that left four family members and two dogs dead at a central Phoenix townhouse before the gunman turned the weapon on himself.



  • Wave of attacks kills at least 66 people in Iraq

    BAGHDAD — A series of attacks including car bombings in Baghdad, an explosion at a market and a suicide assault in a northern city killed at least 66 people Sunday across Iraq, officials said, the latest in a wave of violence washing over the country.



  • Israeli tunnel hit by cyber attack, experts say

    HADERA, Israel — When Israel's military chief delivered a high-profile speech this month outlining the greatest threats his country might face in the future, he listed computer sabotage as a top concern, warning a sophisticated cyberattack could one day bring the nation to a standstill.



Opinion


Sports


  • Kaepernick leads 49ers over Jags 42-10 in London

    LONDON — He ran. He threw. He conquered.



  • Oregon jumps Florida State in latest BCS standings

    Oregon passed Florida State and moved into second place behind Alabama in the BCS standings. The Ducks jumping the Seminoles was not a surprise. Florida State had a slim lead on the Ducks in the first standings last week.

  • Moore wins CIMB Classic in playoffs

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Ryan Moore birdied the first hole of a playoff with Gary Woodland on Monday to win the CIMB Classic after an overnight wait caused by thunderstorms.



  • Falcons picked apart as Cardinals intercept QB Ryan four times

    GLENDALE, Ariz. - Arizona intercepted Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan four times and had a breakout day from running back Andre Ellington to defeat the Falcons 27-13.



  • Missouri loss boosts Bulldogs' SEC hopes

    Even without playing a game, Georgia had a good Saturday for the first time in weeks. No key players (presumably) were injured and South Carolina did the Bulldogs a big favor by upsetting Missouri 27-24 in double overtime.

  • Obstruction becomes talk of baseball world

    ST. LOUIS - By Sunday morning, most everyone had become an expert on the obstruction rule. "How can u make a call like that in the World Series," rapper Lil Wayne tweeted. "Worst ending to a World Series game ever!" PGA golfer Hunter Mahan posted.

  • Jeff Gordon notches first victory of year at Martinsville

    MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Jeff Gordon pulled into the championship picture Sunday with a win at Martinsville Speedway, his first of the season. It was Gordon's eighth career win at Martinsville, but first since he swept the two races at the track in 2005.

  • Georgia women's golf team finishes 15th at Stanford, wraps up fall schedule

    STANFORD, Calif. - The Georgia women's golf team wrapped up the fall portion of its season on Sunday with a 307 in the final round of the Stanford Intercollegiate. The Bulldogs finished 15th in the field at 901.

  • UGA soccer team tops Arkansas, secures spot in SEC tournament

    FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The Georgia soccer team posted a 1-0 win over Arkansas on Sunday afternoon at Razorback Field to secure the team's place in the 2013 SEC Championships in Orange Beach, Ala.

  • Georgia men's golf team in fourth after one round in South Carolina

    KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. - The No. 8 Georgia men's golf team stands fourth after one round of The Invitational at the Ocean Course. On Sunday at Kiawah Island Golf and Country Club, the Bulldogs finished at 9-over-par 297.

  • UGA volleyball team edges Mississippi State

    Georgia picked up a 3-2 (25-16, 25-18, 18-25, 18-25, 18-16) win over Mississippi State on Sunday at the Ramsey Center. With the win, the Bulldogs improve to 16-7 on the season that includes a 6-5 mark in Southeastern Conference action.

  • Cardinals top Red Sox in Game 3 on obstruction call

    ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals rushed to the plate to congratulate Allen Craig. The Red Sox stormed home to argue with the umpires.

    The fans, well, they seemed too startled to know what to do. Who'd ever seen an obstruction call to end a World Series game?

    No one.

    In perhaps the wildest finish imaginable, the rare ruling against third baseman Will Middlebrooks allowed Craig to score with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and lifted St. Louis over Boston 5-4 Saturday night for a 2-1 edge.

    A walk-off win? More like a trip-off.



  • South Carolina rallies past Missouri in 2OT

    COLUMBIA, Mo. — Hobbled by a sprained left knee, Connor Shaw asked Steve Spurrier if he could play Saturday night at Missouri.

    The South Carolina coach obliged, calling on Shaw in the third quarter down with the Gamecocks down 17 and starter Dylan Thompson struggling.

    Shaw threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns in relief, engineering three fourth-quarter drives and helping the Gamecocks score on their final five possessions to stun No. 5 Missouri 27-24 in two overtimes.


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