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Alex Wood immediately knew that something was wrong.

Dogs score first, Hogs laugh last
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Arkansas won its 10th consecutive game and the Razorbacks added to their Southeastern Conference lead in a 10-2 victory over Georgia on Saturday.

Hogs finish sweep of Dogs
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - No. 8 Arkansas rattled Georgia's pitching staff again in a 13-5 romp Sunday to easily sweep the Bulldogs in the three-game series.

Blueprint: Volunteer opportunities, calendar
To sign up for any activities listed on this page, call HandsOn NEGA at (706) 353-1313. For a complete listing of all upcoming events and opportunities, visit onlineathens.com/blueprint.

Nancy Jo Tennis Tourney planned for April 30
The 9th annual Nancy Jo Tennis Tournament will be held April 30 through May 2 at the Stephens County High School tennis complex in Toccoa.

Eat out locally April 27 to support 'Entrée of Hope'
On April 27, several restaurants will unite in joining "Entrée of Hope" to provide financial support for the work of two local charities.

Belk Spring Charity Sale tickets aid nonprofits
Belk invites local charities, schools and nonprofits to participate in its Spring Charity Sale on May 1.

Schools favoring charters
Two Northeast Georgia school districts are taking steps to gain more spending flexibility and freedom from rigid state regulations under laws that give schools the option of setting up self-governing systems.

HandsOn celebrates volunteers
As a fledgling organization just getting started, HandsOn Northeast Georgia matched 1,200 volunteers with projects or organizations that needed help in 2007.

Dry air, blustery winds make fire hazard
The National Weather Service has issued an outdoor fire warning for Athens-Clarke, Barrow, Jackson, Madison, Oconee Oglethorpe and surrounding counties until 8 p.m., urging people to use extreme caution.

Richt dismisses Mettenberger from football team
Georgia announced Sunday afternoon that coach Mark Richt has dismissed redshirt freshman quarterback Zach Mettenberger from the football team for violating team rules.

Richt dismisses Mettenberger from football team
Georgia football coach Mark Richt kicked quarterback Zach Mettenberger off the team today exactly six weeks after he was arrested outside a bar in Remerton.

Richt dismisses Mettenberger from football team
Georgia announced Sunday afternoon that coach Mark Richt has dismissed redshirt freshman quarterback Zach Mettenberger from the football team for violating team rules.

Carson killer pleads guilty, avoids death penalty
GREENSBORO, N.C. — One of the men accused in the 2008 killing of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student body president Eve Carson pleaded guilty to federal charges in the case today.

Secretaries have undergone a professional evolution
Just about every business in America has a superstar or two on the payroll - the dynamic salesperson or the technical guru are a couple of the heavy hitters who typically come to people's minds.

Nelson: Reform bill needs loan guidelines
Predatory lending is about as descriptive a term as one could apply to the practices pursued by payday loan and title loan outfits that take advantage of our society's lowest income citizens.

Amtrak long-distance routes under review
COLUMBUS, Ohio - In many states, travelers who take Amtrak's long-distance trains for vacations or out-of-state business trips board in the middle of the night and return home from such cities as Chicago or New York City at times that are just as inconvenient.

AT&T shelves ad spat with Verizon Wireless
NEW YORK - AT&T has hung up on the ad wars, dumping its ad campaign responding to rival Verizon's slams on its wireless phone coverage.

Hayden: A good leader makes meetings productive
Planning meetings can be fun, educational and productive if approached the right way. Meetings can serve a range of purposes - interacting, transmitting information, seeking ideas, confirming decisions or carrying out a plan.

Small businesses recovery?
WASHINGTON - Small businesses still are waiting for the economic rebound that's enabled larger companies to obtain low-interest credit and to boost exports and production in recent months.

Califf: Twitter followers may want to check this list
Attention @AthensBannerHeraldReaders! (not a real Twitter account).

Permits and licenses
Permits issued in Athens-Clarke County the week of April 5 to 9 as reported in the Hunt Letter.

Health Inspections
Health inspections for March 26 to April 9, includes Clarke and Oconee counties

Business Whirl: Thomason new VP at Athens First Bank
Athens banker Chad Thomason recently joined Athens First Bank & Trust as an assistant vice president and business banker in the bank’s downtown office.

Briefs: Tai Chi instruction offered at the office
Tai Chi Easy instructor Tom Wittenberg is taking his training sessions on the road.

Brief Cases: Old Çity Diner coming to Eastside
It looks like another restaurant will take over the vacant space at 2230 Barnett Shoals Road where the Five Star Day cafe had been.

Gad: True conservative investing rewarding
Mention conservative investing and people often think of putting money away in the biggest, most stable enterprises that guarantee safety of principal.

Wedding cake scam uses e-mail to bilk bakeries
BELLINGHAM, Wash. - E-mail orders from out of town come in all the time at Our Kitchen is Your Kitchen, a two-year-old bakery.

Flip SlideHD camera too pricey for perks
SAN FRANCISCO - Pure Digital Technologies spawned a revolution in 2007 with its first Flip Video pocket camcorder, which made it quick, cheap and easy for anyone to shoot and upload digital clips to the Web.

Celebrations
Mr. and Mrs. James Douglas Kilpatrick of Bogart announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Anne Giardini, to Thomas Day Wilcox III, son of Judge and Mrs. Thomas Day Wilcox Jr. of Macon.

Burglar takes coins, rented television
The back door of an apartment in the 100 block of Firewood Street was kicked in between 12:30 and 4:30 Friday afternoon, according to an Athens-Clarke police report.

Credit card receipts, cash taken from store
Three convenience store employees discovered that $2,060 in cash and $250 in credit card receipts had been stolen from the store overnight Saturday, according to an Athens-Clarke police report.

Athens man charged with robbery after taking $5
A man took money out of a East Broad Street man's pocket as he carried take-out food into his house about 11 a.m. Saturday, according to an Athens-Clarke police report.

Thieves hit lot on county line
Authorities from both Jackson and Clarke counties are investigating a theft from a property off Nowhere Road that is in both jurisdictions.

Officer uninterested in man's high-five
A 22-year-old University of Georgia student was arrested about 2:15 Saturday morning when he mouthed off at a police officer who wouldn't give him a high-five, according to an Athens-Clarke police report.

Woman's drama draws attention
An Athens-Clarke police officer on patrol about 1:45 a.m. Saturday, stopped at Sigma Kappa sorority house, 654 S. Milledge Ave., to check on a woman he saw lying on her back in the driveway, according to the officer's report. A nearby car also seemed to be backing away from the woman, the officer noted.

Jewelry missing from woman's bedroom
A Bogart woman reported that $6,100 in jewelry was stolen from a bedroom drawer in her Fowler Mill Road home Thursday or Friday, according to an Athens-Clarke police report.

Equestrian wins national title
WACO, Texas - The Georgia equestrian team need a couple of tiebreakers, but still prevailed over Texas A&M to capture its fifth national championship in eight years Saturday.

Richt sacks quarterback Mettenberger
Police in the South Georgia town where quarterback Zach Mettenberger was arrested are still looking into the March 7 incident, Remerton police chief Mike Terrell said this morning.

Dual-threat Bowman commits to Bulldogs
Georgia scooped up a potential two-way player on Saturday when Devin Bowman verbally committed to the Bulldogs, Ridgeland coach Mark Mariakis said.

Ching: Richt didn't make this move lightly
This was hardly the way Mark Richt wanted to narrow his team's quarterback competition.

QB race still on at Auburn
AUBURN, Ala. - Auburn's quarterbacks put on an impressive show in the spring football game, but coaches say nobody took the lead in the race to be the starting signal caller.

'10 legislative session winding down
ATLANTA - Legislators will formally be in session just two days this week, but standing committees and conference committees will be meeting all week.

Henley, Bulldogs bring back SEC title
ST. SIMONS ISLAND - Georgia's Russell Henley took home medalist honors and led the Bulldogs to their 28th Southeastern Conference title Sunday.

Women's golf places fourth at SECs
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Georgia's Marta Silva Zamora missed her chance to repeat as the conference champion after bogeying three of the last five holes Sunday in the final round of the SEC championships.

Dogs lead by 4 at SECs
ST. SIMONS ISLAND - When the members of the Georgia men's golf team made the turn on Saturday at the Southeastern Conference championship, a dog in a nearby yard could be heard barking.

Silva Zamora leads at SECs; women's golf slips to fourth
Georgia's Marta Silva Zamora is tied for the individual lead at the SEC championships after her 4-under 67 in the second round Saturday.

Cerwonka: Columnist's 'prescience' amazing
I've read local Banner-Herald columnist Melanie Wilson Daniel's April 11 commentary, "Say 'hello' to government dependency," a number of times, and admit that with each reading, I get more concerned with the generalities, innuendoes and fuzzy thinking of the author. I feel it is incumbent on me to respond to some of the points made by Daniel regarding her vision of the ramifications of the recently passed federal health care legislation.

Evans: Politicians need training in values
Two things should be required before someone can run for political office: Playing organized sports, at least through high school, and having served in the military.

Blueprint: Volunteer opportunities, calendar
To sign up for any activities listed on this page, call HandsOn NEGA at (706) 353-1313. For a complete listing of all upcoming events and opportunities, visit onlineathens.com/blueprint.

Dondero: Soups in ancient Rome
Soup means comfort. It has for millennia. That warm liquid containing meat, fish, vegetables, grains or starches has long been thought to sustain and restore health.

Rossiter: Foods of the South celebrated
A Yale couple, both reporters, worked a stint in Savannah during my long residency at the newspaper there. The Northwest seduced the talented pair. But before they left, we lapped up their fresh perspective on the South.

Jackie Kennedy interviews to be published
NEW YORK - During the first half of 1964, just months after her husband was assassinated, Jacqueline Kennedy sat for seven interviews with historian and family friend Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

'Twilight' series on challenged books list
NEW YORK - Stephenie Meyer, the hottest author for young people since J.K. Rowling, has a new link to the creator of "Harry Potter": a place high on the list of books most complained about by parents and educators.

Polaneckzy: 'Dreaming' perfectly illustrates the 1960s
"America Dreaming: How Youth Changed America in the '60s" by Laban Carrick Hill (Little, Brown, 176 pp., $12.99)

Rich: Not being sensitive enough for today's world
You know, it's beginning to occur to me that I'm not sensitive enough. This is quite a revelation since I spent a good amount of my life being told that I was too sensitive. As a child, Mama said I got my feelings hurt too easily and I needed to snap out of it.

Best Bets: High Hat Tea Party
1-3 p.m., The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, 2450 S. Milledge Ave.

Deadline for regional photo contest May 6
Carolina Gallery in Spartanburg, S.C., is calling for entries in a competition resulting in a Photography Invitational Exhibition in June in downtown Spartanburg. The competition is open to all professional and amateur photographers, age 18 or over, currently residing in North Carolina, South Carolina or Georgia.

Births
Births reported in the area.

Nancy Jo Tennis Tourney planned for April 30
The 9th annual Nancy Jo Tennis Tournament will be held April 30 through May 2 at the Stephens County High School tennis complex in Toccoa.

Eat out locally April 27 to support 'Entrée of Hope'
On April 27, several restaurants will unite in joining "Entrée of Hope" to provide financial support for the work of two local charities.

Belk Spring Charity Sale tickets aid nonprofits
Belk invites local charities, schools and nonprofits to participate in its Spring Charity Sale on May 1.

Georgia assistant leaving for Wake Forest
Mark Fox is losing a member of his Georgia basketball staff.

Europe still grounded as eruptions continue
PARIS - The Icelandic volcano that has kept much of Europe land-bound is far from finished spitting out its grit, and offered up new mini-eruptions Saturday that raise concerns about longer-term damage to world air travel and trade.

European airlines test skies, press to end ban
AMSTERDAM - Major airlines that sent test flights into European air space found no damage Sunday from the volcanic ash that has paralyzed aviation over the continent, raising pressure on governments to ease restrictions that have thrown global travel and commerce into chaos.

Pope: Church will better protect kids
VALLETTA, Malta - With tears in his eyes, Pope Benedict XVI made his most personal gesture yet to respond to the clerical sex abuse scandal Sunday, telling victims the church will do everything possible to protect children and bring abusive priests to justice, the Vatican said.

Poland holds crash memorial
WARSAW, Poland - Some 100,000 Poles filled Warsaw's biggest public square Saturday, joining together for a memorial and funeral Mass for the 96 people killed in a plane crash a week earlier.

Poll: Majority lacks trust in government
WASHINGTON - Can you trust Washington? Nearly 80 percent of Americans say they can't, and they have little faith that the massive federal bureaucracy can solve the nation's ills, according to a survey from the Pew Research Center that shows public confidence in the federal government at one of the lowest points in a half-century.

Lessons learned shape Obama's pick
WASHINGTON - Expect a fight. Enlist supporters but keep them in line. Protect secrecy. Reach out to opponents even though you can't woo them.

Goldman case likely to unleash torrent of lawsuits
WASHINGTON - The fraud charges against Goldman Sachs & Co. that rocked financial markets Friday are no slam dunk, as hazy evidence and strategic pitfalls could easily trip up government lawyers.

Underwood wins ACM entertainer of the year
LAS VEGAS - Carrie Underwood made history at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night, becoming the first woman to win entertainer of the year twice.

Fraud charge deals blow to image
NEW YORK - While Goldman Sachs contends with the government's civil fraud charges, an equally serious problem looms: a damaged reputation that might cost it clients.

Cat gets complimentary flight home after he wandered off and was found 1,300 miles away
CHICAGO - No one knows how a tabby cat named Charles traveled the 1,300 miles from his New Mexico home to Chicago, but he's set for a complimentary flight home on American Airlines in a carrier donated by an Albuquerque business.

Neo-Nazis and their foes face off in L.A.
LOS ANGELES - A neo-Nazi white supremacist group rallied against illegal immigration in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday as hundreds of counter-protestors gathered to shout them down in a tense standoff that included thrown rocks and police in riot gear.

China quake survivor lasted by sleeping in
JIEGU, China - Her roommates used to call her a "lazy pig" for trying to sleep in before class. But it was Song Yuhuan's slowness to get out of bed that saved her life - the girls who rushed from their dorm were crushed by the walls collapsing in an earthquake that leveled their town and left 1,484 dead.

Iran calls U.S. nukes tool of intimidation
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's supreme leader told a nuclear disarmament conference in Tehran on Saturday that the United States' atomic weapons are a tool of terror and intimidation.

Pope on pilgrimage in nation hit by scandal
VALLETTA, Malta - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday began a pilgrimage in Malta, a Catholic nation buffeted by the worldwide clerical sex abuse scandal and where victims are hoping to meet with him as a way to deal with their pain.

Taliban: Insurgents ready for showdown
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The Taliban is moving fighters into Kandahar, planting bombs and plotting attacks as NATO and Afghan forces prepare for a summer showdown with insurgents, according to a Taliban commander with close ties to senior insurgent leaders.

Bombers kill refugees waiting for supplies
KACHA PUKA, Pakistan - Two burqa-clad suicide bombers attacked people who had fled a Pakistani offensive against the Taliban close to the Afghan border, killing 41 as they lined up Saturday to register for food and other relief supplies.

Earthquake rattles Caribbean islands
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A moderate earthquake has rattled the Eastern Dominican Republic and Western Puerto Rico.

Massa: Aide's salary increase was forged
WASHINGTON - Former congressman Eric Massa said Saturday that someone forged a $40,000 salary increase for his chief of staff, who has accused the ex-lawmaker of sexual harassment.

Polish president, first lady interred
KRAKOW, Poland - Tens of thousands of Poles bade farewell to President Lech Kaczynski on Sunday at a state funeral filled with pomp, pride and an outpouring of patriotism that his divisive and unpopular leadership had never generated.

Insurers to recoup Toyota recall claims
MIAMI - Insurance companies are gearing up to recoup from Toyota money they paid for claims in crashes involving sudden acceleration, the subject of major safety recalls by the Japanese automaker. It also could mean money back for some drivers who paid deductibles.

NASA: Delays likely for shuttle's return
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA warned Space Shuttle Discovery's astronauts Sunday to expect rain delays as they wrapped up their two-week mission and got ready to come home.

Doctor was subject of 1996 complaint
LEWES, Del. - A Delaware hospital has revealed that it investigated a 1996 complaint against a pediatrician now accused of molesting more than 100 patients, but the doctor was cleared of any wrongdoing.

Economy growing fast, Geithner says
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the economy is growing faster than the Obama administration expected.

Afghan president appoints officials
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai took key steps toward reforming the country's electoral system Saturday, naming a respected former judge to head Afghanistan's election-organizing body and backing down from a bid to keep international representatives off a separate team that monitors fraud.

Water phenomenon can leave a bad taste
As temperatures rise across Northeast Georgia, water system managers are hoping to head off an annual phenomenon that can turn perfectly good tap water murky, dark and smelly.

Schools favoring charters
Two Northeast Georgia school districts are taking steps to gain more spending flexibility and freedom from rigid state regulations under laws that give schools the option of setting up self-governing systems.

Mopeds efficient, convenient - and risky
James Daniels spends about $2 a month commuting from home in Five Points to his job at the University of Georgia.

Teams take on nature, each other in Eco-Adventure Race
Close to 100 "outdoor athletes" - the type of people who prefer to get their exercise in an actual canoe rather than on a rowing machine - gathered at Sandy Creek Nature Center on Sunday morning to test their endurance in the 10th annual Eco-Adventure Race.

Woman loyal in her service
June Gnan has volunteered her good advice at The Ark almost as long as the nonprofit has been around.

HandsOn celebrates volunteers
As a fledgling organization just getting started, HandsOn Northeast Georgia matched 1,200 volunteers with projects or organizations that needed help in 2007.

Man's 3rd competency trial set to begin today
Attorneys will begin picking a jury in Clarke County Superior Court today for the third competency trial for a mentally ill man accused of trying to murder an Athens-Clarke police officer more than two years ago.

Dems advocate bailout for laid-off instructors
Democratic candidates for governor Saturday called on Washington to bail out cash-strapped schools in Georgia.

Officials: New courthouse years away
WATKINSVILLE - A new Oconee County courthouse could be a decade away, Oconee County officials say, after a citizen committee recommended the government build a new criminal justice building to ease overcrowding in the cramped structure downtown.

Audit criticizes tracking of Georgia students
ATLANTA - A federal audit has found problems in the way Georgia education officials track dropouts, violent disciplinary incidents and other issues.

Fee-weary air travelers get a break
ATLANTA - U.S. airlines never met a fee they didn't like. Until now, it seems.

Huckaby: Tax Day can spark good memories, too
So April 15 - Tax Day - has come and gone again.

The Week in Review
A look back at the top stories of the week in the Athens Banner-Herald and OnlineAthens.com.

Secretary of state hopeful to speak
Democratic secretary of state candidate Michael Mills will be the featured speaker at the Clarke County Democratic Committee meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Leaf-limb pickup set for Northwest Athens
Athens-Clarke leaf-and-limb pickups this week are scheduled in west and northwest Athens.

UDC to observe Memorial Day
The Laura Rutherford Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will observe Confederate Memorial Day with a gathering at 2 p.m. next Sunday at Campus View Church of Christ, 1360 S. Lumpkin St.

On the Road
The following traffic restrictions, weather permitting, are expected this week in Athens-Clarke County:

Entries sought for Marigold Festival parade
The Winterville Marigold Festival is seeking participants for the festival parade, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. May 15.

Funerals today
Funerals scheduled for today.

Funerals today
Funerals scheduled for today.

Death notices
Deaths reported in the region.

Death notices
Deaths reported in the region.

Work-sharing policy prevents layoffs
With the nation's unemployment rate still hovering close to 10 percent, and the typical unemployment spell stretching to 20 months, politicians of both parties rightly are looking for ideas to improve labor market conditions.

Editorial: McKillip wise to amend Senate water measure
It's not something that's going to grab many headlines, but the thus-far-successful move by state Rep. Doug McKillip, D-Athens, to amend the Water System Interconnection, Redundancy and Reliability Act is the sort of workaday legislative initiative that comes from a lawmaker paying attention to the details of effective governance.

The Editor's Desk
► RUN, MIKE, RUN! Over the years, Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond, an Athens native and one of the most astute observers and interpreters of the state's political scene, has endured with great good humor and grace the clumsy political ruminations I've offered up occasionally on these pages with regard to his political future. To what I'm sure will be no one's surprise, those ruminations have been, far more often than not, far wide of the mark and undoubtedly of some embarrassment to the labor commissioner.

Forum: App market is doing fine without me
Car companies are crashing, banks are bailing, farms are failing, but grant this to American entrepreneurs: They sure know how to make "apps" (applications) for gadgets.

Pitts: A 60-mile walk for a man missing his mom
"I'm walkin', yes indeed."

Random Thoughts: Spare Garden
The Glenwood Garden Club registers its protest over the potential closure of the State Botanical Garden as a state government budget-cutting measure. The garden's creation was the result of years of effort by many individuals, which would be lost.

Editorial: Senior tax break passes legislature for wrong reason
It's hard to argue against an income tax break, particularly when that break is aimed at retired senior citizens, who likely spent 30 or 40 years or more at work, seeing significant portions of the income siphoned off in taxes.

Forum: State budgeting needs long-term fixes
With state revenues finally ending their freefall and a balanced budget having made its way through the House for consideration in the Senate, it's reasonable to expect the job will be easier next year. Unfortunately, Georgia's fiscal year 2011 budget is balanced with nearly $2 billion of federal stimulus funds. That's money that will not be available next year. And Georgia may have missed several golden opportunities to avoid a repeat of this year's budget drama.

NeSmith: Bramblett keeps buddies from growing old
Friendships can start in strange places. Ours got cranked up pushing Tonka trucks in the sandbox of Jack and Jill Kindergarten, circa 1951.

McGinty: Bipartisan plan to reform tax code makes sense
Tax Day has come and gone and, per usual, it was about as much fun as a root canal.

What Others Say: Court needs mind like Stevens'
U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who announced his retirement Friday, epitomized an approach to judging that always serves the court well: dispassionate, deliberative, but also determined to adapt to changes in the life of the nation. In choosing a successor, President Obama should insist that his nominee share these qualities.

What Others Say: Patient Safety Act a step toward stopping 'hillbilly heroin' problem
Does Georgia want to be known for our institutions of higher learning, our sports teams, our tourist attractions and our robust economy? Or as a prime source of "hillbilly heroin"?

Megathlin: Nothing lasts, except for love
I'm sitting at a small table in the sunny garden behind the birthplace of Sidney Lanier, the Georgia poet who wrote "The Song of the Chattahoochee." I'm here for a brunch following the wedding of my nephew, Michael, to his bride, Mary Catherine, in Macon.

Harrop: Naming things is simply tedious politics
Fly from Atlanta to Houston, and you may start at an airport named after two mayors and land at one named for a president. While in the air, you pass over hundreds of bridges, roadways and public buildings - all honoring politicians, alive or dead.

Griffith: Exclusive interview with Larry Munson

UGA softball players don pink to help 'Strike Out Cancer'

Livingston leads Titans' golf at Invitational
FORT BENNING - The North Oconee boys golf team finished 16th out of 31 teams at the 38th annual Hardaway Larry Gaither Invitational.

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Arevalo stifles Tigers in her return to mound
With No. 11 Georgia's 1-0 victory over Auburn on Sunday, a couple of Bulldogs once again found themselves in familiar situations.

Softball sweeps DH with Auburn
The 11th-ranked Georgia softball team rode strong pitching from Sarah McCloud and Alison Owen to a doubleheader sweep of Auburn.

Heyward's two-run single in ninth inning lifts Atlanta
ATLANTA - Add two more firsts to Jason Heyward's heralded rookie season: a game-winning hit and a show of excitement.

The perfect pitching motion: Analysis from a doctor, a coach and a player
Some people study it. Some people coach it. Some practice it.

Just who was Tommy John?
Although he won 288 games in his major league career, Tommy John is better known for the surgery that bears his name than for his 26 seasons in the big leagues.

Jimenez no-hits Atlanta
ATLANTA - Ubaldo Jimenez pitched the first no-hitter in the Colorado Rockies' 18-year history, dominating the Atlanta Braves in a 4-0 victory Saturday night.

Birds want more balance this time
FLOWERY BRANCH - Thomas Dimitroff finally gets to pick from a full deck of players.

Hawks easily handle Bucks
ATLANTA - For one magnificent half, the Atlanta Hawks did nearly everything right. They made shots. They blocked shots. They dunked and defended and did their best to run Milwaukee out of the building.

Rain pushes NASCAR DH to today
FORT WORTH, Texas - For all the talk about green-white-checkered

Hawks guard against letdown
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Hawks are keeping things nice and loose, and rookie Jeff Teague is a convenient target for their antics.

New NASCAR rules creating chaos
FORT WORTH, Texas - Double-file restarts and the chance for multiple attempts at green-white-checkered finishes are certainly changing the end of NASCAR races and late-race strategy.

Kobe, Lakers quiet Durant in Game 1
LOS ANGELES - Pau Gasol scored 19 points, Andrew Bynum added 13 and the Los Angeles Lakers used their two 7-footers to dominate inside against the Oklahoma City Thunder, winning 87-79 Sunday in the opener of their playoff series.

Big Ben's climb back begins with today's practice opener
PITTSBURGH - Ben Roethlisberger will line up under center, take the snap and throw his first pass to a teammate since the Steelers ended the season Jan. 3.

Furyk leads at Heritage
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Jim Furyk withstood a crazy Saturday shootout that could lead to an even wilder final round in the Verizon Heritage.

Penalty in playoff hands Furyk win
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Brian Davis called a two-stroke penalty on himself on the first playoff hole Sunday to give Jim Furyk a victory at the Verizon Heritage.

Cavs cruise past Bulls
CLEVELAND - They've got more depth. They've got more size. They've got Shaq. And, of course, they've still got LeBron James.

Police: Boxer Valero suspected of killing wife
CARACAS, Venezuela - Former lightweight champion Edwin Valero was detained Sunday on suspicion of killing his wife, the gravest in a string of problems that have threatened to derail his career.

Vols S Myles Jr. charged with misdemeanor
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee coach Derek Dooley says freshman safety Darren Myles Jr. is facing misdemeanor charges and possible discipline by the program.

On Television
Today's scheduled programming.

On Television
Today's scheduled programming.

Silva Zamora leads at SECs; women's golf slips to fourth
Tennessee ended a 14-year losing streak in Athens as the Lady Vols defeated the 13th-ranked Georgia women's tennis team on Senior Day, 4-2.

Men's tennis loses finale
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The 10th-ranked men's tennis team ended the regular season on a sour note in a 6-1 loss at Tennessee on Saturday.

Machovec tallies top finishes
Georgia senior Israel Machovec had the top collegiate finish this year in a pair of events to lead Georgia's track and field teams at the Bulldog Limited on Saturday.

In SEC, UGA's slice of pork leaner
Congressional earmarks - money for research projects, economic development and other purposes inserted into appropriations bills by members of Congress - may be good or bad practice, depending on your point of view. One thing is certain, though: The University of Georgia doesn't get many compared to most of the dozen Southeastern Conference colleges.

Scooter crashes by UGA athletes cause for coaching on safety
Before Chase Vasser joined the Georgia football team last year, he received some advice from his friend and fellow linebacker Rennie Curran: Get a scooter.

Sustainability tours set for Wednesday
The University of Georgia Office of Sustainability and Go Green Alliance will host campus sustainability walking tours Wednesday in observance of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.

Symposium marks UGA's 225th birthday
A University of Kentucky historian will speak on the University of Georgia's place in national higher-education history at a two-day symposium this week to mark the 225th anniversary of the UGA charter.



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