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Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Hispanic buying power in Texas is expected to jump 47 percent to $252 billion by 2013, according to a study by the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6736256/study-hispanics-pumped-171-billion-into-texas-economy-in-2008 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:00:08 -0700 Hispanic buying power in Texas is expected to jump 47 percent to $252 billion by 2013, according to a study by the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6736540/study-hispanics-pumped-171-billion-into-texas-economy-in-2008 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:46:08 -0700 Hispanic buying power in Texas is expected to jump 47 percent to $252 billion by 2013, according to a study by the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6736613/study-hispanics-pumped-171-billion-into-texas-economy-in-2008 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:45:08 -0700 Hispanic buying power in Texas is expected to jump 47 percent to $252 billion by 2013, according to a study by the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6736480/study-hispanics-pumped-171-billion-into-texas-economy-in-2008 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:34:08 -0700 The Elijah Clarke Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution will commemorate Constitution Week Thursday by ringing the chapel bell on the University of Georgia’s historic North Campus. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6721205/constitution-week-commemoration-set Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:38:08 -0700 A week later, authorities haven't come up with any suspects in the reported kidnap-assault of a University of Georgia student. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6713322/no-suspects-yet-after-student-reports-attack Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:32:08 -0700 WINDER - It was late Athens businessman E.H. Culpepper's vision that the highway connecting Atlanta's research universities with the University of Georgia one day would be lined with research parks, according to economic development officials. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6708650/bioscience-panel-talks-of-honoring-culpepper Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:28:08 -0700 Investigators in Athens say they're collecting and analyzing evidence in the case of a 20-year-old University of Georgia student who says she was assaulted after she got into an SUV she mistook for a taxicab. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6708483/abduction-of-uga-student-investigated Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:01:08 -0700 As police investigate the abduction and assault of a University of Georgia student, school officials are reminding others about campus safety. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6708608/uga-student-abducted,-assaulted Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:29:08 -0700 MONROE, Ga. - University of Georgia music professor Fred Mills, a Grammy nominee who made numerous records as a trumpeter with the Canadian Brass quintet and performed with numerous orchestras, has died after a highway accident. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6708613/uga-music-professor,-renowned-trumpeter-killed-in-wreck Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:02:08 -0700 MONROE, Ga. (AP) -- University of Georgia music professor Fred Mills, a Grammy nominee who made numerous records as a trumpeter with the Canadian Brass quintet and performed with several orchestras, has died, the school said Tuesday. He was 74. The university said he... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709266/famed-trumpeter-fred-mills-killed-in-ga-car-crash Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:51:08 -0700 Congaree National Park, one of the few spots in South Carolina where man has had little impact on nature, suffered a remarkably deadly punch from Hurricane Hugo. Gusts of 100 mph snapped huge trees or pulled their root balls out of the ground. The combination of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6694591/trees-making-a-comeback-years-after-hugo Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:29:08 -0700 Students at the University of Georgia are on alert after a female student was kidnapped near campus and assaulted. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6693424/uga-student-assaulted-after-getting-into-fake-taxi Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:35:08 -0700 Though the University of Georgia lost its football opener Saturday, it was still a great day for the Bulldogs and the Peachtree State. In the front row, center court at Ashe Stadium, wearing a red Bulldogs hat, sat Georgia tennis coach Manuel Diaz... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6691959/john-isner-the-pride-of-georgia Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:57:08 -0700 Congaree National Park, one of the few spots in South Carolina where man has had little impact on nature, suffered a remarkably deadly punch from Hurricane Hugo. Gusts of 100 mph snapped huge trees or pulled their root balls out of the ground. The combination of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6683638/deep-forest-rebounds-from-hugo Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:30:08 -0700 The New England Collegiate Baseball League team brings fans and a good influence to Mackenzie Stadium. Photo by Dave Roback / The Republican Holyoke Blue Sox player Jake Rosenbeck gets tagged out at second by Lowell All American's Oliver Palmer during the first game... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6679873/holyoke-blue-sox-success-can-t-be-measured-just-in-dollars,-mayor-michael- Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:16:08 -0700 The University of Georgia football team will honor Georgia National Guardsmen deployed in Afghanistan during its Sept. 12 home opener against the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. Each Georgia player will have the 48th Brigade Combat Team insignia affixed to... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6661354/uga-football-to-honor-deployed-guardsmen-in-home-opener Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:24:08 -0700 A University of Georgia student reported someone stole his laptop computer valued at $1,000 from the Wildlife Health Building on South Campus between 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Monday, UGA police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6664344/computers-taken-from-uga-buildings Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:21:08 -0700 Burglars forced their way into a home that three University of Georgia students share in the 2100 block of South Lumpkin Street between 5 p.m. Friday and 5:30 p.m. Sunday and stole a projection TV, a cable box, a DVD player and Bose stereo, Athens-Clarke police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6661492/electronics-taken-from-students-home Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:26:08 -0700 A University of Georgia student reported Thursday morning that she'd been raped in an East Campus Village dormitory last weekend, but later in the day she asked police to drop their investigation, UGA police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6630401/student-won-t-press-rape-allegation Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:17:08 -0700