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Adams missed mark by vetoing World Cup

University President Michael Adams dropped the ball (and lost the letter). Sanford Stadium had the opportunity to host one of sports’ greatest spectacles, soccer’s World Cup. But the letter that the United States World Cup Bid Committee sent to the University got lost in the shuffle on Adams’ desk.

As Cities Burn album tweaks new indie sound

It’s amazing what a little adversity can do. Three years after nearly breaking up, Louisiana-based indie rock band As Cities Burn has released perhaps its finest album, “Hell or High Water.” Tuesday’s album release, not to mention 2007′s “Come Now Sleep,” wouldn’t have been possible had it not been for an outcry of fan support following former front man T.

Newspapers need Internet for success

Lately, I’ve started to feel as if I’m caught between feuding factions. It’s as if I’m living two separate, contradictory lives, like being both a Sunni and a Shiite. Or a Democrat and a Republican. Problematic? As a newspaper journalism major studying new media, I am being torn in two directions.

U.S. tax structure ‘simply too difficult’

Hurry, hurry! Subtract line 36 from line 22. Attach W-2s and Schedules C, D and SE. No, you can’t use Schedule C-EZ. But you can attach forms 2106 and 3903! Domestic production activities deduction? Retirement savings contributions credit? Now here’s how much you owe the government.

Diamond Dogs down Mississippi State before record crowd (w/ audio)

If the Georgia baseball team’s defense was good in Friday night’s series opener against Mississippi State, it was superb in Georgia’s 4-0 win in the battle of the Diamond Dogs Saturday afternoon.

Despite some nervy, bases-loaded situations early on, Georgia starting pitcher Alex McRee combined with relievers Michael Palazzone and Will Harvil and closer Dean Weaver for a solid pitching display in the Bulldogs’ fourth shutout of the season.

Cinematography saves ‘The International’

In a time when bank CEOs dominate the headlines with selfish political maneuvers, why not make a film on the basis of the same plot? That is exactly what director Tom Tykwer has done in his latest film, “The International.” Tykwer, who also directed critically acclaimed “Run, Lola, Run,” crafts a tale of a powerful international bank that resorts to murder and espionage to carry out a series of complex political moves.

Society’s priorities misplaced

With companies nationwide announcing upward of 70,000 layoffs in just a couple days, it may be time for many of us to lay out a new career path. Do you have grand ambitions of working in the pharmaceutical sector? Pfizer is shedding 26,000 jobs. Want to go into insurance with ING? It’s cutting 7,000 jobs.

Freshman ‘excited’ to play in World Cup

Although the Georgia soccer team’s season is officially over, one team member is still gearing up for competitive action.

Freshman goalkeeper Ashley Baker will take part in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup with her native England squad. The tournament, played in Chile, begins today and runs through Dec.

Soccer’s elimination from NCAAs ‘a heartbreaker’

Players’ moods were mixed inside the Georgia soccer camp after the team’s elimination from the NCAA Tournament on Friday. The Bulldogs (11-11-1) put in a dominating performance in their first round College Cup game against James Madison, but it did not show up on the scoreboard in Winston-Salem, N.

Soccer team braces for defensive test (w/audio)

The soccer team will face the unknown when it begins its NCAA College Cup adventure this evening.

Having qualified for the tournament for the second consecutive year, the Bulldogs (11-10-1) will travel to Winston-Salem, N.C., to take on James Madison in the first round at 8.

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