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Georgia keeps drawing ACC teams in the postseason, and for the Bulldogs' College World Series opener, they have to play the best team in the conference.

“I think America is in the middle. It's real frustrating. We all want our troops home, but those totally against the war want to pull them out now with no plans to move forward.”

Wednesday, the House will have a chance to ask General Petraeus some questions about Iraq. via WTOC-TV Savannah

“It's going to help keep his name, because somebody, someday, is going to look up who Michael Hendrickson is when they apply for a scholarship...they're going to Google it or something, and they're going to see a big, big legacy.”

A local family working to keep their son's memory alive. Last December, 23-year-old Michael Hendrickson, an Evans High School graduate, died of what doctors say was a severe bacterial infection. via WJBF-TV Augusta

Last Update: 1/3/2008 8:43:59 AM Web Editor: Rebecca Stewart Authorities plan to continue searching today for a woman who went missing after going hiking in the North Georgia mountains. via 13WMAZ-TV

“Wild Safari 3D: A South African Adventure”

When I got my first glimpse of Albany, Ga., in September, the new Ray Charles Plaza seemed about half finished. via Daily Citizen

Story updated at 12:32 AM on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 Thomas P. Lauth, dean of the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia and an expert in public finance and the state budget ... via Athens Banner-Herald

“My surprises were the level of activity and how busy this community is and what wonderful people we have working for the city”

The title mayor means different things in different places. In Hinesville, Tom Ratcliffe has been the CEO and ambassador of sorts representing the city to the state, to the military and to the world. via WTOC-TV Savannah

“It says they are important in the world scene, of course the third infantry division is on their third deployment right now in Iraq and doing a great job”

Over the next five years 3,900 more soldiers and their families will be moving to the Coastal Empire. via WTOC-TV Savannah