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• 'Dear Mom, Love Cher': Singer fulfills mother's dream

  Georgia Holt is one of those fabulous women people should know about. Besides having given the world Cher, she's realizing a lifelong dream at 86.Holt is the subject of "Dear Mom, Love Cher," a documentary on Lifetime airing Monday night at 10.Poised to   Read more »

• Reese Witherspoon on 'GMA' says she learned 'many lessons' from arrest

  Actress Reese Witherspoon recalls that she panicked and said "crazy things" the night she was arrested in Atlanta on a disorderly conduct charge.During an interview on ABC 's " Good Morning America ," Witherspoon repeatedly apologized for her behavior du   Read more »

• Billy Currington charged with threatening elderly man

  Country singer Billy Currington has been indicted in Georgia on charges that he threatened bodily harm to a man older than 65.A Chatham County grand jury indicted Currington on Wednesday on charges of making terroristic threats and abuse of an elderly pe   Read more »

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• Athenian new chairman of Georgia GOP

  chairwoman Sue Everhart, who was prohibited from running for re-election. The chairman serves two-year terms. Padgett, with Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, was instrumental in bringing the convention to Athens for the first time. He has been active 31 m ago from Athens Banner-Herald Read more »

• Virginia punches ticket to semifinals with 4-0 victory against Tennessee

  winning in both 2007 and 2008 en route to winning the national championship. “We look forward to the semifinal match with Georgia,” Boland said. “We have a lot of respect for that program. Our guys will be ready. It will be nice to have another day to prepare, 54 m ago from NCAA.com Read more »

• Gator baseball drops second straight in Athens

  for the SEC Tournament and will begin play at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Hoover, Ala., against ninth-seeded Texas A&M (30-25, 13-16).Georgia used four straight hits in the second frame to build a 3-0 advantage. Sophomore Justin Bryan (2-for-4, three RBI, two runs) 6:46 PM from GatorSports.com Read more »

• Georgia GOP chairman candidate helps police restrain Duluth man on drugs

  he failed to win nomination as chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, BJ Van Gundy will leave Athens as an honorary junior police officer due to his help in keeping at bay a Duluth man allegedly high on LSD and creating a disturbance in a downtown hotel. 5:48 PM from Athens Banner-Herald Read more »

• CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON ENDS WITH LOSS TO GEORGIA SOUTHERN

  Fla. – The MEAC champion Hampton University softball team lost 3-0 to Georgia Southern on Saturday in the loser’s bracket of the Gainesville Regional in the Division I Softball Championships at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. The Lady Pirates ended the season 5:38 PM from Hampton University Athletics Read more »