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Athens-native and film director Aaron Strand released his feature Withdrawal last year. The film won Best Narrative Feature at the Athens Film Festival last year and was played at festivals across the country.
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A lot of people want to learn another language, but many stop short, worried about nailing the accent. And for languages like French and Portuguese, there’s a particular obstacle: the nasal sound.
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Piedmont Athens Regional is celebrating Black History Month with an annual health symposium and lunch Saturday.
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Day 5 of the trial in the 2001 killing of University of Georgia student Tara Baker proceeded Friday as prosecution called cold case investigators to the stand to admit more items as evidence in the prosecution of Edrick Faust.
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University of Georgia freshman, London Seymour, was arrested on several counts of property damage on January 29th.
NPR News
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Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason weaves scenes of quiet domestic life against the backdrop of an arresting landscape in his newest film.
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Olympic figure skating is often seems to take athletes to the very edge of perfection, but even the greatest stumble and fall. How do they pull themselves together again on the biggest world stage? Toughness, poise and practice.
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Leprosy is one of the least contagious diseases around — and perhaps one of the most misunderstood. The colonies are relics of a not-too-distant past when those diagnosed with leprosy were exiled.
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The first season of The Pitt was about acute problems. The second is about chronic ones.
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