Colleges get 60 days for citizenship checks
ATLANTA - University System Chancellor Erroll Davis on Friday gave the presidents of the state's 35 public colleges and universities two months to pore over student applications and ferret out those who can't prove they are U.S. citizens.

Social Security recipients getting stimulus checks
WASHINGTON - About 52 million Social Security recipients started receiving $250 economic recovery checks Thursday, including many who will have to repay the money at tax time next year - either through a smaller refund or a larger tax bill.

Millions face shrinking Social Security checks
WASHINGTON - Millions of older people face shrinking Social Security checks next year, the first time in a generation that payments would not rise.

UGA deck checks to begin in a week
The University of Georgia has hired a structural engineering firm to inspect on-campus parking decks and another firm to devise a regular preventive maintenance and inspection plan for the decks.

Checks on Cinco less busy
Far fewer Athens drivers landed behind bars on Cinco de Mayo than when locals took to the bars to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.