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Nobel Prize winner to headline USG conference

Submitted by Atlanta Busines... on Monday, October 3rd, 7:33 am

ATLANTA -- Nobel Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus will be the keynote speaker at an economic development conference hosted by the University System of Georgia.

The Social Business and Microcredit conference will be held Oct. 17 at Georgia Tech's Ferst Center.

Yunus won the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize for his pioneering work in microcredit, which is the extension of very small loans to those in poverty, with the goal of spurring entrepreneurship.

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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011, 11:36am

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Community rallies around soldier, wife after home burns down

Submitted by Bill Liss, 11Alive Reporter

Thursday, September 15th, 2011, 9:29am

CARROLLTON, Ga. -- Sgt. Michael Lambert was at a military base in Afghanistan, when his cell phone rang. His wife Misty was on the other end, telling him their house was burning down.

"I just couldn't believe it, and it just kept going through my mind -- my wife and my daughter could be dead," Lambert said. "Then what would I do?"

Lambert hopped on a flight, bringing him back home to Carrollton 22 hours later.

Within hours, people from the Carrollton community began to rally around the couple.

"They started getting clothes together," said Angie Monroe, who works at Mt. Zion High School. "Morale support and monetary support."

The American Legion worked to help the family.

"We put together some clothing, some food, some furniture, and we still working," said Gerald Sailors of American Legion Post 143 in Carrollton.

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Monday, September 12th, 2011, 10:37am

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Tracking programs created to bring jobs to Georgia

Submitted by Jerry Carnes, 11Alive Reporter

Friday, August 26th, 2011, 11:33am

Tracking programs created to bring jobs to Georgia

ATLANTA -- With Georgia's unemployment rate remaining in double digits, 11Alive journalists are busy digging into three programs that promised to create jobs.

One of them is the federal stimulus program.

According to the state's Stimulus Accountability website, the federal government has granted Georgia approximately $3.2 billion in stimulus funds. Georgia's unemployment rate was around 8.8 percent just prior to the start of the stimulus program. Two years later, unemployment has risen to the current rate of 10.1 percent.

Where are the stimulus jobs?

In Paulding County, the stimulus program is getting mixed reviews.

Paulding County has received approximately $46 million in federal stimulus funds. The unemployment rate there was 6 percent in 2008 before the stimulus program. Unemployment in Paulding has risen to its current rate of 10.6 percent.

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Hundreds hiring Thursday as Ga. jobless rate rises

Submitted by 11Alive News Staff

Thursday, August 18th, 2011, 4:46pm

Hundreds hiring Thursday as Ga. jobless rate rises

ATLANTA -- Thousands of jobseekers descended on the campus of Atlanta Metropolitan College on Atlanta's south side to attend a day-long job fair hosted by U.S. Representatives John Lewis and Hank Johnson.

Coca-Cola, Comcast and Gwinnett County Schools were among nearly 100 companies looking to hire at the fair at the fair, which ended at 5 p.m.

Traffic for the Congressional Black Caucus job fair stretched for blocks around the campus, and fire/rescue officials said at least eight people suffered from heat-related illnesses while waiting in line.

People were not permitted to enter the campus for the job fair after about 2:30 p.m., according to the Atlanta Fire Department's Jolyon Bundridge.

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