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Friday, May 31, 2013  Updated with video; A new crop of college grads are hitting the job market this summer but a new survey from beyond.com reveal that employers may be taking a risk in hiring them.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  The Georgia Department of Labor’s Americus Career Center and South Georgia Technical College have announced via press release their co-sponsorship of a job fair.

Saturday, August 25, 2012  Updated with video; In the Facebook story of the day you wanted to know what vitamins would be most beneficial for people over 40?

Tuesday, April 24, 2012  Company aims to strike it rich by mining asteroids. Tycoons say gold and other minerals could be mined.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010  The White House announced Tuesday that a former assistant U.S. attorney and Justice Department inspector general, Michael Bromwich, will lead a planned reorganization of the Minerals Management Service.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010  Federal regulators approved Wednesday the first new Gulf of Mexico oil well since President Barack Obama lifted a brief ban on drilling in shallow water, even while deepwater projects remain frozen after the massive BP oil spill.

Thursday, May 27, 2010  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the news Thursday at a congressional hearing where Minerals Management Service Director Elizabeth Birnbaum was scheduled to testify. She did not appear.