Editorial: There are reasons for optimism in 2010
Perhaps the best that can be said of the year, and the decade, that ground to a halt just a few hours ago is that they are now, mercifully, over.

Shermer: Reasons for optimism in graduation season
It is fashionable among environmentalists today to paint a gloomy portrait of our future. Although there are many environmental issues yet to be solved, too many species endangered, more pollution than most of us would like and far too many people still going hungry each day, let's not forget how far we've come, starting 10,000 years ago.

Atlanta posts best record in major leagues despite sluggish start
ATLANTA - Jason Heyward's bat has cooled off considerably.

New Yorkers adjust to life in small Georgia college town
Certain things about Athens immediately jump out after arriving from a college near Albany, N.Y, to play in a summer baseball league: The heat. Bugs. Lots of them.