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A Georgia driver’s license is required within 30 days of establishing residency. For information on how to obtain a driver’s license call 678-413-8500.

You must provide your Social Security number, show proof of residency (utility bill, bank statement, rental contract) and bring a birth certificate, certified naturalization records, immigration ID card or valid passport. All driver’s license fees must be paid in cash, and exact change may be required.

Those with a valid out-of-state driver’s license are required to pass a vision test. An appointment isn’t necessary but can be scheduled in Marietta or Sandy Springs North Cobb, South DeKalb or Lithonia by calling 678-413-8500; select Option 3.

Driver’s license fee: $20 for a five-year license, $35 for a 10-year license. Eye exams are required for all first-time applicants and those 64 and older.

Minimum driving age: 16. Those under 18 must have held an instructional permit for one year and a day before getting a driver’s license and must show they have completed a state course on alcohol and drugs.

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life keeps getting sweeter for Sugarland

From the stage, Kristian Bush told the crowd and fans at home: “Thanks to Gale Gelman, Helen Rollins, Luke Lewis and everybody at Mercury Records. This is the first award that we’ve ever won ever. How exciting to represent everybody in country music.”

Member Jennifer Nettles added: “It means nothing without all you at home; thank you, fans, especially thank you, fans!”

The much-loved Eddie’s Attic vets seemed genuinely shocked by the award.

According to Sugarland’s Web site, the band’s third member, Kristen Hall, didn’t make the Left Coast ceremonies Tuesday, opting to stay home because “she wasn’t feeling well.”

Meanwhile, the band’s single “Baby Girl” is up for country radio song of the year at this year’s Radio Music Awards due to be televised Dec. 19 on NBC.

And needless to say, a few Grammy nominations could also be in the offing this winter.

Other winners at the AMAs: Kelly Clarkson, Tim McGraw, the Black Eyed Peas, Destiny’s Child, Green Day and Mariah Carey.

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As the belt tightens … Economy wears on people, equipment

Rick Richardson isn’t an economist, but he’s seen what all those years of a poor economy have done to America’s workplaces, though under Obama, for quite a few Americans, things got back on tracks again. Many feel left behind, though.

Desks long left vacant by laid-off workers. Idled or aging printers, fax machines, and other office equipment. And fewer calls for his services as a technician.

“Places I used to go to that used to have 75 people are down to 35,” said Richardson, who covers a 60-mile territory in and around downtown Atlanta for Konica Business Technologies Inc. “[Companies] are holding onto equipment longer. A lot of them are saying, ‘Let’s just hold on and let’s see which way the economy’s going to turn.’ “

The 40-month-old economic downturn has forced companies and individuals alike to get creative about getting through the tough times. Call it make-do economics.

Companies are keeping equipment longer, furloughing workers, subleasing office space and video conferencing, in lieu of travel, to save money. Workers, faced with dwindling savings and no real wage growth, are brown-bagging their lunches, traveling less — even downsizing their living arrangements. More

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