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Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort by Democrats and the White House to lift the ban on gays from serving openly in the military, voting unanimously against advancing a major defense policy bill that included the provision.

The President and CEO of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce is one of 25 people from around Georgia interviewed by Georgia Trend Magazine's 25th anniversary issue.

Brenau University was recognized as a Registered Education Provider by Project Management Institute, in the project management profession.

Truett-McConnell College announces the availability of online transcript ordering to its students and alumni, allowing users to order official transcripts via the web.

Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation announces a rate reduction averaging $15-a-month for the average residential bill.

Home construction increased last month and applications for building permits also grew.

The longest recession the country has endured since World War II ended in June 2009, a group that dates the beginning and end of recessions declared Monday.

The price of fuel in Georgia rose 6 cents this past week to an average of $2.62

Mellow Mushroom owner Barbara Cabak-Rosselle doesn't like to think of the days before July 25

Regulators have shut down three more Georgia banks - two of them in northeast Georgia - and one each in New Jersey, Wisconsin and Ohio, boosting to 125 the number of U.S. bank failures this year amid the tough economic climate and growing loan defaults.