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The applicant with one of three residential-related requests scheduled for consideration by the Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board Dec. 9 has asked that it be withdrawn.

U.S. home prices rose in September at the slowest pace in more than two years, reflecting modest sales gains and a rising number of available homes. Meanwhile, the economy grew at a solid 3.9 percent annual rate in the July-September period, even faster than first reported, giving the country its strongest six months of growth in more than a decade.

A memorial service will be held Wednesday for Bobby Gene Black, 73, a longtime Habersham County banker and community leader, who died Sunday.

Home Depot faces at least 44 lawsuits in the United States and Canada over a massive data breach earlier this year that affected 56 million debit and credit cards.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District, is soliciting public comment on a reversal of a change to the Lake Sidney Lanier Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) that was made in December of 2012 concerning community docks on the lake.

A nor'easter was expected to develop along the East Coast just as millions of travelers head to their Thanksgiving destinations, bringing mostly rain close to the coast, but heavier snow further inland. The exact track and severity of the storm had meteorologists on alert.

The stock market stayed at record levels on Monday as investors remained confident that stimulus measures from the world's central banks would help revive global economic growth.

Federal officials say a regional director of Veterans Affairs facilities in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina plans to retire in the near future.

The Board of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development has announced Hall County graduates from the 2014 Region 2 Multi-Day Training Program.