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Numbers released by the United States Department of Labor Tuesday morning show that Georgia once again has the highest unemployment rate in the country.

U.S. homes sold in September at their fastest clip this year, a sign that the housing market is shaking off a slowdown that began in the middle of 2013.

Turner Networks has pulled channels such as Cartoon Network and CNN from Dish's programming lineup as a deadline passed for renewing their distribution agreement.

Forty-four rug hookers from all over the nation have gathered at Unicoi State Park lodge to hone their art this week.

Coca-Cola reported a lower profit and revenue in the third quarter as global soda volume remained flat.

Televangelist Ernest Angley has long controlled members of his Akron-area congregation by advising them not to have children, shunning those who leave the church and using free labor at his for-profit buffet restaurant and television station, according to a two-month newspaper investigation.

Oscar De la Renta, who dressed first ladies, socialites and Hollywood stars for more than four decades, died Monday evening at his Connecticut home at age 82.

Even before hearing objections to the Soque Scenic Byway, Habersham County Commission Chairman Chad Henderson announced no action will be taken on the matter until November.