Kevin West

Federated Department Stores Incorporated Tuesday says it will close two Macy's stores this spring in Alabama and Georgia.

The state Department of Natural Resources is close to getting the last piece of land to complete plans for the Resaca Battlefield Heritage Preserve in northwest Georgia.

Heavily armed gunmen killed four Indian police officers Tuesday at a U.S. government cultural center, and Indian officials called the slayings a "terrorist attack," saying a Pakistan-based Islamic militant group claimed responsibility.

A gunman opened fire on a busy downtown street Tuesday afternoon, wounding at least 14 people before he was killed by police, officials said.

A key gauge of U.S. economic activity rose a strong 1.2 percent in December, and the third consecutive monthly gain signaled that the nation's economy could be nearing a rebound.

Bank of America Corp. said Tuesday its fourth quarter profits rose 49 percent, but that the recession led to lower earnings for the year.

American soldiers dabbed at their eyes and hugged Tuesday as a military chaplain invoked the memory of two Marines killed in the Afghan campaign's second deadly air crash in less than two weeks.

During a ceremony intended to help a 20-year-old woman win back her ex-boyfriend, a folk healer apparently started a fire that left the woman with second- and third-degree burns on her face and torso, authorities said.

Several interested parties have inquired about the Minnetonka-based Fingerhut Cos. catalog business, said a spokeswoman for Federated Department Stores, Fingerhut's parent company.

Columbus officials and U.S. Rep. Mac Collins' office want to attract a major U.S. Army command to Fort Benning, a move that would create about 1,500 jobs.