Kevin West

Federated Department Stores says it will sell or shut down its Fingerhut online retailing unit, after enduring millions of dollars in losses.

Michigan's 5 percent average unemployment rate last year was its highest in six years, state officials said Wednesday.

The Charlotte Hornets, who tried unsuccessfully last spring to relocate to Memphis, want to move to New Orleans, Mayor Pat McCrory said Wednesday.

A gunman killed three people and wounded three others during a shooting spree Wednesday at the Appalachian School of Law, officials said.

The parent of American Airlines, the world's largest carrier, posted a record $798 million loss in the fourth quarter and Continental Airlines reported it lost $149 million in the same period as the airline industry was pummeled by the recession and f

Low-fare carrier AirTran Airways will begin offering round-trip, daily flights in March from Rochester to its biggest hubs in Baltimore and Atlanta.

Two men convicted of robbing an Iowa man who fell to his death from a third-floor window at an Atlanta YMCA have been sentenced to prison.

Allstate Insurance Company has agreed to pay about $59 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by Georgia auto policy customers over the company's failure to pay for the diminished value of their vehicles after accidents.

An Atlanta police officer has been charged with aggravated assault in a late night shooting in Riverdale, south of the city.

Two Tampa, Florida police officers were in good condition Wednesday after they were shot with one of the officer's guns during a scuffle at a traffic stop.