One billboard company took down its five remaining billboards in Snellville by Tuesday evening, and another company planned to dismantle its sign no later than Thursday to be inspected for safety.
More than 100 firefighters converged on this rural northwest Georgia town Tuesday to battle a raging blaze at an old textile mill where wooden pallets were built in recent years.
An Alabama appeals court is to decide if a Russell County judge must disqualify himself on a defense claim that he could be called as a witness in the capital murder trial of two men charged in the killing of a 12-year-old Phenix City boy.
Attorneys said Tuesday that an out-of-court settlement has been reached in a $275 million racial discrimination lawsuit that four blacks filed last year against a Waffle House franchisee.
Health officials warned Tuesday that Texas prairie dogs sold as pets can carry tularemia, a rare bacterial illness also called ``rabbit fever'' that humans can contract from an animal scratch or bite.
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation's plywood and fiberboard manufacturing plants in the northern Louisiana town of Urania will close in September, costing 355 people their jobs at least temporarily.
With its stock near a 52-week low, EarthLink Incorporated said Tuesday it has adopted a ``poison-pill'' defense plan to discourage hostile takeover bids.
