Ken Stanford

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Authorities say the U.S. Capitol and surrounding buildings were evacuated and fighter jets were scrambled after an airliner flying into Washington's Reagan airport went out of radio contact.

A ceremony will be held Sunday in New Holland dedicating the intersection of Quarry Street and Jesse Jewell Parkway in memory of a former longtime Hall County School Superintendent and pastor of a church in New Holland.

A tornado fueled by an unusually warm winter air sliced through parts of northwestern Arkansas early on New Year's Eve, killing at least three people, injuring several others and knocking out power to thousands of homes and businesses.

Arcade Police Chief Randy Williams said he's cut the department down to a lean staff of four officers who focus on crime prevention since he took over in 2008. Williams commented after a suit was filed in federal court by a a retired dentist who claims he was unjustly pulled over.

People traveling through the Browns Bridge Road/McEver Road intersection west of Gainesville recently may have wondered about those numbers painted on the pavement.

Multicolored starbusts and gigantic sparklers lit the midnight sky over Sydney Harbour in a dazzling fireworks show witnessed by 1.5 million enthusiastic spectators who camped out all day to ring in the new year.

Egypt's military, the biggest recipient of U.S. military aid after Israel, is in decline, according to American diplomats, who blame the Arab nation's top brass for failing to modernize and adapt to deal with new threats.

Flowery Branch City Clerk Melissa McCain is leaving that post to become the city clerk in Doraville.

The Agriculture Department will require many meat labels to include the number of calories and other nutritional information starting in 2012 so that consumers can make healthier decisions about what they eat.