Ken Stanford

Hundreds of Georgia state employees accepted gratuities from government vendors over the past two years in violation of the state's strict ethics policy, according to a newspaper report.

President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.

Piedmont College and North Georgia Technical College (NGTC) have expanded their working relationship.

The Executive Director of what is now the Humane Society of Northeast Georgia says he would support a law requiring cat and dog owners to spay and neuter their pets.

The number of banks that have failed so far this year topped 100 on Friday hitting 106 by the end of the day the most in nearly two decades. Another Georgia bank - the 20th to fail this year - is among the latest to be shut down by federal regulators.

Home resales in September clocked the largest monthly increase in 26 years as buyers scrambled to complete their purchases before a tax credit for first-time owners expires.

The search continues for two men wanted for an attempted armed early Friday in Gainesville.

The mother of a 7-year-old Florida girl whose body was found in a landfill made a promise on national TV Friday to the unknown killer: ``We'll get you.''

Authorities say it was an Athens man and one from Florida who died when a small plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Athens airport Thursday morning.

For the first time since mid-September, the level of Lake Lanier is going down.