Swine flu was four times more likely to send blacks and Hispanics to the hospital than whites, according to a study in Chicago that offers one of the first looks at how the virus has affected different racial groups.
The faculty and staff of Chicopee Woods Elementary are in mourning over the death of Victoria (Tori) Thompson, a para-pro at the school who was killed in a traffic accident Wednesday.
The economy shrank at an annual rate of 1 percent in the spring, a better-than-expected showing and more evidence that the recession is drawing to a close.
There are 20 schools, nationwide, that are getting grants of $8,000 each from Walmart's "Write to Change the Classroom" program... and four of them are in Hall County.
The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for jobless benefits dropped last week, and the number of people remaining on the rolls also fell, evidence that layoffs have eased.
A U.S. service member died Thursday in a militant attack involving a roadside bomb and gunfire, a death that pushed August into a tie with July as the deadliest months of the eight-year war.
The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) reports that the preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate in the metro Gainesville area declined to 9.5 percent in July.
