Ken Stanford

Thousands of north Georgians voted in the early hours of voting Tuesday, and voting remained steady through midday.

Voting problems surfaced in several areas early Tuesday when people turned out in droves as balloting commenced along the Eastern Seaboard and in mid-Atlantic states.

Stock prices are rising in the first few minutes of trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 175 points in today's early going.

Barack Obama came up a big winner in the presidential race in Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, N.H., where tradition of having the first Election Day ballots tallied lives on.

The presidential candidates are capping a history-making campaign with a dash from Florida through a half-dozen other crucial states as John McCain tries for an upset over Barack Obama.

Circuit City says it's closing about 20 percent of its U.S. stores in an effort to return the nation's second-largest consumer electronics retailer to profitability.

Gasoline prices across Georgia are still tumbling, and are now below $2 a gallon at one outlet in the Gainesville area.

The last legislative session ended amid gridlock between the Republican-held state House and Senate and infighting among GOP leaders. And enthusiasm surrounding Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign has led to a surge of new voter registration in Georgia. But, most political analysts say neither will be enough to help Democrats regain control of either of the two bodies.

Hundreds of people in one suburban Atlanta county lined up under sunny skies Saturday to cast a ballot although for most Georgians advance voting ended Friday.

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Saturday that he and Barack Obama would take a bipartisan spirit to the White House in working to revive the nation's economy and restore America's reputation in the world.