Ken Stanford

World markets advanced Monday, with South Korean shares gaining for the first time in four days after the government announced a $130 billion plan to buttress the country's vulnerable banks amid the credit crisis.

Billy Hendrix has joined Memorial Park Funeral Homes and Cemeteries as the Director of Public Relations and Public Affairs.

One of the victims of a bombing at a north Georgia law firm remained in critical condition Saturday with burns to one-third of his body.

Wall Street fluctuated in relatively quiet trading Friday after the government said new home construction dropped by more than expected last month to the lowest pace since early 1991.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is accusing John McCain of wanting to cut $882 billion from Medicare, and claims that would mean seniors pay more for drugs, receive fewer services and get lower quality care.

The Supreme Court sided Friday with Ohio's top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrations.

A proposed change to the way Georgia doles out teacher pensions has retired educators angry that the state wants to change a 40-year-old policy on cost-of-living adjustments.

The Forsyth County Board of Education has voted to go ahead and open all five new schools now under construction next fall as planned.

European stock markets were modestly higher Friday after Wall Street rebounded strongly overnight and Japan's Nikkei recovered from its historic fall in the previous day's session.

A federal judge denied an attempt by voting groups to block Georgia's attempts to verify the identities and citizenship of new voter applicants.