Ken Stanford

European stock markets were lower Thursday after Japan's Nikkei tumbled more than 11 percent overnight amid mounting anxiety that the world economy is plunging into a deep and protracted recession.

The state Board of Regents has approved a $136 million budget cut for the state's 35 colleges and universities this year.

The state Board of Education has awarded $600,000 in federal grant funds to the Gainesville City School System for the development of a charter school system.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Georgia man to be put to death for killing a police officer two weeks after it halted his execution to consider his appeal.

The Lake Lanier Convention & Visitors Bureau (formerly the Gainesville/Hall County Convention & Visitors Bureau) this week is unveiling a new logo, a new visitors guide and two vehicles that will be used for promotional/marketing purposes.

The state Department of Transportation (DOT) says some major changes are in the works this week in the Oakwood area, associated with the reconstruction of Exit 16 on I-985.

President Bush on Tuesday announced a $250 billion plan by the government to directly buy shares in the nation's leading banks, saying the drastic steps were ``not intended to take over the free market but to preserve it.''

A Gainesville liquor store was robbed Monday night, prompting a brief manhunt in one part of town.

Asian markets soared for a second day Tuesday, led by a record 14 percent jump in Tokyo, after Wall Street rallied from its worst week ever on optimism that government rescue efforts will heal the crippled global financial system.

John McCain said Monday that it was unfair for Rep. John Lewis to compare the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign to the atmosphere a segregationist fostered in the 1960s.