Ken Stanford

President Bush said Friday that extensive federal intervention in financial markets was both warranted and essential to halt the worst financial crisis in decades and that the risk "of not acting would be far higher."

Mount Vernon Elementary School, which was hit by spray-painting vandals overnight Thursday, may not have been the original target.

Gwinnett County has begun checking the legal immigration status of applicants for an occupation tax certificate.

Governor Sonny Perdue has recognized the water use reduction efforts of two northeast Georgia suppliers.

Lake Lanier is now within 5 feet of the record low level that was set last December as the Lake Lanier Association gets ready for its 20th annual Shore Sweep.

The state has subpoenaed financial records from a handful of gas stations after hundreds of residents called to complain about price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Ike.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday he would fire Securities and Exchange Chairman Christopher Cox if he were president, accusing the former GOP congressman of betraying the public's trust.

Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel said his party's vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, lacks foreign policy experience and called it a "stretch" to say she's qualified to be president.

A federal appeals court has upheld an Arizona law that penalizes businesses that knowingly hire illegal immigrants, and requires them to verify the employment status of their workers.

China has agreed to partially lift a ban on poultry exports from several U.S. states.