Ken Stanford

The number of new people signing up for unemployment benefits last week shot up to the highest level in more than two years, fresh evidence of the damage to a national economy clobbered by housing, credit and financial crises.

Georgia Republicans scrambled to salvage some sort of tax break Wednesday in the second-to-last day of the legislative session, as the debate over dueling tax plans took on a rancorous tone.

The lawyer for a 20-year-old Gainesville man charged in a four-car interstate crash that killed two children and two adults and injured four others says his client is not to blame for the accident.

Wall Street began the second quarter with a big rally Tuesday as investors rushed back into stocks, optimistic that the worst of the credit crisis has passed and that the economy is faring better than expected.

Russell Vandiver, vice president of economic development at Lanier Technical College, has been recognized by the State House of Representatives for outstanding service.

A Forsyth County murder conviction has been upheld by the state Supreme Court.

Seventeen of the nation's 50 largest cities - including Atlanta - had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates reported in Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, according to a report released Tuesday.

Georgia Tech football signee Jaybo Shaw was among 14 teenagers charged with underage drinking at a party in South Hall early Sunday.

The Hall County School Board listened to a proposal from North Hall High School principal Harold Davis Monday night about installing synthetic turf on the school

Under legislation that's received unanimous approval in the state Senate, Georgians would be able to freeze their credit to thwart identity thieves.