Saturday February 22nd, 2025 12:28PM

Ken Stanford

Contributing Editor
Ken  Stanford
Gov't lets banks, marijuana sellers do business
The Obama administration on Friday gave banks a road map for conducting transactions with legal marijuana sellers so these new businesses can stash away savings, make payroll and pay taxes like any other enterprise. It's not clear banks will get on board.
6:12PM ( 11 years ago )
Uganda's leader to sign anti-gay bill
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni plans to sign a bill into law that prescribes life imprisonment for some homosexual acts, officials said Friday, alarming rights activists who have condemned the bill as draconian in a country where homosexuality already has been criminalized.
6:08PM ( 11 years ago )
S&P 500 index logs its best week of the year; Dow up 126
The stock market closed out its best week of the year on Friday as investors focused on company earnings and brushed off another weak economic report.
6:01PM ( 11 years ago )
Postal Service ramping up operations in north Georgia
Didn't get your mail during the snow storm? Well, maybe it cam today.
3:21PM ( 11 years ago )
Wind advisory for most of Ga. until 5 p.m.
A wind advisory has been issued for the Gainesville area and the rest of north Georgia as well as the central part of the state through 5:00 Saturday afternoon.
2:33PM ( 11 years ago )
Storm week calls in Hall lower than same period a week ago
The final numbers from the Hall County Emregency Management Agency (EMA) for this week's winter storm show there were actually fewer calls than during the same period last week.
1:48PM ( 11 years ago )
Trucks, dozens of cars crash on Pa. turnpike
At least two pileups involving tractor-trailers and scores of cars blocked one side of an ice-coated Pennsylvania Turnpike outside Philadelphia on Friday, injuring at least 30 people and tying up traffic for miles.
1:21PM ( 11 years ago )
Report: Immigrants improve in fighting deportation
Immigrants facing deportation are increasingly finding success in immigration courts, according to a new analysis of court data.
1:19PM ( 11 years ago )