Ken Stanford

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose 8,000 last week to 339,000. Meanwhile, retails sales were down in January 0.4 percent.

Based on the National Weather Service forecast that its service area is no longer under the threat of freezing rain, and the low number of outages experienced during this week

Final bands of winter precipitation are expected to exit Georgia by noon today but the Georgia Department of Transportation warns that driving remains dangerous and unadvisable.

Airlines have cancelled hundreds more flights at Atlanta's airport -- the world's busiest -- as the remnants of a snow and ice storm move across the area.

After pummeling wide swaths of the South, a winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Mid-Atlantic region as it marched Northeast and threatened more power outages, traffic headaches and widespread closures for millions of residents.

General Motors is recalling nearly 780,000 compact cars in North America because the engines can shut down unexpectedly and cause crashes. The company says six people have been killed in crashes related to the problem.

Afghanistan released 65 accused militants from a former U.S. prison on Thursday despite protests from the American military, which says the men are Taliban fighters who will likely return to the battlefield to kill coalition and Afghan forces.

The tea party is teeing off on Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.

While states are having varying success getting people to sign up, January marked the first time since new health insurance markets opened last fall that a national monthly enrollment target was met.

Comcast Corp. has confirmed that it agreed to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. for about $45.2 billion in stock, or $158.82 per share, in a deal that would combine the nation's top two cable TV companies.