Ken Stanford

The board that governs Georgia's public colleges and universities is taking a close look at banning tobacco from campuses statewide.

The Georgia Department of Transportation reports that winter weather highway conditions are primarily confined to northwest Georgia with several roads affected.

A whirlpool of frigid, dense air known as a "polar vortex" descended Monday into much of the U.S., pummeling parts of the country with a dangerous cold that could break decades-old records with wind chill warnings stretching from Montana to Alabama.

Democrat Michelle Nunn is reporting strong fundraising numbers in her campaign for the U.S. Senate.

The coldest weather in a decade is knocking on North Georgia's door - bringing with it "dangerous" wind chills and possibly some snow.

Icy, snow-covered roads and high winds made travel treacherous Sunday from the Dakotas and Michigan to Missouri as much of the nation braced for the next winter wallop: a dangerous cold that could break records.

In at least four states that have nurtured the nation's energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and pollution was confirmed in a number of them, according to a review that casts doubt on industry suggestions that such problems rarely happen.

Celebrities, businesses and even the U.S. State Department have bought bogus Facebook likes, Twitter followers or YouTube viewers from offshore "click farms," where workers tap, tap, tap the thumbs up button, view videos or retweet comments to inflate social media numbers.