Ken Stanford

One of the things I did as talk intensified leading up to the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy was get in the attic and find the newspapers I had saved from that day and the three that followed.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped 10,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 316,000, a sign that workers are in less danger of being laid off.

A political party opposed to U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan revealed what it said was the name of the top CIA spy in the country on Wednesday and called for him and the head of the agency to be tried for a recent missile strike.

Georgia Army National Guard officials say they're preparing to deploy more than 200 soldiers to Afghanistan, some of them from Northeast Georgia.

Snow covered the ground in parts of North Georgia this morning, part of a storm system that is hitting the Eastern Seaboard. The snow has moved out of the region, only to be replaced by strong winds and bitter cold.

No one begs Santa Claus for cheaper gasoline. Yet falling gas prices are shaping up as an unexpected gift for drivers - and for people on their holiday shopping lists.