Ken Stanford

U.S. consumers slowed their spending in September, even as overall income grew at solid pace for the second straight month.

Some parents are scratching their heads over less restrictive head lice policies that allow children with live bugs in their hair to return to the classroom.

The U.S. economy added 204,000 jobs in October, an unexpected burst of hiring during a month in which the federal government was partially shut down for 16 days. The Labor Department also said Friday that the unemployment rate rose to 7.3 percent from 7.2 percent in September.

Four world powers are dispatching their top diplomats to Geneva on Friday to add their weight to negotiations aimed at putting initial limits on Iran's ability to make atomic weapons.

The strongest typhoon this year slammed into the central Philippines on Friday, setting off landslides and knocking out power and communication lines in several provinces. At least four people died.

Twitter popped, but the rest of the market dropped. Twitter wowed investors with a 73 percent surge on its first day of trading Thursday. The broader market, however, had its worst day since August as traders worried that the Federal Reserve could cut back on its economic stimulus.

Congressman Doug Collins (GA-09) brought his experience in lawmaking and public service to the students in the AP Government and Politics class at Gainesville High School Wednesday.