Ken Stanford

enyan military forces engaged in sporadic gun battles Sunday with the Islamic extremists holding an unknown number of hostages inside an upscale Nairobi mall, as officials said the death toll from a grenade-and-gunfire siege a day earlier rose to 59, with at least 175 wounded.

The South Hall Republican Club has scheduled a series of political forums between now and the November 5 elections.

The Hall County Library Board is scheduled to discuss reopening the East Hall branch when it meets this week.

Terrified shoppers huddled in back hallways and prayed they would not be found by the Islamic extremist gunmen lobbing grenades and firing assault rifles inside Nairobi's top mall Saturday. When the coast was thought to be clear, crying mothers clutching small children and blood-splattered men sprinted out of the four-story mall.

President Barack Obama is appealing to the public anew to pressure Congress to stop undermining his health care law through measures that would threaten a government shutdown or a default on the government's debts.

New claims for unemployment insurance in Georgia declined by 34.4 percent last month.

This year will mark the 25th year for Shore Sweep - the annual cleanup of Lake Lanier, hosted by the Lake Lanier Association.

A bipartisan House group that's been working in secret to write a comprehensive immigration bill splintered Friday with the departure of two Republicans, the latest sign of difficulty in solving the contentious issue.