Ken Stanford

The state Board of Transportation has voted to adopt Georgia's official Freight Corridor Network. Five of the roads are in northeast Georgia.

Home Depot's second-quarter net income jumped 18 percent as surging home sales drove comparable-store sales up by double digits at home and abroad.

A federal judge approved a request from California and federal officials to force-feed inmates if necessary as a statewide prison hunger strike entered its seventh week.

Settlement talks in the sexual harassment lawsuit against Mayor Bob Filner are underway as petitions circulate to recall the former congressman who has been besieged by allegations from more than a dozen women.

Peach State Bank & Trust will recognize a prominent Gainesville couple next week for their "lifetime achievements to the community and state."

A Clarkesville-based company was the subject of a recent interview on Bloomberg television.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said Monday that he will renounce his Canadian citizenship.
The Texas Republican and tea party favorite announced his plans Monday night in a statement. The move comes in the wake of a report by The Dallas Morning News that Cruz holds dual U.S. and Canadian citizenship.

In a warren of offices at a former bank building near Madison Square Garden, dozens of journalists are at work on gleaming new electronic equipment, ready to turn their test runs of Al-Jazeera America into the real thing. The Qatar-based news organization will finally establish a firm foothold on American television Tuesday after a decade of trying.