Ken Stanford

The president of Ohio State University said Notre Dame was never invited to join the Big Ten because the university's priests are not good partners, joking that "those damn Catholics" can't be trusted, according to a recording of a meeting he attended late last year.

New York City's police commissioner says angry letters mailed to President Obama, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his gun control group contained threats about shooting people in the face.

The Secret Service said Thursday that a suspicious letter addressed to President Barack Obama and similar to ricin-laced ones sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been intercepted by a White House mail screening facility.

Forsyth County recently dedicated the newly expanded county water treatment plant. An open house was held as part of the ceremony.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce

The U.S. economy grew at a modest 2.4 percent annual rate from January through March, slightly slower than initially estimated. Consumer spending was stronger than first thought, but businesses restocked more slowly and state and local government spending cuts were deeper.

Syrian President Bashar Assad said the regime has received the first shipment of sophisticated Russian anti-aircraft missiles, and the main Western-backed opposition group announced Thursday that it will not participate in peace talks - a double blow to international efforts to end the country's devastating civil war.

The Arts Council will kick off this year's Summer MusicFest Saturday with A1A: The Official Jimmy Buffet Tribute Show.

A sister of the Gainesville woman whose body was found earlier this month in the trunk of a car in a Minneapolis suburb left home several months ago.