Ken Stanford

Authorities were searching for a shipyard worker who was thrown into the water in strong winds that also tore a troubled Carnival cruise ship away from its mooring at an Alabama port.

Nearly half of young women say the first time they lived with a guy, they weren't married.

A plaque was unveiled Wednesday morning in downtown Gainesville in memory of Marvin Orenstein.

State police say the man suspected of gunning down a West Virginia sheriff pulled a weapon on a deputy who shot him.

Weak reports on hiring and service industries sent the stock market sharply lower Wednesday, giving the Dow Jones industrial average its worst day in more than a month.

Ratcheting up pressure for Congress to limit access to guns, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that steps taken recently by Colorado to tighten its gun laws show "there doesn't have to be a conflict" between keeping citizens safe and protecting Second Amendment rights to gun ownership.

President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary each month to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts, the White House said Wednesday.

Lawn & Landscape Magazine recently named The Fockele Garden Company of Gainesville as one of its 2012 Environmental Business Award winners.

AT&T has expanded its 4G LTE network in north Georgia into Hall County, bringing more customers the latest generation of wireless network technology.

U.S. service companies grew more slowly in March, while private employers pulled back on hiring, reports Wednesday showed. The declines suggest businesses may have grown more cautious last month after federal spending cuts took effect.