Ken Stanford

The husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords went to a Tucson gun store a week ago to buy a .45-caliber handgun and a military-style rifle the day before he appeared with his wife at the supermarket where she was wounded in a rampage two years ago. It didn't take long for the purchase to draw criticism from gun-rights supporters.

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Sen. Butch Miller (R-Gainesville) and Lt. Governor Casey Cagle welcomed Pastor Jentezen Franklin to serve as the Chaplain of the Day on Tuesday in the Georgia State Senate.

The Dow is logging its longest winning streak in two years - barely.

The Commerce Business Center in Commerce will be the scene of an educational meeting Friday afternoon dealing with Alzheimer's.

Applying for benefits under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could be as daunting as doing your taxes.

Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and their troubled church.

Starting this month the Gainesville Public Library will be hosting the Family Safety Series, a series of presentations about everyday safety precautions.

Three resurfacing projects in northeast Georgia are among 20 infrastructure improvement projects announced Monday by the Georgia Department of Transportation.

A divided Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday narrowly approved a Democratic bill expanding required federal background checks for nearly all gun purchases, but put off immediate consideration of an assault weapons ban.