Ken Stanford

Republican candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are making the hard sell to working-class and women voters while raising the volume of their criticism to cast the other guy as an extremist.

Authorities say a Texas man has pleaded guilty in Mississippi to transporting illegal immigrants.

The battle to choose a Republican challenger for Democratic U.S. Rep. John Barrow in the fall will require a recount of last week's GOP primary vote before moving on to a runoff between the top two finishers.

U.S. homeowners are getting better about keeping up with their mortgage payments, driving the percentage of borrowers who have fallen behind to a three-year low, according to a new report.

The Obama administration's principles for a post-Assad Syria are clear: security, sectarian harmony, no tolerance for extremists.

Amicalola Falls State Park is hosting a weekend filled with programs on basic wilderness skills such as fire building and orienteering. Wilderness Survival Weekend takes place Saturday August 11 and Sunday August 12, with programs beginning at 10:00 both days.

Finally some good news about cholesterol and kids: A big government study shows that in the past decade, the proportion of children who have high cholesterol has fallen.

A northeast Ohio man brought a gun, ammunition and several knives to a showing of the latest Batman movie because he wanted to protect himself in case someone tried to replicate last month's deadly Colorado theater shooting, his attorney said Tuesday.

Jared Lee Loughner agreed Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in prison, accepting that he went on a deadly shooting rampage at an Arizona political gathering and sparing the victims a lengthy, possibly traumatic death-penalty trial.