Ken Stanford

It's NASA's most ambitious and expensive Mars mission yet - and it begins with the red planet arrival late Sunday of the smartest interplanetary rover ever built. Also the most athletic.

An e-mail from an Illinois Department of Corrections administrator ordered wardens at 10 prisons to conduct "mass shakedowns" of staff as they left work last week.

Employment Plus, Inc., a Bloomington, Indiana-based full-service staffing, recruiting and HR solutions firm with over 80 locations nationwide, will host a job fair at Lakeshore Mall in Gainesville Saturday from 1:00-4:00.

Atlanta-based band A1A will showcase its "Official and Original Jimmy Buffet Tribute Show" Saturday, August 11.

A new Bible translation tackles the challenge of turning ancient Greek and Hebrew texts into modern American English and then adds a twist: It's written like a screenplay.

Mitt Romney told Jewish donors Monday that their culture is part of what has allowed them to be more economically successful than the Palestinians, outraging Palestinian leaders who suggested his comments were racist and out of touch with the realities of the Middle East. His campaign later said his remarks were mischaracterized.

Georgia contains the largest area of forest cover of any state in the South, with forests making up 67 percent of land cover or 24.8 million acres, according to a Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA) Factsheet just released by the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS). While this land area remains stable, timber inventory has increased.

Towns County Sheriff Chris Clinton has been named to replace Hall County Sheriff Steve Cronic as the Vice President of the Georgia Sheriffs' Association's Region 3.

While most indicators point to lower oil and gas prices, speculation has kept them elevated and on the rise. Oil prices have hovered around $90 a barrel for the past three weeks and caused the national average to jump 16 cents since July 1.

Two tech titans will square off in federal court Monday in a closely watched trial over control of the U.S. smartphone and computer tablet markets.