Saturday July 5th, 2025 3:06AM

Ken Stanford

Contributing Editor
Ken  Stanford
US housing starts rose to 717,000 in April
U.S. builders started work on more homes and apartments last month and requested more permits to build single-family homes.
9:32AM ( 13 years ago )
Role unlikely for George W. Bush in Romney bid
After months of silence, George W. Bush finally weighed on the presidential race - with four short words.
9:26AM ( 13 years ago )
Manhunt under way for groom of slain bride in Ill.
A groom whose bride had sought to keep their impending wedding secret from most of her family is wanted on a murder charge after his new wife was found stabbed to death in a bathtub in her suburban Chicago home just hours after the ceremony, still dressed in silver sequins.
9:22AM ( 13 years ago )
NGCSU selects new dean for Mike Cottrell School of Business
North Georgia College & State University has selected Dr. Donna T. Mayo as the dean for the university
9:06AM ( 13 years ago )
World stocks fall amid political turmoil in Greece
World stocks dived Wednesday after a failure by Greece's political leaders to form a coalition government set the stage for new elections next month, keeping Europe's debt crisis center stage.
7:17AM ( 13 years ago )
Rivals airbrush anti-Romney words
Remember Newt Gingrich calling Mitt Romney a liar? Michele Bachmann saying Romney's unelectable? Rick Santorum calling Romney "the worst Republican in the country" to run against Obama?
7:14AM ( 13 years ago )
Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants
Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that fewer people be evacuated right away.
7:12AM ( 13 years ago )
Georgia Power customers to see monthly bills drop
Georgia Power customers will see their monthly bills drop by about $8 starting next month.
9:40PM ( 13 years ago )
Army opens jobs in combat battalions to women
Female soldiers this week are moving into new jobs in once all-male units as the Army breaks down formal barriers in recognition of what has already happened in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
5:56PM ( 13 years ago )
Edwards' campaign finance chairman paid mistress
Records introduced Tuesday at John Edwards' corruption trial show his campaign finance chairman paid the candidate's mistress a $9,000 monthly cash allowance, on top of other living and travel expenses.
4:26PM ( 13 years ago )