Saturday July 12th, 2025 6:52AM

Ken Stanford

Contributing Editor
Ken  Stanford
After 4-month surge, gas prices start falling
The worst appears to be over. Gasoline prices are going down.
7:25PM ( 13 years ago )
More Secret Service agents gone; Obama briefed
Three more Secret Service officers resigned Friday in the expanding prostitution scandal that has brought scorching criticism of agents' behavior in Colombia just before President Barack Obama's visit for a summit meeting last week.
7:22PM ( 13 years ago )
Birds hit vice president's plane while landing
Officials say birds struck Vice President Joe Biden's plane as it was landing Thursday night at Santa Barbara Airport in California. Nobody was injured.
7:15PM ( 13 years ago )
U.S.-registered cruise ship passed by disabled fishing boat
Three Panamanian men were on their way home after a night of fishing, happy with their success, when the motor on their small open boat rattled and quit, leaving them adrift in sight of land, but too far out for their cell phones to work.
3:45PM ( 13 years ago )
Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July
For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer.
3:41PM ( 13 years ago )
Obama to launch student loan interest rate effort
President Barack Obama will make a three-state swing next week to call on Congress to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling.
11:41AM ( 13 years ago )
Romney pulls in $12M as GOP super PAC amasses cash
In its first publicly available financial report since the Super Tuesday primaries, Mitt Romney's presidential campaign said it raised $12.6 million in contributions last month, a figure that puts Romney at a disadvantage with the man whose job he wants come November.
11:39AM ( 13 years ago )
George Zimmerman's bail set at $150K
A judge says George Zimmerman can be released on $150,000 bail as he awaits trial for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
11:37AM ( 13 years ago )
NGCSU dean chosen for Atlanta Business Chronicle's Who's Who
Dr. Richard Oates, associate vice president for academic affairs and interim dean of the Mike Cottrell School of Business of North Georgia College & State University, has been named by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the top 100 leaders in education in the greater Atlanta area.
10:16AM ( 13 years ago )
4 Americans die in Afghan chopper crash
A U.S. Army helicopter crashed in bad weather during a night flight in Afghanistan, and all four American crew members were killed, U.S. and Afghan officials said Friday.
10:01AM ( 13 years ago )