Gunmen broke into a drug rehabilitation center, lined people against a wall and shot 17 dead in a particularly bloody day in Mexico's relentless drug war.
New jobless claims fell slightly last week while the number of people receiving unemployment benefits rose, a sign the job market's recovery will be long and bumpy.
A Spelman College student was hit by a stray bullet and killed early Thursday while walking with friends on the nearby campus of Clark Atlanta University, police reported.
I never made it to Woodstock. Or Byron. Byron? Yes, Byron, Georgia, was the scene of a Woodstock-like music festival, one year after the granddaddy of them all.
Wal-mart Wednesday began handing out $8,000 checks to four Hall County schools which were among the 20 nationwide winners in the company's "Write to Change the Classroom" program.
The Gwinnett Board of Commissioners has named Glenn P. Stephens as County Administrator to succeed Jock Connell, who is retiring at the end of this year. Stephens' appointment is effective immediately.
People familiar with a record legal settlement to be announced Wednesday say that Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drugmaker, will pay $2.3 billion in connection with illegal drug promotions.
Worker productivity grew at the fastest pace in nearly six years in the spring while labor costs fell by the most in nine years, as companies slashed costs to survive the recession.
