Ken Stanford

Forsyth County is on Forbes Magazine's list of the wealthiest counties in the country.

Sales of existing homes fell in December, closing out a horrible year for housing in which sales of single-family homes plunged by the largest amount in 25 years.

He's not on the ballot but Bill Clinton seems to dominate the South Carolina presidential campaign, disparaging Barack Obama and journalists and predicting that many voters will be guided mainly by gender and race loyalties.

Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it will offer buyout and early retirement packages to all 54,000 U.S. hourly workers in an effort to cut more jobs and replace workers with those making a lower wage.

Georgia's transportation chief warned lawmakers charged with drafting Georgia's 21.4 billion dollar budget of a funding shortfall in a popular program that doles out state dollars to local transportation projects.

Pushing deficit concerns aside, Democratic and Republican leaders appeared close to agreement with the White House Wednesday night on emergency tax cuts and benefit increases to jolt the economy out of its slump.

Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that supply power plants with the awesome amounts of cooling water they need to operate.

Wall Street pulled off a stunning comeback Wednesday, surging higher in late trading and wiping out what looked to be yet another massive decline.

City leaders in a Dallas suburb continue to try to block rentals to illegal immigrants.

Michigan will no longer let illegal immigrants get driver's licenses, a practice just seven other states continue to allow.