Ken Stanford

Recession talk in the U.S. sent Asian stocks into a tailspin today.

Hall County Commission Chairman Tom Oliver said Tuesday he takes "full responsibility " for the contract that was signed with County Administrator Jim Shuler a year ago that has the county paying into a second retirement fund for Shuler.

Gov. Sonny Perdue said Tuesday that he opposes a gun bill backed by the National Rifle Association that would allow employees to keep their firearms in their parked car at work.

An explosion targeted a U.S. Embassy vehicle Tuesday in northern Beirut, and there were casualties, a senior Lebanese security official said. The state-run National News Agency said at least two people were killed.

Part of a popular Gainesville park will be closed for repairs to damaged walkways starting Friday.

A team of students from Flowery Branch High School has been selected as one of six national finalists in a national student engineering competition.

Gov. Sonny Perdue on Tuesday said he wants to add recruiters at some Georgia schools to get parents more involved with their children's education.

A special commission is urging the government to raise federal gasoline taxes by as much as 40 cents per gallon over five years as part of a sweeping overhaul designed to ease traffic congestion and repair the nation's decaying bridges and roads.

An FBI agent testified Monday in Atlanta that two men - one from Dawson County - charged with aiding terrorists met in Toronto with some of the 17 people arrested in a terror sweep there in 2006.

A contentious gun bill that's pitting the business wing of the Republican Party against the National Rifle Association is moving swiftly through the state Senate.