Ken Stanford

President Bush said Saturday he is open to the possibility of slowing or stopping plans to bring home more U.S. troops from Iraq, defying domestic demands to speed the withdrawals.

The key question facing state lawmakers when the 2008 session of the Georgia General Assembly convenese Monday will be how to respond to a drought that's threatened Atlanta's water supply, cost thousands of jobs and, forecasters warn, could get even worse next year.

The dean of the Hall County state legisaltive delegation expects water management, the drought, a proposal to do away with property taxes and transportation issues are likely to dominate the 2008 session of the Georgia General Assembly, which convenes Monday.

If Gov. Sonny Perdue's agenda for the new year sounds familiar it should. He'll be pushing some of the same initiatives in 2008 that he tried - and failed - to get through in 2007.

Hunter Bicknell will seek the chairmanship of the Jackson County Board of Commissioners in this year's Republican Primary.

The Girl Scouts of Northeast Georgia have named Emily "Sissy" Lawson as this year's Woman of Distinction.

Police have arrested two Talbotton firefighters on arson charges in connection with two separate blazes in the west Georgia town.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee leads Arizona Sen. John McCain in Georgia's Republican presidential primary race, while Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are essentially even on the Democratic side, according to a new poll of likely voters published Saturday.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a near-collision of two airplanes on the runway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday.

Delta Air Lines Incorporated officials were mum on the outcome of a board meeting at which executives could get the green light to enter formal talks with two competitors about a combination.