B.J. Williams

Retailers led stocks higher in holiday-shortened trading Friday, putting the market on track for another strong month.

While there might have been some protests about retailers opening their stores on Thanksgiving night for an early start to the holiday shopping season, shoppers ignored the naysayers and showed up anyway to search for big bargains.

In the last five years, the Georgia Supreme Court has considered eight cases where lower courts threw out a death sentence handed down by a trial jury.

Holiday shopping this year is a marathon, not a sprint.

In a case that could renew the debate over stand-your-ground laws, authorities in northwest Georgia say one man shot and killed another after the shooter felt threatened by a 72-year-old who turned out to be a wandering Alzheimer's patient.

In the last five years, the Georgia Supreme Court has considered eight cases where lower courts threw out a death sentence handed down by a trial jury.

The big balloons soared along with the crowd's spirits Thursday as the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade made its way through the streets of New York City.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that the unemployment rate in the Northeast Georgia region increased to 7.0 percent in October, up two-tenths of a percentage point from 6.8 percent in September. The rate was 7.8 percent in October a year ago.

Police say a 15-year-old boy died after falling from his dirt bike in Gwinnett County.

The University of Georgia intends to erase Social Security numbers from millions of computer records in a move aimed at protecting the personal information of employees.