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Delta Air Lines is shutting down its shrunken, 35-year-old regional carrier Comair at the end of September as it switches to bigger jets and it is sending termination notices to its 1,700 remaining employees.

The stock market is powering higher, pushed forward for a second day by promises from European leaders to preserve the union of 17 countries that use the euro.

Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, announced Friday they are donating $2.5 million to the campaign to defend Washington's same-sex marriage law.

The long, hazy days of summer signal the start of preparation for Uncle Shuck

Internet marketing and website design firm, Full Media, recently announced the hiring of Juliette Embry as the newest member to its project management department.

A new president has been named for Northeast Georgia Medical Center.

The Georgia Associatioin of Latino Elected Officials has come out in support of the transportation sales tax (T-SPLOST) which will be voted on statewide Tuesday.

Christy Moore, Manager of Community Health Improvement for the Medical Center Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Northeast Georgia Health System, Inc., has been appointed to the Jackson EMC Foundation Board of Directors, succeeding Anna Gines, who retired from the board in July.

The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of just 1.5 percent from April through June, as Americans cut back sharply on spending. The slowdown in growth adds to worries that the economy could be stalling three years after the recession ended.

A former teacher and coach at North Hall High School, who later co-founded with is wife the Mexico Lindo newspaper, has died.