NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup said Monday it is repaying $20 billion in public bailout money, freeing the banking giant from the close scrutiny and pay restrictions that came with the rescue program. T... Full Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama challenged top bankers Monday to explore "every responsible way" to increase lending, saying they were obliged to help after being rescued by taxpayers. He ... Full Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — Easing concerns over global credit problems and more signs of corporate dealmaking nudged major stock indexes to new highs for the year. Stock indicators rose but posted uneven a... Full Story »
Through a special Christmas tree, the grandmother of a local soldier who was killed in Afghanistan this past summer is reaching out to others who have lost loved ones on the battlefield. On June... Full Story »
Rome writer Melanie Sumner is one of 19 Georgia-based artists and organizations to receive the National Endowment for the Arts Grant Award for 2010. Sumner, who was born in Ohio and moved to Rom... Full Story »
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to suspend construction-related lane closures on all interstate highways and all major state routes for five days to help ease holiday ... Full Story »
Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred around 4:45 a.m. today at a Kangaroo service station located at 4350 Martha Berry Highway, according to Floyd County Police. According to De... Full Story »
McDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) — Police in Henry County say that found more than $1 million in stolen cable equipment in a home in McDonough. Police Capt. Jason Bolton said police searched the home of 31-... Full Story »
Georgia Northwestern Technical College has chosen Alpharett’s Pieper O’Brien Herr Architects to develop the college’s five year master plan. This is the first master plan to be developed since Coos... Full Story »
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — During what police say was a 20-year killing spree in Milwaukee, Walter Ellis left his DNA behind all along the way — everywhere but the one place where it might have saved a l... Full Story »
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices fell for the ninth straight day Monday, dipping below $68 per barrel on persistent concerns about high inventories and weak demand. In midafternoon, benchmark crude fo... Full Story »
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Charter Schools Commission has approved seven new schools to open in the state. The commission is an independent panel created by state lawmakers to give groups inter... Full Story »
Tellus Science Museum’s digital planetarium surpassed 100,000 visitors today, capping off an incredible first year for the Cartersville museum. “For a planetarium our size, we are seeing three tim... Full Story »
Larry Miolen, assistant chief of police for the city of Adairsville, has died after several months of battling lung cancer. Miolen, 61, was diagnosed with small cell Carcinoma in june. He died S... Full Story »
A Gordon County woman was pronounced dead on the scene of a single car collision Saturday afternoon. According to Deputy Coroner Heath Derryberry: Deloris Barton, 60, of Calhoun was killed at... Full Story »
The Floyd County Farm Bureau was recognized as one of the top county Farm Bureau programs in the state during the recent Georgia Farm Bureau Convention on Jekyll Island. The county chapter was na... Full Story »
The first grade classes at Unity Christian School donated items today for Redmond Regional Medical Center's annual adopt-a-family program. The Unity Christian students collected money to help a ... Full Story »
The plywood was torn from the roofs of 8 to 10 storage units at Store More, located on 305 Dodd Blvd., in order to gain entry to the units over the weekend, reports stated. According to Rome polic... Full Story »
A Floyd County man is in jail this morning after police say he stood outside his residence while intoxicated and threatened another with a pistol, reports stated. According to Floyd County Jail re... Full Story »
A Silver Creek woman was arrested Sunday on misdemeanor shoplifting charges but after a search at the jail police found three small bags of suspected methamphetamine and three prescription pills in... Full Story »
The Nature Conservancy has purchased nearly 2,200 acres of forestland atop Lookout Mountain, adjacent to the Little River Canyon National Preserve in Cherokee County, Ala. The $3.6 million purchas... Full Story »
A Rome man is charged with felony burglary after police say he remained inside a Redmond Circle department store more than an hour after the store closed, reports stated. According to Rome police ... Full Story »
The Rome News-Tribune reported recently that $300,000 was removed from the Rome-Floyd County Library in the county's proposed 2010 budget because the agency has a fund balance hovering around $90... Full Story »
A 28-year-old man from Adairsville was killed in Tennessee recently in a three-vehicle crash that also included a car driven by his father, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. Justin S. Dixon, ... Full Story »
ATLANTA - - One lobbyist may be responsible for setting into motion more ethics reform than any other. She wasn't on the staff of a single government-watchdog group, and she got fired for what she... Full Story »
A 6-day-old sheep relaxes with its mother at a zoo in Tokyo, Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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