Just short of the finish line, the home-state favorites took a fall Friday night, dispatched from SEC Tournament second-round play by the Auburn Tigers. ...more

March 14, 2009

New figures from the state Department of Education indicate more students are graduating from high school and fewer are dropping out. ...more

November 19, 2008

Wall Street fluctuated today as investors reacted enthusiastically to the U.S. government's plans to spend $250 billion to buy stock in private banks but also collected profits from the previous day's massive advance. The Dow Jones industrial average shifted between modest losses and gains a day after its record 936-point jump. ...more

October 14, 2008

In a bold strike, the Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate by a half point Tuesday - the first cut in more than four years - and left the door open to further relief to prevent a painful housing slump and jarring credit crunch from driving the country into recession. ...more

September 18, 2007