Georgia received another setback Tuesday in its water feud with Alabama and Florida as a judge said he must decide whether the Atlanta region has authority to continue using Lake Lanier as its main water source. ...more

August 13, 2008

Well before Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain rose to the top of their parties, a partisan shift was under way at the local and state level. For more than three years starting in 2005, there has been a reduction in the number of voters who register with the Republican Party and a rise among voters who affiliate with Democrats and, almost as often, with no party at all. ...more

August 5, 2008

About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers. ...more

July 24, 2008

About 2 million Americans get a raise today as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers. ...more

July 24, 2008

DAVENPORT, IOWA - Police have arrested a woman from Sarasota they say followed her ex-husband across the country as he worked for a traveling circus and fatally stabbed him at an Iowa mall.. ...more

July 11, 2008

Police have arrested a Florida woman who apparently followed her ex-husband across the country and then stabbed him repeatedly inside a Davenport mall where he was working for a traveling circus set up in the parking lot. ...more

July 11, 2008

Police have arrested a Florida woman they say followed her ex-husband across the country and then stabbed him repeatedly at an Iowa mall. ...more

July 10, 2008

A federal study detailing the increasing number of motorcycle fatalities across the country will be released today, according to a spokesman for the Governors Highway Safety Association in Washington, D.C. ...more

June 18, 2008

The morning after the Belmont Stakes, Big Brown stopped to pose for photographers as if he had won the Triple Crown. Everyone except the horse knew otherwise. ...more

June 9, 2008

Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and the South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving a trail of destruction and stories of loss. ...more

May 12, 2008