The company whose bus was carrying dozens of Morehouse College students when it crashed in Georgia over the weekend did not have a permit to operate in the state, a state agency says.
Dry skies greeted Georgia for a second day Wednesday, giving residents a chance to mourn, recover and repair after devastating floods killed nine people earlier this week.
"I gave up smoking, women and drinkin' last night," the singer shouts, "and it was the worst 15 minutes of mah life!"
With at least five people dead and massive expanses of land and roads under water, Georgia's governor declared a state of emergency Monday in the 17 counties hardest hit by flooding from severe weather.
Seven of eight people killed last week in a southeast Georgia mobile home were laid to rest Saturday.
In a parking lot in suburban Atlanta, customers mill in the summer heat, waiting for freezer bags full of beef, pork, chicken and other meats.
Three children at a summer camp in northern Georgia have contracted swine flu and dozens more have been separated from other campers after showing signs of the flu, but all are recovering, authorities said Thursday.
Georgia regulators confirmed Tuesday that 25,000 state workers at various agencies have been furloughed over the last six months as part of ongoing budget reduction requirements.
State regulators closed local banks in Georgia and Texas Friday, bringing the total number of failed banks this year to 25.
Georgia must allow thousands of people whose citizenship was questioned by the state's new voter verification system to vote in the upcoming election, a panel of federal judges ruled Monday.
The company whose bus was carrying dozens of Morehouse College students when it crashed in Georgia over the weekend did not have a permit to operate in the state, a state agency says.
Dry skies greeted Georgia for a second day Wednesday, giving residents a chance to mourn, recover and repair after devastating floods killed nine people earlier this week.
"I gave up smoking, women and drinkin' last night," the singer shouts, "and it was the worst 15 minutes of mah life!"
With at least five people dead and massive expanses of land and roads under water, Georgia's governor declared a state of emergency Monday in the 17 counties hardest hit by flooding from severe weather.
Seven of eight people killed last week in a southeast Georgia mobile home were laid to rest Saturday.
In a parking lot in suburban Atlanta, customers mill in the summer heat, waiting for freezer bags full of beef, pork, chicken and other meats.
Three children at a summer camp in northern Georgia have contracted swine flu and dozens more have been separated from other campers after showing signs of the flu, but all are recovering, authorities said Thursday.
Georgia regulators confirmed Tuesday that 25,000 state workers at various agencies have been furloughed over the last six months as part of ongoing budget reduction requirements.
State regulators closed local banks in Georgia and Texas Friday, bringing the total number of failed banks this year to 25.
Georgia must allow thousands of people whose citizenship was questioned by the state's new voter verification system to vote in the upcoming election, a panel of federal judges ruled Monday.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay spread over a wide swath of the South on Monday, bringing heavy rain and wind as forecasters warned of possible flash flooding and tornadoes from Louisiana to Georgia
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Georgia's World Cup qualifier against Ireland scheduled to take place in Tblisi on September 6 will be moved to a neutral country because of the conflict in the former Soviet state, FIFA ruled on Tuesday.
A rally in Tblisi is a chance for Georgians to show they remain united -- and to learn that they are not alone
Through the haze of a blurry amateur video, you can clearly make out the waving flags and crowd of chanting people outside the Russian Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia.
A Georgia lawmaker says federal officials are proposing $8.7 million in fines against Imperial Sugar for violations at a plant near Savannah where an explosion killed 13 people and at another plant in Louisiana
Five sex offenders filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming that a tough new Georgia law that bans them from volunteering at churches also robs them of their right to participate in religious worship
A Georgia man convicted of kidnapping and killing his girlfriend was executed Tuesday.
I've been writing these end-of-spring power rankings for several years now, and for once, I actually feel confident that I know what I'm talking about.
ATHENS, Ga. -- Every superhero has an origin story. Superman's home planet exploded. Bruce Wayne lost his parents to a violent crime and turned vigilante. Bruce Banner got blasted with gamma radiation, which made him turn green when angry.
Moscow is fiercely opposed to Ukraine and Georgia joining the alliance. And he may offer Bush a compromise solution
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Storms that killed two people in northern Georgia spread Saturday night into South Carolina, where possible tornadoes downed trees, blew roofs off homes and broke power lines, weather forecasters said.
Hostility to secession allows Moscow to consolidate its position across much of the old Soviet sphere of influence
With Atlanta's main supply drying up, Georgia opens up a two-century-old border dispute with Tennessee. And the case could even go to the Supreme Court
A worker wounded in an explosion early this month at a Georgia sugar refinery died Saturday night at a burn center, bringing the death toll to 11, hospital officials announced Sunday.
An opposition leader from the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia who was accused of plotting a coup last year has been found dead at his home south of London, police said Wednesday.
Super Tuesday is the biggest prize on the primary calendar and presidential hopefuls, and their supporters, are making their final pitches before voters head to the polls.
Six people were killed Friday when a small plane crashed into the front yard of a home while attempting to land in fog and low visibility in Mount Airy, North Carolina, authorities said.
Now that college football's most talented juniors (and third-year sophomores) have answered that weightiest of questions -- Should I Stay or Should I Go? -- we have a clearer sense of the national pecking order heading into 2008.
Authorities are investigating whether a man charged Tuesday in the murder of a Georgia hiker is connected to the death of another woman in Florida.
The opposition parties are crying foul, claiming that Mikheil Saakashvili has rigged the election. But his position looks secure
Near-complete returns from Georgia's presidential election show pro-western President Mikheil Saakashvili winning a majority of the vote, the head of the former Soviet republic's electoral commission said Sunday.
Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili vowed that Saturday's snap election to decide the fate of his government would be a free and fair vote, and so far opponents have offered no evidence of widespread fraud as citizens go to the polls in this former Soviet republic.
I have a special folder down the left-hand side of Outlook reserved for "Mailbag" e-mails. This is where your e-mails are automatically forwarded. The little number in parentheses next to the icon tells me how many unopened messages await my attention.
These final set of projections were compiled following Saturday night's games but prior to the release of the new polls Sunday. It's impossible to predict how exactly the voters will treat this unprecedented scenario, but the best guess is that Ohio State will be No. 1 and either Georgia or LSU will be No. 2.
It took 10 years, but the day is finally upon us.
Federal biologists said Friday they had signed off on a plan aimed at providing relief to the drought-parched Southeast, under which more water will be retained in Georgia instead of being released into Florida.
A growing number of hunters are donating a portion of their game to charities like Hunters for the Hungry. Who could complain? Animal rights activists, that's who
Tens of thousands of people gathered Friday in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, to protest against President Mikhail Saakashvili and demand -- apparently in vain -- that elections be held months earlier than scheduled.
Governors of three drought-ridden Southern states met with federal officials to address water usage issues for two river basins Thursday, as the Army Corps of Engineers is expected to present a plan meant to relieve regions dangerously low on water.
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue declared a water supply emergency in north Georgia on Saturday as its water resources dwindled to a dangerously low level after months of drought.
Scotland face the prospect of having to beat world champions Italy in their final qualifying clash if they are to reach the 2008 European Championships finals after slumping to a 2-0 defeat in Georgia on Wednesday.
France have ignored the claims of Frederik Michalak and opted for the inexperienced Lionel Beauxis in the crucial fly-half position for Saturday's World Cup quarterfinal against New Zealand in Cardiff.
When Steve Spurrier's South Carolina Gamecocks went into Sanford Stadium last Saturday and took down Georgia, it further confirmed just how tough the Southeastern Conference is this season. And by tough I mean ridiculously deep.
Ireland skipper Brian O'Driscoll is available for Saturday's rugby World Cup clash with Georgia in Bordeaux.
Georgian forces fired at a plane they believed was Russian after it violated the Caucasus republic's airspace on Wednesday, a senior interior ministry official said.
Russia says its investigation shows it could not have dropped a missile in Georgia -- and accused the former Soviet republic of deliberately inventing a "political tsunami".
Heat-stricken residents in some areas finally got a small break Sunday from the oppressive triple-digit temperatures that have killed at least 49 people in the Southeast and Midwest.
A pair of Russian fighter jets violated Georgian airspace firing a missile that landed near a village northwest of the capital, Tbilisi, Georgian authorities said. There were no casualties.
Voters in Georgia's 10th Congressional District went to the polls Tuesday. At stake was Charlie Norwood's old congressional seat representing the northeastern part of the state. The longtime Republican congressman died in February of lung disease and cancer.
A federal prosecutor wants a Georgia district attorney to stop giving out copies of a videotape used as evidence in a teenage sex case that has drawn national attention.
France boosted their hopes of qualification from the difficult Euro 2008 Group B with a comfortable 2-0 home victory over Ukraine in the Stade de France on Saturday.
Federal health authorities said Tuesday that they are looking for people who may have been exposed to a rare and potentially fatal form of tuberculosis from an infected passenger during two trans-Atlantic flights this month.
Trey Thompkins, who played this past year at Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.), is coming back to Georgia for the present and future.
While it may not stop gas prices in their climb to $4 a gallon, long-term help could be on the way from Georgia's 24 million acres of majestic pine-filled forest lands.
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Todd McCorkle's sudden decision to resign as the women's golf coach at Georgia last week followed complaints from players about his inappropriate sexual comments and jokes, according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
As wildfires ravaged four counties in southeastern Georgia, two boys were charged in connection with starting small fires in that region, authorities said Thursday.
Winds from the first named storm of the year fanned wildfires in Georgia and northern Florida on Wednesday, more than three weeks ahead of the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season.
Craig Beattiie's 89th minute goal gave Scotland's new coach Alex McLeish a winning start with a 2-1 victory over Georgia and kept the Scots out in front in Group B of the European Championship qualifiers.
After a 5-year run, Flagler County, Florida ceded its position as the nation's fastest growing county to Chattahoochee County in Georgia, the Census Bureau said Thursday.
Sometimes it pays to run a little late.
President Bush assured tornado victims Saturday that help is on the way as he toured towns in Alabama and Georgia that were among the hardest hit by Thursday's storms.
When nurse Dana Rylander arrived for work at Sumter Regional Hospital on Friday, she was stunned.
Search parties were going door-to-door Friday in Americus, Georgia, after deadly storms destroyed the town's Red Cross headquarters and shut down a hospital.
Striker Dimitar Berbatov scored twice as Bulgaria beat hosts Cyprus 3-0 in the final of an international tournament in Nicosia on Wednesday.
A winter storm aimed its chilly sights at north Georgia, poised to deliver an icy sheen Thursday to areas north of Atlanta as cold air from the west collided with moisture from the Gulf of Mexico.
Harry Potter fans in Gwinnett County, Georgia, can breathe a sigh of relief.
Everything you should know about the ongoing Russia-Georgia spying row.
A Georgian court has ruled that four Russian servicemen accused of espionage will remain in custody for at least two months despite Moscow's call for them to be freed.
World Cup runners-up France began the post-Zinedine Zidane era in impressive fashion by crushing Georgia 3-0 in their opening Euro 2008 qualifier.
A high grade point average in college may help you make the college dean's list. But it also could save you money, which is no small feat when you or your parents are paying $20,000 or more a year to secure a bachelor's degree.
Cynthia McKinney's reputation on Capitol Hill and elsewhere may have taken some shots in recent months. But in her Georgia district, the congresswoman known for testing, if not betraying, decorum enjoys solid support as she heads into the July 18 Democratic primary -- the only election that much matters in her heavily Democratic district.
The death toll in Tennessee from severe weather rose to 12 on Saturday, as storms battered the Southeast from Mississippi to Georgia before dissipating over the Atlantic Ocean.
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As the nation pays its last respects to Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., CNN.com asked readers what they think will be the civil rights struggles of the 21st century. Here are some of those responses:
Suffering through an energy crisis in the midst of an unusually cold winter, the former Soviet republic of Georgia on Saturday said Iran had agreed to provide it with emergency natural gas.
More than 4 million people in Georgia were without heat for a third straight day Tuesday after a series of blasts destroyed the Russian pipeline that supplied the country's natural gas needed for its central heating.
As the sun rose Monday, Georgia and Armenia tapped into natural gas reserves a day after explosions struck pipelines in southern Russia that supply the two post-Soviet republics.
Gas has started flowing to Georgia after an explosion shut off supplies from Russia, which was accused by Georgian officials of deliberately triggering an energy crisis in its small ex-Soviet neighbor.
Georgia's president Sunday questioned the timing of explosions in Russia that cut off electricity and natural gas service to his country in the middle of one of the coldest winters on record in the Caucasus nation.
When the final buzzer rings in "Glory Road," it's not enough that the all-black starting lineup of underdog Texas Western Miners beats the all-white juggernaut University of Kentucky Wildcats to win the 1966 NCAA basketball championship; that story is available in any sports history book.
Authorities found the wreckage of a missing U.S. Navy jet in a mountainous area of northwestern Georgia Wednesday night, a Navy spokesman said. All four people on board died.
German Klaus Toppmoeller has signed a two-year contract as Georgia national team coach from February 1, the country's football supremo Nodar Akhalkazi said on Monday.
A dispute between a husband and wife over a search of their home for illegal drugs left the Supreme Court equally at odds Tuesday in an important case over police powers.
I'm 24 and make $37,500 a year. I contribute 10 percent of my salary to my 401(k) and get a 50 percent match from my employer. I also want to build a cash cushion for emergencies, so I'm putting away another $500 a month in a savings account that now has $4,000 in it.
Drivers in much of the Southeast -- and especially Georgia -- probably have a hard time believing reports of retreating or stable gasoline prices around the rest of the nation.
Consumers may finally be getting a break at the pump as some states moved to suspend gasoline excise taxes.
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue announced Friday a moratorium on the state motor fuel tax through the end of September.
For six young women from Spelman College in Georgia, a competition to teach robotic dogs how to play soccer has also taught them a lot about their own abilities to break down stereotypes.
A man has confessed to throwing a live grenade near where U.S. President George W. Bush was speaking during the American leader's visit to Georgia in May, a government official says.
A hand grenade found in the crowd as U.S. President George W. Bush spoke in Tbilisi, Georgia, last week was live and could have exploded, Georgian officials and an FBI agent have said.
U.S. officials are investigating a report that an apparent hand grenade landed about 100 feet from where President Bush was speaking Tuesday in Tblisi, the capital of Georgia, a Secret Service spokesman said.
The former Soviet republic of Georgia is proving to the world that determined people can rise up and claim their freedom from oppressive rulers, U.S. President George W. Bush has told a crowd of tens of thousands.
President Bush arrived Monday in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, the fourth stop in a five-day trip, where he plans to deliver a speech on democracy and freedom.
Georgia's president told CNN Sunday that the Yalta conference ending World War II created "one of the most immoral deals in the history of mankind."
Former Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia was taken to a hospital late Thursday, a nurse at the facility outside Atlanta said.
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