ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - The University of Georgia Alumni Association is accepting nominations for this year's "40 Under 40" awards. » Read More

 ATLANTA (AP) - Residents pushing to create a new Georgia city cleared a key hurdle in the Georgia Legislature, but the proposed name of the new community has changed. » Read More

(AP) - Federal regulators are considering a plan to build the nation's first nuclear power plant in a generation. » Read More

UPDATE: State Superintendent John Barge said in a released statement, “This is wonderful news for Georgia’s students, educators, and parents. No longer will we be bound by the narrow definitions of success found in No Child Left Behind. We will now be able to hold schools accountable and reward them for the work they do in all subjects and with all students.” » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — The federal appeals court in Atlanta will soon consider whether a sports artist who has made a name for himself by sketching images of University of Alabama events has violated the school's trademark. » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — State lawmakers are expected to hold the first hearing on a proposed constitutional amendment to address a Georgia Supreme Court ruling that disbanded the state's charter school commission last year. » Read More

 LILBURN, Ga. (AP) — The South's iconic groundhog, Gen. Beauregard Lee, waddled out of his "Weathering Heights" mansion and failed to see his shadow on the Georgia red dirt. » Read More

State attorneys are appealing a judge's order that favored five fathers who are targeting Georgia's practice of jailing parents who don't pay child support. » Read More

 Despite what the Mayan calendar and a Hollywood blockbuster projected, 2012 is not the end of the world but the "dawn" of a new one. » Read More

ATHENS, Ga. — Conrad Fink, a longtime University of Georgia journalism professor and former Associated Press executive, has died in Athens at age 80. » Read More

(AP) Home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc. said Thursday that it will hire 70,000 seasonal workers for the spring season, its biggest season. » Read More

 Gov. Nathan Deal says he still isn't sure how lawmakers might make up some $140 million in lost revenue if they follow through on a proposal to eliminate a state sales tax on energy use for manufacturers. » Read More

 Education issues are already setting the tone in a day-old session for Georgia's General Assembly. » Read More

  The first thing a legislator like Cuthbert Republican Gerald Greene notices about a new governor is how he interacts with the General Assembly. » Read More

Georgia senators wasted no time getting to work this morning, spending more than an hour debating a bill that would affect hiring policies in school districts statewide. » Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) - William Daley is resigning as President Barack Obama's chief of staff just one year into the one of the most pivotal jobs in politics, senior administration officials said Monday. » Read More

The question of whether Byron Christopher Jordan was competent to stand trial on charges of bestiality was settled Tuesday, when he was sentenced on the charges. » Read More

Skeletal remains found off Odum Street in Covington on Thanskgiving have been identified as Aron Samuel Lee Hudson, 18, from Griffin. » Read More

 Gov. Nathan Deal says he wants to add 10 days to the state's prekindergarten calendar this fall, restoring half of the days he cut to help save the program in 2011. » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — More U.S. women are having twins these days. The reason? Older moms and fertility treatments. » Read More

Georgia's agriculture industry is calling for a new guest worker program to stave off crop losses due to lack of labor. » Read More

 Georgia pistol-packing permits aren't published on paper any more. » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgians gave less money to charitable organizations through a program allowing them to check off donations on state income tax forms. » Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Check-ups during pregnancy tend to focus around the waist. But there's growing debate about which mothers-to-be should have a gland in their neck tested, too. » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves offered its condolences over the weekend to head trainer Jeff Porter, saying the team was "deeply saddened" after Porter's wife Kathy died in what authorities described as a collision between a Georgia State Patrol cruiser and an SUV driven by the trainer. » Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — After a disastrous holiday shopping season, the parent company of Sears and Kmart will close at least 100 stores to raise cash. » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Nathan Deal has approved recommendations for low-interest loans that would be used to plan and build new reservoirs to increase Georgia's water supply. » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say more than 116,000 citations totaling about $25 million have been issued since Georgia's so-called "super speeder" law went into effect in July 2009. » Read More

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Police are keeping an eye on a DeKalb County synagogue where some members apparently have been targeted, mostly for mischief or vandalism. » Read More

LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) — A school affiliated with the Georgia megachurch New Birth Missionary Baptist Church is shutting down. » Read More

 Key parts of Georgia's new law targeting illegal immigration are set to take effect next week, adding exhaustive proofing methods to Georgia businesses and government services meant to reduce the number of illegal immigrants who work in the state or receive its benefits. » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — Federal and state authorities say Georgia highway fatalities dropped substantially last year for the fifth year in a row. » Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday approved new boundaries for Georgia's congressional and legislative districts even though state Democrats charge that the Republican-drawn maps dilute minority voting strength. » Read More