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Associated Press - September 2, 2010 5:04 PM ET ATLANTA (AP) - The Rev. Bernice King says she is pleased that the legal battle for control of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference has...

Associated Press - September 2, 2010 4:44 PM ET MIAMI (AP) - Federal authorities have lifted a fishing ban in the northern Gulf of Mexico from the Florida Panhandle to the far eastern coast of...

Associated Press - September 2, 2010 5:04 PM ET DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - A 39-year-old man is the latest Georgian to suffer from West Nile virus.

Associated Press - September 2, 2010 4:54 PM ET WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) - A Montgomery man has been killed in a single-vehicle accident on U.S. 231 near Wetumpka.

Associated Press - September 2, 2010 4:54 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The captain of a boat that rescued 13 crew members who escaped an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico says the blast aboard the...

By The Associated Press 2010 COSTS: Total premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance climbed only 3 percent for family coverage and 5 percent for single coverage, according to a Kaiser Family...

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The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels "fantastic" and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands.

Workers are paying a larger portion of their health insurance costs as businesses shift more of the burden to their employees to help ride out the economic downturn, an annual study shows.

A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night...

A recall of eggs linked to a salmonella outbreak is being dramatically expanded to 380 million eggs.Health officials said Wednesday that hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in three states and possibly more....

Honda Motor Co. is recalling the popular Accord and Civic passenger cars from the 2003 model year to address problems with an ignition switch that could allow the key to be removed without the transmission being shifted into parkThe recall involves...

The Friends of the Smokies says the group's specialty Tennessee license plate raised more than $183,000 in the first half of this year.The group has an annual goal of raising $1 million for the park. It says it has raised more than $30 million since...

Cat owners need to watch out for a recall on some popular food that could contain salmonella.  We have all the product information and the phone number to call for information by clicking here.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling 1.2 million chairs made by Graco Children's Products of Atlanta.The regulatory agency says the screws holding the front legs of the high chair together can loosen and fall out, causing the chair to...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Nashville lawyer says he's concerned his paralyzed client is not getting the treatment he needs after he was arrested for trying to run over a police officer with a car.Prison officials said that mistakes have been made,...

A bomb squad has removed Civil War relics thought dangerous from a building at Kennesaw State University and have allowed students back inside.University spokeswoman Tammy DeMel said a Cobb County bomb squad removed the relics Monday from the third...

Officials say an 88-year-old Colbert, Ga. man died a week after a goat attacked him outside his home.Madison County Coroner Michelle Cleveland said Monday that Vestal Davis died Saturday at Athens Regional Medical Center.A Madison County sheriff's...

An armed man shot by deputies at an East Tennessee high school after going inside and pointing a gun at the principal's head has died.Sullivan County Sheriff Wayne Anderson said at a news conference there's "no doubt" that 62-year-old Thomas Richard...

Savannah police say a man was killed for his motorcycle after someone saw the bike for sale on Craigslist, arranged a meeting to look at it and then shot the owner.Savannah-Chatham County police spokeswoman Gena Moore said Friday investigators...

UNION CITY, Tenn. (AP) - Perhaps a swat team of a different nature is needed in the Reelfoot Lake region of West Tennessee and western Kentucky after clouds of horseflies emerged.Nobody's counting the pests, but University of Tennessee at Martin...

Authorities in Washington state charge a 43-year-old man mooned the wrong guy.The Spokane County sheriff's office says the man dropped his drawers as an off-duty Benton County deputy drove by. Authorities say the off-duty deputy kept the suspect in...

It may seem like a story ripped from the pages of "Winnie the Pooh," but a little black bear is alive after Florida biologists removed a plastic bottle stuck on its head for at least 10 days.The bear, his mother and two siblings regularly raided...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A chimney sweep may be lucky as lucky can be, but William Hussey was neither.The Knoxville News Sentinel quoted Knoxville police who said a homeowner heard cries for help and traced them to her chimney early Friday.Police...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Three Florida children bought tickets with baby-sitting money and flew to Nashville, Tenn., on Southwest Airlines - unbeknownst to their parents.Fifteen-year-old Bridget Brown had $700 saved and asked a 3-year-old friend...

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Blount County commissioner has resigned after two hours in office.The Daily Times reports Shawn Carter Sr. said he was resigning after reading the federal Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from partisan political...

    The three groups wanting Mayor Ron Littlefield out of office easily surpassed the City Charter requirement of 8,957 signatures. But numerous other questions are looming.    Hamilton County Election Commission attorney Chris Clem says the...

ATLANTA (AP) - Democrat Roy Barnes has won the backing of one of Georgia's largest teachers' groups in the race for governor.The 43,000-member Georgia Association of Educators on Friday announced it would support Barnes in the November general...

Georgia's gubernatorial hopefuls both say they oppose building a mosque near ground zero in New York City.Nathan Deal told The Associated Press on Thursday that as "a potential governor of the state of Georgia" he really didn't have a say. But the...

Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Nathan Deal says he's open to considering casino gambling in Georgia, while Democrat Roy Barnes says he'd be reluctant because it might compete with the state lottery.The candidates both weighed in on...

These are the 54 people booked into the Hamilton County Jail on Tuesday, July 20. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not necessarily mean the individuals shown are guilty of the crimes of which they are accused.BENFORD, NAKA Y Age at...

Any predictions of heavy rain will send shivers down the backs of many people in East Ridge, whose backs have been broken by last month's flooding.  Apparently, enough is enough, for East Ridge administrators.  Tonight, we have discovered a task...

So what caused the sewage to back up in East Ridge during this week's flooding?  Mark Harrison with the W-W-T-A says, flood waters tangled with raw sewage that came from homes with sump pumps, and leaking or damaged home sewer lines.  The authority...

Last year, Chattanooga police say 76 drivers got tickets for speeding in school zones.  One-third of those tickets were issued during the month of August.. With school now back in session, we decided to take our investigative cameras undercover, to...

"It was an absolute war zone," and no, we're not talking about Iraq or Afghanistan.  That's the description some residents gave us, of the Spencer McCallie Homes that used to be in Alton Park.  But over the past 8 years, that community has been...