Hamilton Jordan, a political strategist from south Georgia who helped propel Jimmy Carter to the White House and served as his chief of staff, died Tuesday night after a long battle with cancer.
Despite a 10 strikeout performance, Gainesville's Micah Owings fell to 5-2 on the season Tuesday night as the Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the Florida Marlins 3-2.
The state Board of Education (BOE) is expected to vote on applications Tuesday for five public school districts - including Gainesville - to convert entirely to charter schools.
The Home Depot Inc. reported a 66 percent drop in first-quarter profit Tuesday due to a large one-time charge and continued weakness in the housing market.
The U.S. military is holding about 500 juveniles suspected of being "unlawful enemy combatants" in detention centers in Iraq and has about 10 detained in Afghanistan, the United States has told the United Nations.
Parts of southern Florida were under a dense smoke advisory on Sunday as firefighters worked to control several wildfires that have burned about 62 square miles.
The political fortunes of Democrats down South once were so bad that people openly joked even Jesus Christ would lose by a double-digit margin if he ran for office on the party's ticket. It might be time to put that joke to rest.
