WASHINGTON (AP) - Housing construction posted a surprisingly large increase in February, bolstered by strength in all parts of the country except the West.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Monday offered a fresh package of aid to small businesses - "the heart of the American economy" - in an aggressive push to get big banks that got federal bailout money to do more lending to these struggling entrepreneurs.
CHAMBLEE, Ga. (AP) - Odilio Perez aches for a life beyond Buford Highway, a six-lane stretch of strip malls and ethnic diversity that cuts through three counties in the New American South.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A Savannah woman shot and wounded her 11-year-old daughter as she slept in her bed Monday morning, police said.