President Bush pitched his plan for a bailout of Wall Street straight to the public Wednesday night. Bush addressed the nation at 9 p.m. Wednesday from The White House. The president said the country faces a "long and painful recession" if Congress fail

WHAT: NEAT Receipts, a Philadelphia-based company committed to developing user-friendly scanning solutions, will be the only stop in Philadelphia as part of the Consumer Electronics Association's 34-state, "America Wins With Trade" tour. The new grassr

Baghdad hasn't been this quiet in years. But the respite from bloodshed comes at a high price. Up to 20 feet high in some sections. Rows after rows of barrier walls divide the city into smaller and smaller areas that protect people from bombings, sniper

In the past month, the country has needed brave and imaginative political leadership to face a weakening economy and real suffering by the nation's poorest people. Severe problems are simultaneously battering the business community, producers and consume

MARIETTA - Cobb Commissioners got their first look at a proposed $852.6 million balanced budget for fiscal year 2009. County budget officials generated the proposal, which is only slightly higher (0.15 percent) than the county's 2008 budget of $851.4 mil