Georgia today claimed that Russian forces had overrun the strategic city of Gori as troops prepared to defend the capital Tbilisi from what one official called a "total onslaught".

This time last year, Toby Prince said his All About Education store in uptown Lexington does so much business in August before school starts that tax-free weekend doesn't stand out much.Famous last words.

The river has risen and the stock market has plunged multiple times in Model Cleaners lifetime, but the century-old Fond du Lac business is still going strong.

U.S. consumers may scale back on their spending for Father's Day this year, but are still expected to give national and local retailers a much-needed boost, according to a leading retail group on Thursday.

A mile east of the Tijuana International Airport is an area police call El Fin del Mundo, the End of the World, where drug-cartel assassins dump their victims. Both Mexican and American citizens have been found there.