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".

Marianna Berardi's three children will have the uniforms they need when they return to Sts. John and Paul Elementary School in Larchmont to start the coming school year.

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.

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.

NASHVILLE — The annual Sales Tax Holiday begins this Friday, providing timely savings to Tennesseans who are experiencing the effects of a slowing national economy here in the state, the state announced in a news release today.