President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.
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DAVID ESPO, AP Special CorrespondentAssociated Press
Rome’s river levels may have fallen after heavy rains earlier this month, but officials remain concerned about potential problems the high waters caused.
There was no major flooding from the rain....
Rome police Sgt. Chris DeHart, a 17-year veteran of the force, said he has never had to unbuckle a fatality from a seat belt.
Seat belts save lives, police say, and they are going to concentrate o...
After using her hands to serve others throughout her four years at Rome High School , Juhi Varshney has decided to let service dictate her years to come. Varshney will graduate at the top of her...
Ryder Cup players into last 8 at World Match Play KAVARNA, Bulgaria (AP) — Ryder Cup-winning teammates Graeme McDowell, Nicolas Colsaerts and Francesco Molinari are through to the quarterfinals of the World Match Play Championship.
McDowell beat ...
Sonoraville High's Kristi Vaughn was recently named to the Junior Volleyball Association’s 2013 JVA Watch List. Vaughn, a junior, was one of only three Georgia players to receive the award. These awar
On Friday morning, the Gordon Lee Trojans will board a bus for a 400-mile trek to Folkson in advance of their Class A public school state championship series at Charlton County.
SILVER CREEK — A woman is using her bare hands to build a house in the woods by stacking large rocks on top of each other, one rock at a time.
After a posting on the Rome Georgia Yard Sale Faceboo...
Gov. Nathan Deal today instructed the state Department of Natural Resources to return Bibles to cabins and lodge rooms at state parks.
Out of an abundance of caution to avoid potential litigation, ...
Rome will become the backdrop for a movie this week as a Dreamworks motion picture, “Need for Speed,” begins filming here Thursday. The work, which runs through Sunday, will lead to some road c...
The debate over the U.S. 411 Connector to Interstate 75 has become a “national flashpoint issue,” according to state Rep. Christian Coomer, R-Cartersville.
Coomer and the other Floyd County delega...
Obama’s policies are working
President Obama has been elected twice by the American people. That included winning the Jewish vote. The Obama Administration has the best Middle Eastern foreign poli...
Berry College is suing Tennessee’s higher education commission in a dispute over billboard advertising.
Berry College says in the federal lawsuit that the Tennessee agency has threatened to su...
Floyd County Jail officials are tabulating the cost of repairs after they say three inmates flooded their cells during the weekend by overflowing toilets. Gregory Lee Causey, 33, of 1137 Stinso...