Hicks, Swinford benefit from summer leagues
Taylor Hicks and Jay Swinford, two local products on the Georgia baseball team, are spending their respective summers in similar ways.
Reduction in layoffs stimulates optimism
WASHINGTON - Employers sharply scaled back layoffs in July, and the unemployment rate dipped for the first time in 15 months, sending a strong signal that the worst recession since World War II is finally ending.
