During the fiscal year that ended in October, Monroe County Hospital gave away $1.1 million in uncompensated medical care. A sizable amount of that, hospital officials figure, was to uninsured patients who came to the hospital’s emergency room seeking non-emergency — and sometimes even routine — care.

WARNER ROBINS — Valdosta ended two seasons with one win. Its own continues. The Wildcats earned the fourth and final playoff berth from GHSA Region 1-AAAAA and extended the year for lame-duck head coach Rick Tomberlin by hammering Houston County 45-6 on Saturday at McConnell-Talbert Stadium.

There are times when the world seems to be spinning out of control. The plug has been pulled on common sense and civility.

It’s tough out there. Unemployment figures were released Friday detailing an unemployment rate of 10.2 percent for the month of October, and those statistics don’t count people who have given up the job chase. Our nation has been shedding jobs for 22 straight months. Another 190,000 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, were lost last month.

President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future.

A refinery explosion that severely damaged 10 homes this week was caused by a burst pipe that sprayed hydrogen gas onto a nearby heater, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board's lead investigator said.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Europeans and Americans on Sunday to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against new global threats.

Police in Florida say a graffiti artist who apparently ran out of paint midway through a spray-painted creation left a note to potential critics to explain the unfinished work.