-- Federal offices and courts will be closed Monday for Columbus Day, one of 10 federal holidays.

-- There will be no home mail delivered Monday, except Express Mail.

-- Most post offices will be closed.

-- Most banks will be closed Monday, although some will be open. Check your local branch for details.

-- The New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and other financial markets are open Monday.

-- All city, county and state offices will be open as usual, along with public schools, community colleges and universities.

-- Garbage pickup and bus service will be unaffected by the federal holiday.

Bill Torpey - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

When U.S. law enforcement officials last month busted a Mexican drug cartel moving tons of dope and millions of dollars, they announced it in Atlanta.

By: Michael King

ATLANTA -- A Metro Atlanta landscaper says he's lost more than $1 million in business over the last year thanks to the drought and the confusion over outdoor watering restrictions.

The restrictions are different across the state -- it depends on where you live.

By: Bill Liss

In Monday's consumer and money headlines, home prices were slightly up in Atlanta in July, despite prices falling sharply nationwide.

Encouraging news in the Atlanta housing market, with the Metro area among one of seven cities nationally where home prices either went up slightly or remained steady. The closely watched S&P-Case Shiller Index shows Metro Atlanta home prices up ½ percent in July over June, following another slight increase for the previous month. Nationally, home prices fell at their sharpest annual rate ever in July.

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By MARK DAVIS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution / Monday, September 29, 2008

When giants stumble, what can you do?
You deposit your money and hope for the best.

So said a handful of Wachovia customers, who went about their usual banking Monday following the announcement that Citibank will buy Wachovia’s banking operations.

Reported By: Julia Harding

ATLANTA (MyFOX ATLANTA) – Long lines, empty pumps and high frustrations -- and it could be a while before the problems at Metro Atlanta gas pumps get any better.

A gas shortage has been a problem for several southeastern states for about two weeks now and the ongoing fuel frustrations have left many questions in the minds of drivers.

Metro drivers are wondering if they will be enough gas to go around for the work week, what is being done to get more fuel into the area and what is being done at the local, state and federal levels to fix the gas shortage.

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By MARCUS K. GARNER - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuesday, September 02, 2008

State officials began preparing late Tuesday to respond to the impending landfall of Tropical Storm Hanna, even as the storm seemed to stall in the Caribbean.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency led preparations as state and private agencies from the Georgia State Troopers to the Red Cross worked to ensure people living along the coast can cope with the storm

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By ERIC STIRGUS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 07/23/08

Atlanta's most recent monthly sales tax revenues are down 14 percent from the same period last year, city officials reported Wednesday.

The city collected about $8.3 million in May from its sales tax.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thursday is the day about 2 million Americans get a raise.

That's when the federal minimum wage goes up 70 cents an hour.

WASHNINGTON (1010 WINS) -- Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico.

But the U.S.

STAFF REPORTS

Published on: 07/05/08

Atlanta recorded it's highest average gas price for regular unleaded Saturday at $4.048, according to the American Automobile Association, which surveys gas stations for its Daily Fuel Gauge Report, fuelgaugereport.com.

The average price for regular unleaded in Atlanta rose from $4.037 Friday to $4.048 Saturday morning.

ATLANTA (AP) -- A weedy sea dragon at the Georgia Aquarium has something to celebrate this Father's Day. One of the rare creatures is pregnant for only the third time ever at a U.S.

The Associated Press --

WASHINGTON --The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington has declined Georgia's petition to reconsider a recent ruling that restricts the state's authority to tap a huge federal reservoir near Atlanta for more drinking water.

A three-judge panel of the court in February threw out an agreement that Georgia reached in 2003 with the Army Corps of Engineers. The agreement - the linchpin of Georgia's long-term water plans - would give the state about a quarter of Lake Lanier's capacity over the coming decades.


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The Georgia Senate on Friday stamped its approval on an income tax cut that Lt. Governor Casey Cagle said will provide broad, immediate and fair tax relief to every working Georgian.

By MARTHA MENDOZA

Test it, study it, figure out how to clean it — but still drink it. That's the range of reactions raining down from community leaders, utilities, environmental groups and policy makers in reaction to an Associated Press investigation that documented the presence of pharmaceuticals in major portions of the nation's drinking water supplies.

By ERIC STIRGUS

The hand-washing station has a "warming device" for water. Toilet paper is automatically dispensed.

By STACY SHELTON , JOHN G. PERRY

"It involves a little bit of commitment," said Borghorst, a master gardener who lives in Atlanta's Morningside neighborhood.

By DAN CHAPMAN

The Atlanta region exported $11.4 billion of goods in 2006 – 58 percent of Georgia's total merchandise exports, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said this week in Atlanta.

By DANIEL YEE

ATLANTA (AP) — Meteorologists warned the mixture of rain and snow that fell across the South a day earlier could make for icy roads early Sunday, with overnight temperatures in the upper teens and low 20s.

On Saturday, snow, rain and sleet spread across parts of the region, dusting lawns and shrubs with flakes and leading airlines to cancel several hundred flights.

By STACY SHELTON
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 01/20/08

Rome — Three rivers converge in this hilly North Georgia town, an ever-flowing embarrassment of riches in the middle of a record-setting drought.

But don't expect Rome's 36,000 residents to lend a cup to metro Atlanta's 4 million-and-growing denizens.