Congressman David Scott (D-South Cobb) called for continuing the Bush tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans while at the same time stopping the sequestration process to protect such defense contractors as Lockheed. Scott made his remarks to a group of about 60 who gathered at Local Lodge 709 in Mari...

Payrolls rose more than anticipated in November and the jobless rate fell to an almost four-year low, indicating superstorm Sandy had little effect on the U.S. labor market.