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Jurors begin hearing evidence Friday in the trial of Scott Roeder, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of a doctor who performed abortions later in pregnancy. The Kansas man has admitted to killing Dr. George Tiller in May, but the case is far from open-and-shut.

A man who survived a civil war in Sudan died working as a translator for the U.S. Army in Iraq. Beer Ayuel spent several years in Atlanta before "The Lost Boys" were resettled here.

The historic Roosevelt Hotel reopened in New Orleans last month nearly four years after Hurricane Katrina left 10 feet of water in its basement. The $145 million renovation is seen as a bright spot in the city's efforts at revitalization.

When the real estate market plummeted, banks all over Georgia began failing. In the Atlanta area alone, nearly half of the banks are under federal or state regulatory orders to raise more capital. As a result, many aren't making new loans to small businesses.

Delta and Northwest's merger would create the world's largest airline in terms of traffic. But there is still a lot to be worked out. Regulators and shareholders need to be convinced. And Northwest's pilots union is saying it will do everything it can to block the deal.

Early next year, the division that took Baghdad will begin a third deployment in Iraq. Soldiers and officers are finishing training and saying goodbye to their families -- again.

The public defender system in Georgia is running short of money — because of one huge case. The defense of Brian Nichols, charged with killing four people after breaking out of a courthouse two years ago, has cost $1.4 million dollars so far — and it hasn't gone to trial yet.

Since Hurricane Katrina, homelessness in the city has doubled to an estimated 12,000. About half of them are now living in abandoned homes and office buildings. The problem has arisen partly because New Orleans' rents are up about 40 percent since 2005, according to an outreach group that aims to find homes for the squatters.

Opening statements are heard in the case of James Ford Seale, who has pleaded not guilty to federal kidnapping and conspiracy charges in connection with the 1964 murders of two black teenagers who were hitchhiking in rural Mississippi. The trial is expected to take two weeks.

It's been two weeks since a sugar refinery explosion in Port Wentworth, Ga., killed nine people and burned more than three dozen. Plant workers are coping with the explosion and fire, which burned for a week. Neighbors are preparing for a memorial service in Savannah.