Atlanta -- Morgan Stanley announced today that, Brian Frank, a Managing Director - Wealth Advisor, with the Premier Wealth Management Group in the Firm’s Atlanta Wealth Management office, has been named to The Financial Times’ inaugural list of America’s Top 400 Advisors.

The “Financial Times’ Top 400 Advisors” is a select group of individuals who have a minimum of $250 million in assets under management (AUM) and ten years of industry experience. Qualified financial advisors were scored on six attributes: AUM, AUM growth rate, compliance records, experience, industry certifications and online accessibility.  Financial advisors also had to commit to complete anonymous quarterly sentiment surveys for the FT.

ROME, Ga. -- Georgia's public high school graduation rate rose slightly to 69.7 percent in 2012, compared to 67.4 percent in 2011, according to data released Tuesday.

The rate of Georgia seniors receiving diplomas has risen by 11 percentage points since 2009, the first year the Georgia Department of Education began tracking graduation data with a new formula.

"I am very pleased that our graduation rate continues to increase, no matter how it is calculated," state superintendent Dr. John Barge said in a statement. "While our graduation rate is still far too low and we have much progress to be made, we are moving in the right direction."

In Floyd County, the graduation rate was 75.68 percent -- well above the state average.

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The rates for individual public high schools include:

SILVER CREEK, Ga. -- Owning your own home - it's the American dream. But for Connie Reeves, that was just the beginning.

She is homeless.

"Everybody has it rough right now. You have to make the best of whatever you have and that's what I have done," Reeves said. "But it's okay, I make the best of it. It's hard and I don't recommend it to anybody."

She lives in her car with netting over it to keep out the bugs.

Before her mother died, Reeves promised her she would build a house on the property the family owned. So she set out alone to build it, one stone at a time.

"I know a lot of stuff is not right. Some people may laugh at it or whatever but it's coming along. I am just taking it one step at a time," Reeves said.

Then something magical happened.

Neighbor Jennifer Grissom saw what was going on and put it on Facebook. People started showing up, making donations and getting involved.