STATE/REGIONAL NEWS
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Investigators along Georgia's coast are weighing whether to file charges against a wife they say shot and killed her husband, an Army soldier recently returned from Iraq.
Barnes, the Democrat running to reclaim the governor's mansion, also blasted both political parties and President Barack Obama for failing to win bipartisan support for a law more Americans could get behind.
Motorists on Georgia roads this weekend may see more law enforcement than usual, particularly at state borders.
The Defense Department says Lance Cpl. Christopher Rodgers of Griffin died Wednesday while supporting combat operations in Helmand province.
The convict will get an extra 20 years tacked onto his sentence for the attack.
Johnny Isakson is trying to sell himself to Georgia voters once again.
Thurmond, a sharecropper's son, is hoping to beat popular Republican incumbent Johnny Isakson in November.
Police say three teenagers targeted a 14-year old for the attack.
Authorities arrested an Alabama fugitive after they say he traded a gun for tickets to the NASCAR race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
A jury says a Sandy Springs lawyer and nursing home operator should pay $43.5 million to the family of a man who died at a Rome nursing facility.
Hoards of people dressed as comic book characters, science fiction heroes and villains and other fantastical figures plan to descend on Atlanta for the festivities.
Officials say those riding with two or more passengers still will have free access. Solo commuters facing heavy traffic in regular lanes will be able to travel in the express lanes for a fee based on traffic congestion.
Deal's Democratic rival Roy Barnes has been pressuring the former congressman to take the wraps off his taxes.
The volunteers will first head to Raleigh, N.C., then get instructions from there.
The plan lays out a system for processing or removing nearly 10 million gallons of grease and water, but Agri-Cycle, which has filed for bankruptcy, does not have the money to carry out the plan.
Records show he left the Georgia State Patrol in September 2001 after
it opened an investigation into claims he had sex with a woman in a
public bathroom.
The men are charged with conspiring to file false claims for payment, a
charge that carries a maximum sentence of 10 years and a fine of
$250,000.
Authorities say the suspects lied to enroll in the federal Section 8 Housing voucher program.
A statement from Atlanta's Fox Theatre says Joe Patten" is welcome to live here at the Fox as long as he is able."
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