Kevin West

John Burkett pitched six scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox beat Tampa Bay 4-to-2.

A Florida official has filed a lawsuit against Atlanta-based Children's Wish Foundation International, saying the group shortchanged children's homes to which it gave toys and other gifts.

Former McIntosh County Tax Commissioner Shelia Atkinson was sentenced Friday to up to 12 months in jail and ordered to repay $4,472 taken from her office more than 10 years ago.

Bob Gilder, Bob Eastwood and Jim Thorpe are tied a seven-under 137 through 36 holes in the Tradition, the first major of the year on the Senior Tour.

Paul McCartney says the emotional highlight of his current tour is a little-known song called ``Here Today.''

North Carolina Friday suspended all poultry exhibitions, sales and auctions to prevent the spread of avian flu, the highly contagious poultry disease.

EarthLink says it has restored its Internet-access service following an outage Thursday that affected up to 1.5 million of its customers.

Tax revenues were up and drug arrests down during spring break this year in Panama City Beach.

A Bartow County grand jury has returned a 22-count indictment against a former middle school teacher accused in a child-molestation case involving five boys.

A Perry man was sentenced Friday to more than 17 years in prison after a Macon judge found him responsible for a fraud that targeted the elderly.