Kevin West

A 12-year-old boy from Nigeria swallowed 87 condoms filled with heroin, flew to New York and became sick before meeting whoever had promised him $1,900 to act as a contraband courier.

Susan A. McLaughlin has resigned as chief operating officer of AGL Resources after one year on the job at the parent company of Atlanta Gas Light Co.

Thursday proved to be a good day on the links for the Gainesville girls and West Hall boys.

Southern Company paid its former chairman and chief executive - A.W. ``Bill'' Dahlberg - a $2 million bonus and stock options worth $6.7 million last year.

A last-minute goal by Anna Katherine Higgins led the North Hall girls to a narrow victory over Stephens County in girls' soccer Thursday night.

A late goal by Anna Katherine Higgins led the North Hall Lady Trojans to a narrow win over Stephens County.

South Carolina's governor and the federal Energy Department are locking horns over planned plutonium shipments to the state -- a dispute federal officials say is delaying nuclear cleanup nationwide.

It was a pair of 5-nil shuts out for the West Hall tennis teams over Habersham Central Thursday.

Some companies have moved a step ahead of Congress by making changes to their retirement savings plans, even as Enron-wary lawmakers approved new -- but limited -- protections for workers and their 401(k) accounts.

A McDonald's employee was arrested on second-degree assault charges Wednesday after an upset customer was stabbed in the forehead with a ballpoint pen.