Kevin West

Mexican President Vicente Fox can't leave his country, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev unexpectedly must return to his, and Microsoft President Rick Belluzzo quit.

Under indictment on an obstruction of justice charge, Arthur Andersen LLP said Thursday it is engaged in talks with the Justice Department, an acknowledgment that comes amid stepped-up pressure by federal prosecutors.

An anguished note written by a former Enron Corp. executive before his suicide in January makes no specific mention of the energy giant's collapse, although it says "where there was once great pride now it's gone."

Pilots at CCAir, the commuter airline that serves Athens, Ga. and flies for US Airways, rejected by a thin margin a new contract that included wage concessions.

Mississippi ace Pete Montrenes isn't happy with the way he has pitched. All-conference outfielder Burney Hutchinson doesn't think he's played up to his potential.

Florida basketball coach Billy Donovan agreed in principle to a two-year extension to his current contract, school officials said Thursday.

Clemson trustees decided Thursday to raze the roof at Littlejohn Coliseum.

The University of Alabama will take the next step in appealing NCAA sanctions on Friday, filing a brief supporting its position.

The Brenau tennis team walloped Belmont 9-zip Thursday to stay undefeated this spring.

Authorities have dropped a second-degree vehicular homicide charge against a 17-year-old who was driving a pickup truck when another teen-ager was thrown from the back with a load of lockers they were moving for their high school baseball team.