Kevin West

A man charged with shooting and killing a convenience store clerk during a robbery in August 2000 was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without possibility of parole.

Officials with wireless phone provider VoiceStream said Wednesday they plans to cut 155 jobs in Atlanta as part of consolidation efforts following the company's acquisition of Powertel last year.

The school bus driver in a collision with a train that killed three students had a near miss with a locomotive 11 days before the fatal accident. That's what prosecutors say in a letter obtained by a newspaper.

Another championship game is coming to Atlanta.

Colorado Avalanche forward Dan Hinote is expected to play Wednesday night against Atlanta after missing 11 games while recovering from shoulder surgery.

Egypt announced Wednesday it was suspending contacts with Israel except diplomatic contacts that could help the Palestinians, Minister of Information Safwat el-Sherif said.

Speeders in Clayton County beware: Police officers could be using radar guns again by the weekend.

Adelphia Communications Corp. confirmed Wednesday that federal authorities are investigating the agreements in which the company's founding family borrowed $2.3 billion through various co-borrowers and kept the debt off the balance sheet.

Arab hardliners have mapped out a strategy that includes cutting off diplomatic ties with Israel and oil supplies to America.

Coalition forces are expecting a shift toward smaller attacks directed at Western targets inside Afghanistan as Taliban and al-Qaida fighters regroup after Operation Anaconda, a British intelligence officer said Wednesday.