Kevin West

A swamp fire that started as a controlled burn last month is not as threatening as it may have appeared, an Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge ranger said early Wednesday.

A Kansas school board publicly reaffirmed Tuesday its decision requiring a science teacher to change the grades of students she had failed for plagiarizing a biology project.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared a drought emergency in the city March 26, turning fountains dry, restricting sidewalk washing and making car washing harder. The restrictions took effect Monday.

The schedules for the Hall County Parks and Leisure Youth Baseball/Softball Leagues are ready to be picked up.

Officials at Viewpointe Archive Services would like to alter a monthly ritual for the millions of Americans who pay their bills and buy groceries by writing a check.

The Hyundai Motor Co.'s decision to locate a $1 billion plant south of Montgomery, near the impoverished area known as Alabama's Black Belt, has business and government officials talking about a possible change in the area's fortunes.

McDonald's is joining Burger King, Wendy's and other fast-food chains in buying beef from overseas, citing a shortage of the U.S. meat that's lean enough to make their burgers.

U.S. vehicle sales fell a mild 1 percent last month compared with March 2001, offering encouragement to analysts and automakers that demand will strengthen and the nation's economy will continue to improve.

Both broadcast and cable news outlets are showing healthy ratings increases over last year, an indication to networks that Sept. 11 may have gotten more people in the regular habit of watching news.

Arab hardliners have mapped out a strategy that includes cutting off diplomatic ties with Israel and oil supplies to America. But moderates, including Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, were unlikely to let such ideas dominate a planned Arab League fore