Kevin West

A judge increased the bond Monday for Aaron John Leblanc, 19, charged with first-degree rape in an attack March 18 on a 24-year-old neighbor.

The North Georgia College and State University women's softball team went 2-2 over the weekend in games with Faulkner and Georgia Southwestern. The North Ga. baseball team won one out of three against Faulkner.

Decisive victories by the Lakeview girls and Riverside boys were highlights of the Monday prep soccer action.

Officials from the ailing Kirch media empire met Monday with creditors to consider a rescue plan sources said could turn over control of Kirch's five commercial television channels to media tycoons Rupert Murdoch and Silvio Berlusconi.

TRW Inc. directors on Monday recommended that shareholders vote down two proposals that Northrop Grumman Corp. plans to make at TRW's annual meeting next month to advance an unsolicited $5.9 billion takeover bid.

The Gainesville boys' golf team had a four-shot victory over South Forsyth at Chattahoochee Monday.

The latest battle in the tobacco wars is over claims that cigarette companies have used words such as ``light'' and ``low tar'' to deceive smokers into believing they are safer than regular brands.

Tawana James was among the last of 175 squatters forced to leave when police arrived to clear a homeless settlement.

Worldwide production rose at Honda Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. last month compared to a year ago, but fell at Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., the Japanese automakers said Tuesday.

Apparently angered over U.S. dealings with Taiwan, China has refused permission for a U.S. warship to make a routine port call in Hong Kong.