Kevin West

The DeKalb County Board of Education was expected to hire Birmingham schools Superintendent Johnny Brown on Friday to fill the same position in the suburban Atlanta system.

Local security officials say U.S. special forces have played the old game of power-brokering with Afghan warlords, literally dividing Khost among rival tribesmen.

Cheered on by abortion opponents, Kansas lawmakers voted to ask the state Supreme Court to declare that life begins at the moment of conception.

Twenty-three people have been charged with falsely claiming that a family member died in the Sept. 11 attacks so they could get relief funds from emergency and charitable agencies.

The nine ranch hands grabbed their duffel bags and headed to the Rio Grande as night fell. But unlike millions of Mexicans who sneak across the border, these men didn't need the cloak of darkness or a smuggler to help them. They carried U.S. work visa

A reduction in worldwide inventory and heavier promotion of lower-priced athletic shoes has helped Nike Inc. boost its third-quarter profits by 31 percent.

Injuries from an artillery shell accident at the U.S. Army post here have claimed the life of a second soldier, an Army spokesman said.

A man accused of stabbing a woman in her home is in critical condition after police shot him in the face.

Former Newnan Mayor Clifford ``Gandy'' Glover has been charged with discharging a firearm near a public street and criminal trespass after blasting away at a burglar alarm that had been wailing for hours, police said.

A chemical reaction blew up a trash can Thursday, frightening some residents on Tybee Island.