Kevin West

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that a Texas laboratory worker testing specimens from last fall's anthrax attacks contracted the skin form of the disease.

A Bartow County woman has been sentenced to six months in an adult detention center after her conviction on animal cruelty charges.

A 56-year-old Bartow County man convicted of child molestation in February has been sentenced to ten years in prison and ten years probation.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, said Wednesday it has been awarded a ten-year contract for as many as 20 jets and service for the Air Force.

Tri-State Crematory operator Ray Brent Marsh was charged Wednesday with 30 more counts of theft by deception by Georgia authorities in connection with the bodies found on his property.

Hall of Fame member Nancy Lopez plans to stop playing tournaments full-time at the end of this season -- her 25th on the LPGA Tour.

Former Los Angeles Police Chief Willie Williams was named the federal security director at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, one of eight new airport security officials sworn into office Wednesday.

Officials said Wednesday that despite a decrease of two percent in overall exports compared with the previous year, Georgia's exports in 2001 reached $14.6 billion and helped the state move up in the national rank.

Chris Clark scored 24 points and Mitch Pierce added 22 as Westmont College beat Southern Polytechnic 88-77 and became the third unseeded team to win in as many games at the NAIA Division One tournament Wednesday.

Two detainees captured in the war in Afghanistan have broken their two-week hunger strike, eating twice in a 24-hour period, military officials said Wednesday.