Kevin West

California is facing one of its worst lettuce shortages and the highest prices in 15 years, potentially pushing the cost of lettuce across the country to $3 a head.

PayPal Inc.'s online payment service is less likely to run into trouble with state banking regulators after receiving a positive opinion from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the company's chief executive said Tuesday.

Shares of WorldCom Inc. dropped markedly Tuesday after the telecommunications giant said the Securities and Exchange Commission requested documents regarding loans and financial practices.

WorldCom Inc., the nation's No. 2 long-distance company, said it will furnish several documents requested by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A Tennessee scientist may have the solution to a problem that plagues chicken farming: too much manure.

Two teen-agers were sentenced to nine years in jail Tuesday for causing more than $200,000 in damage to a Rockdale County school.

The McIntosh County Commission voted Tuesday to ask a judge to order Sheriff Thomas ``Chunk'' Jones to use a new $4 million jail rather than pay other counties to house prisoners.

An 18-year-old who shot his parents in the head then stabbed his sister three times and fled to Florida in the family car has been sentenced to life in prison.

The owner of a pub in Atlanta has been arrested after shooting a suspected robber at his business.

A health insurance company has been fined for failing to make timely reimbursements.