Kevin West

An investment firm that specializes in buying failed technology companies is seeking to take over Global Crossing Ltd., one of the largest companies to ever file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Technology bellwether Oracle Corp. warned that its profit and sales during its latest quarter were weaker than anticipated.

A mother whose son scored 298 on an IQ test at age 6 now admits she rigged the results and falsified other records that helped him gain renown as a boy genius.

Swiss voters were sharply divided Sunday in balloting on a proposal for their country to join the United Nations after more than five decades on the fringes.

Drought has engulfed nearly a third of the United States, threatening to confront some places this summer with what experts say could be their worst water shortages in years.

A Palestinian sniper opened fire on Israeli soldiers and civilian cars at an army checkpoint in the West Bank on Sunday, killing 10 people, the army and hospital officials said.

Rain halted work Saturday at Tri-State Crematory, as the number of recovered bodies remained unchanged at 339. Workers stopped excavation after their backhoes started slipping on the wet ground.

Luther A. Alverson, who was the longest-serving full-time Superior Court judge in Georgia and a principal sponsor of bail reform, died Friday.

The driver of a Greyhound bus that crashed on Interstate 24 last August has been charged with homicide and assault in the accident that killed one passenger and injured 44 others.

Friends of former Atlanta mayors Bill Campbell and Maynard Jackson comprise many of the contractors at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, where some contracts have not been rebid since 1981, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported in Sunday's