Kevin West

Georgians are being asked to pay special attention to house finches - common feeder birds whose numbers are declining from a widespread epidemic.

A 75-year-old man was released on $3,500 bond Friday after being charged with firing several shots at a minivan driven by an 82-year-old.

The SEC - the richest collegiate athletic league with $95 million in revenues in 2000 - has amassed the most major rules violations in Division I-A, the big league of NCAA sports.

Yaron Peters drove in five runs and David Marchbanks had 11 strikeouts and allowed just one hit over six innings as South Carolina beat Charleston Southern 11-3 on Friday.

Bobby Huddleston batted in two runs on four hits to lead Auburn over Virginia Commonwealth 11-3 on Friday.

Allen Doyle of LaGrange is in fourth place going into Saturday's second round of the Senior PGA Tour's Ace Group Classic.

A passenger rail line between Atlanta and Macon no longer is the state's first choice for commuter railroad, putting the projected July 2005 start date for the rail in jeopardy.

Charges were dropped Friday against a California man whose bizarre note diverted a Los Angeles-bound 757 to Shreveport under fighter jet escort.

Someone set fire to a billboard on Friday that depicted The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with his arm around Osama bin Laden.

Phoenix Suns point guard Stephon Marbury was arrested Friday on a charge of driving under the influence.