Kevin West

Two companies are consolidating their national call center operations in metro Atlanta, creating 390 jobs by next January.

Global Crossing Ltd. has asked a bankruptcy judge to approve a restructuring process that would forgive all the telecommunication firm's $12.4 billion of debt and leave $700 million in the company coffers for the new owners.

State officials were granted legal custody Wednesday of a baby girl found abandonded in a Dumpster last month.

An early-morning fire has destroyed two apartments in Cobb County, leaving two families homeless.

A group of local officials and civic leaders will appeal to ``heart strings and not the purse strings'' to build 150 houses in five of Georgia's most impoverished counties.

The U.S. Department of Energy said Wednesday it has no plans to ship 2 tons of plutonium waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad.

Sea turtles and trees are not normally associated with energy conglomerates such as Atlanta-based Southern Co.

Former Olympic gymnast Olga Korbut had nothing to do with more than $30,000 in counterfeit bills found at her former suburban home, her manager said Wednesday.

Baseball players want owners to pay for their failed attempt to fold the Minnesota Twins and Montreal Expos.

Erwin Dudley had 22 points and 10 rebounds as the fifth-ranked Crimson Tide routed defending Western Division champion Mississippi 79-59 Wednesday night.