Terrorist attacks, sluggish economies and mild winter weather limited growth in global demand for oil last year, and crude prices are likely to stay weak for the next few months as a result, a respected survey said Friday.
The chief justice of Georgia's Supreme Court, Norman Fletcher, said Friday the state does a ``woefully inadequate'' job of providing legal counsel for poor people accused of crimes.
Cautious outlooks from Microsoft and IBM sent technology stocks sharply lower Friday as investors worried that an economic recovery might be further delayed.
The problems that plagued shares of Irish drug maker Elan Corp. PLC in Europe didn't find any respite in New York as the stock traded down sharply Friday.
Pakistan's president said he believes Osama bin Laden is dead, the victim of kidney failure during the U.S. bombing campaign against Afghanistan, CNN said Friday.
Former Atlanta Braves outfielder Bernard Gilkey can not drive for the next five years, part of the sentence he received Friday in St. Louis County for drunken driving.
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick appeared in Clayton County state court Friday and paid $260 in court costs and fines related to traffic tickets he received at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport in October.
