Kevin West

The man who masterminded a multimillion-dollar scheme to redeem stolen McDonald's games pieces was sentenced Thursday to 37 months in prison.

A contingent of airmen from the Air Force's 38th Rescue Squadron departed Moody Air Force Base on Thursday for the northern Arabian Gulf.

Governor Barnes and two other Southern governors want President Bush to reconsider a trade proposal to eliminate textile tariffs over the next 13 years.

Republican Rep. Jack Kingston landed a powerful post as one of 13 ``cardinals'' that control federal spending projects, and Democrat Sanford Bishop also was named to the panel Thursday as Congress shuffled many of its committee assignments.

Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney has dropped U.S. Representative Denise Majette and the Georgia Republican party from her lawsuit challenging the state's open primary system.

CVS Corporation will pay $1.1 million to settle claims it violated consumer protection laws in more than a dozen states including Tennessee.

A Gwinnett County elementary school teacher who posted questions for a countywide student assessment test on the Internet could have his teaching license suspended after all.

Delta Air Lines -- the nation's third largest carrier -- is laying off about 4,000 employees.

Governor-elect Sonny Perdue has named a retired Georgia State Patrol major as the state's new homeland security director.

Former CBS head executive Thomas H. Wyman has died at age 73.