Down 49-38 at the half, the Houston Rockets had their highest scoring quarter of the season, outscoring Atlanta 37-19 in the third en route to a 101-82 victory Friday night.
A federal judge sentenced the former manager of Albany State University's post office to five months in prison and three years of probation for embezzling money.
A 41-year-old man who neighbors said recently had been complaining about barking dogs has been accused of using a dangerous controlled pesticide to kill one of their pets.
Defendants charged with trespassing at Fort Benning to protest a school for Latin American soldiers asked a federal magistrate to withdraw from hearing their cases Friday because of alleged prejudicial comments.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has delayed for a fourth time a decision on the proposed alliance between Delta, Northwest and Continental airlines, citing competitive concerns.
An Albany brewery is shipping 1,700 cases of bottled water to the Pacific island of Guam, where a typhoon devastated much of the island's water system and caused a shortage of safe drinking water.
