With sophomore guard Mo Williams scoring 25 points, Alabama beat Oklahoma 68-62 Thursday night in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at Madison Square Garden.
Carolina Panthers rookie defensive end Julius Peppers was suspended for four games by the NFL on Thursday for violating the league's substance-abuse policy, his agent said.
Congressional Republicans tapped two Georgians for leadership posts, picking Representative-elect Max Burns as president of the freshman class and Representative Jack Kingston for the party's Number five position, Georgia's highest since Newt Ging
Nick Faldo has won more Ryder Cup points than any European in history. Now he gets another chance at team match play with a different set of teammates and a more relaxed atmosphere.
The Warner Robins Development Authority has approved the sale of its Advanced Technology Development Center for $2.5 million to the Georgia Board of Regents, clearing the way for Fort Valley State University to establish a campus in Warner Robins.
Frank Thomas, the mayor of the rural northeast Georgia town of Washington, has admitted being blackmailed since 1998 by a woman he paid while having a sexual affair with her.
The government said Thursday that less than two-thirds of the nation's senior citizens have been vaccinated against flu and pneumonia -- well short of the government's goal of 90 percent by 2010.
