Kevin West

Unless they attended Indiana, most people were more likely to remember Myles Brand as the man who fired Bob Knight than as the president of a major university.

A 23-month-old girl died Thursday after being mauled by her family's two young dogs after she awakened from a nap and got into the backyard, police said.

A fugitive charged with murder in an Atlanta drive-by shooting five years ago was arrested here Thursday, authorities said.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars has endorsed Republican Rep. Saxby Chambliss for the U.S. Senate over incumbent Democrat Max Cleland, who lost three limbs in a Vietnam grenade explosion and led the Veterans Administration under President Carter.

Valdosta State will try to keep its perfect record and two other small college teams in Georgia will try to end the perfect runs of Harding College and Tuskegee on Saturday.

Tropical storm watches were posted from Cocoa Beach, Florida, to Brunswick, Georgia, Thursday as Kyle, a tropical depression, moved in from the Atlantic, kicking up a rough surf as it came.

Frances Mayes, the Georgia author who became well-known writing about life in Italy, is promoting her first novel -- a family tale set in small south Georgia town that strikingly resembles Mayes hometown of Fitzgerald.

Authorities in two counties are trying to untangle the case of a Lithonia man they say killed two people and chopped off their hands.

Georgia spent the two years in the enviable role of underdog, slipping under the radar as the unheralded team that exceeded expectations with two straight trips to the NCAA tournament.

The House Thursday gave a vote of approval to the resolution giving the president the power to launch an attack against Iraq.