Kevin West

Energy trader Mirant Corporation missed its profit goals for 2002 because it had weak financial results in July and August.

The Atlanta Falcons signed five players for their practice squad Tuesday.

Marathon Oil Corporation has acquired Enron Corporation's right to deliver and sell liquefied natural gas at terminal facilities in Georgia.

One of the two men accused of making a racially motivated attack against Atlanta Falcons running back T.J. Duckett has pleaded no contest Tuesday to two charges.

One of the University System of Georgia's top administrators is leaving to oversee Florida's four-year colleges.

Jake Richardson -- a defensive tackle for the University of Georgia football team that beat Texas in the 1984 Cotton Bowl -- has died. He was 38 years old.

Gary Sheffield may sit out the rest of the Braves' series with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The state's star witness in the assassination of DeKalb County Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown wants a new identity and may leave the country.

A union spokesman calls layoffs at Consolidated Freightways ``a slap in the face'' for hundreds who showed up for work on Labor Day only to find the offices locked.

It's a club sport. Unlike the Panthers' 14 varsity sports, football doesn't get financial backing from the university. There are no scholarships for the players and no paychecks for the coaches.