Kevin West

Christian Fittipaldi will be switching his wheels next season, leaving CART and joining Petty Enterprises in a combined Busch and Winston Cup program.

Hurricane expert William Gray has revised his forecast for the 2002 Atlantic storms downward and is now predicting a much less active hurricane season.

New Jersey Senator Jon Corzine will play host to four Democratic colleagues Thursday for a fund-raiser at a private golf club in Princeton, New Jersey.

The state has closed four convenience stores -- two each in Augusta and Thomson -- for nonpayment of sales taxes.

Four environmental groups Wednesday accused a federal agency of stalling rules that would force shrimpers to haul larger ``turtle excluder devices'' in their nets.

The Camden County Sheriff's Department is convinced that showing off a $93,000 Viper sports car is one way of grabbing the attention of kids and preventing them from taking drugs. Other officials aren't so sure.

The Falcons have given up on the idea of moving Patrick Kerney to linebacker.

The Board of Regents agreed Wednesday to allow its universities to use more non-tenured lecturers for undergraduate teaching chores, but Chancellor Tom Meredith said that won't reduce the quality of instruction.

Life University's Board of Trustees have appointed three new members to its panel as the school continues its fight to regain accreditation.

The body of a 72-year-old Columbus man, a cousin of Recorder's Court Judge Mary Buckner, was found inside his home, dead of a gunshot wound.