Kevin West

Brazil and Germany meet Sunday for the first time ever in soccer's biggest event, a fitting stage for a clash spiced by 50 years of anticipation.

Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag ate some vanilla ice cream and even took a few laps around the nurses station Friday after undergoing surgery to donate a kidney to his younger sister.

Macon's East Coast Hockey League franchise has been leased to a pair of Canadians who will place the team in Lexington, Kentucky.

Four northeast Georgia newspapers were awarded for general excellence in their respective divisions. The awards were announced Friday evening in Jekyll Island for the Georgia Press Association's 2002 Better Newspaper Contest.

The boyfriend of a woman whose 8-month-old child died Friday from what doctors called ``shaken baby syndrome'' has been arrested.

The National Marine Fisheries Service is considering placing the white marlin on the endangered species list, a move that could threaten one of Ocean City's most popular fishing tournaments as well as part of the resort's identity.

A scientist on the front lines of the anthrax investigation and a longtime seeker of an AIDS vaccine are the leading candidates to become the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, administration officials say.

A new tritium extraction facility at the Savannah River Site may open later than expected and end up about $100 million over budget, the U.S. Energy Department's inspector general says.

A scientist on the front lines of the anthrax investigation and a longtime seeker of an AIDS vaccine are the leading candidates to become the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.