Kevin West

A federal appellate court on Tuesday rejected a libel suit against Geraldo Rivera, saying the television journalist's calling an anti-abortion activist an ``accomplice to homicide'' was an exaggeration protected by law.

The federal appeals court in Atlanta Tuesday rejected a defamation suit against Geraldo Rivera, saying the television journalist's calling an anti-abortion activist an ``accomplice to homicide'' was an exaggeration protected by law.

Shiloh High School biology teacher Krista Herron trades in her lab coat on Saturdays for football pads and a helmet.

The state of Georgia has received a $175,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create an online encyclopedia -- the first award of its kind.

A DeKalb County Superior Court judge Tuesday set Thursday as the date to sentence a Lithonia minister accused of molesting a 15-year-old boy who was a member of his church.

Ford Risley, a newspaper historian and former reporter with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has been named head of the journalism department at Penn State University, effective July 1.

BorgWarner Cooling Systems, a provider of engine cooling solutions to the sport-utility and light truck markets, has notified the Georgia Department of Labor that it will cut staff in its Gainesville plant.

Delta Air Lines and China Airlines have agreed to postpone selling seats on each others' flights as the Asian carrier investigates a deadly crash.

Temperature extremes and a fast-spreading fungal disease have killed about 60 percent of this year's famously sweet Vidalia onions, an unprecedented loss that could cost farmers up to $50 million.

The state Environmental Protection Division director will decide this week whether he should toughen metro Atlanta's water restrictions.