Decaying lighthouses seen as historic treasures
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) -- The Sand Island Lighthouse, a lonely sentinel from a faded era of shipping commerce in the Gulf of Mexico, has survived more than a century of hurricanes and violent waves, but its future is precarious....
Bike light giveaway
ATLANTA (AP) -- An Atlanta bike shop is giving away free lights as the store promotes safe night riding....
Mega Millions jackpot increases to $96 million
ATLANTA (AP) -- The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $96 million Friday....
Tennessee lottery numbers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the Tennessee state lottery:...
Mega Millions winning numbers
ATLANTA (AP) -- Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the Mega Millions lottery:...
Friday's winning numbers
MIAMI (AP) -- Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the Florida Lottery:...
Ga. lottery numbers
ATLANTA (AP) -- Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the Georgia state lotteries:...
Hawks overcome sloppy performance to beat Bobcats
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Hawks got off to another sluggish start....
Georgia beats Presbyterian 55-47
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Zac Swansey scored 12 points and Georgia used a second half run to beat Presbyterian 55-47 on Friday night....
Friday's Scores
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USDA report details more involvement for Vick
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Michael Vick put family pets in rings with pit bulls and thought it was funny watching the trained killers injure or kill the helpless dogs, a witness told federal investigators during the dogfighting investigation that brought Vick down....
South Carolina St. tops Carver Bible 112-77
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) -- Jason Flagler scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead South Carolina State to a 112-77 win over Carver Bible College Friday. The win gave the Bulldogs their first 3-0 start in 16 years....
James Madison tops Kennesaw State 82-69
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) -- Abdulai Jalloh scored 16 points to lead James Madison to an 82-69 win over Kennesaw State in its home opener on Friday. Jalloh also grabbed five rebounds, and led five players in double-figure scoring....
Firearms trade group offers reward in thefts
ATLANTA (AP) -- The trade association for the firearms industry says it will match rewards offered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for information solving burglaries of licensed gun retailers....
Horford returns to lineup after missing game
ATLANTA (AP) -- Hawks center Al Horford returned to the lineup for Friday night's game against Charlotte after missing the previous contest with a sprained right ankle....
Mother held in Ky. fire that killed her 2 children
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- A federal judge Friday denied bond for an Army wife who could face the death penalty if convicted on charges of setting a fire that was intended to kill her husband but instead killed her two young children at a Fort Campbell, Ky., apartment....
Florida's Newton arrested, charged with burglary
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida backup quarterback Cameron Newton was charged with stealing another student's laptop computer after being arrested Friday....
Activist marks 2 years since elderly woman's death
ATLANTA (AP) -- Standing yards away from the house where 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston was gunned down by narcotics officers two years ago, activist Markel Hutchins said Friday that despite changes since her death, there is still "unfinished business" in the case....
7 sentenced in fuel tax-credit fraud
VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) -- A federal judge in south Georgia has sentenced seven people in a tax-fraud scheme involving $5 million in phony credits for diesel fuel claimed for logging businesses that were either defunct or never existed....
Suspected campus shooter at Savannah State caught
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- A 19-year-old man faces aggravated assault and possibly other charges in the shooting of a fellow student Friday on the campus of Savannah State University, police said....

