WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington has declined Georgia's petition to reconsider a recent ruling that restricts the state's authority to tap a huge federal reservoir near Atlanta for more drinking water.
 

KINGSLAND, GA -- A dispute at a Jacksonville hotel between a couple ended in a chase and crash in Georgia. 

GAINESVILLE, GA (AP) -- A Hall County jailer has been fired after being arrested in a child pornography investigation. 

ATLANTA, GA (AP) -- Federal appeals judges have upheld the conviction but vacated the 33-month prison sentence of a woman found guilty of defrauding the government through grants for a non-profit organization that provided pre-kindergarten child care and infant daycare in Valdosta. 

ATLANTA, GA (AP) -- Atlanta police are looking for a hospital employee who they believe took wedding and engagement rings from a woman who died in a car crash.  

ATLANTA, GA (AP) -- Beazer Homes USA said today its losses widened in its fiscal second quarter as sales fell by half. 

ATLANTA, GA (AP) -- People 60 and older should get a one-time shingles shot that can help prevent the painful rash, U.S. health officials are recommending. 

CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA -- The Georgia State Patrol has released the dash cam video from the latest drunk driving arrest for Chattooga County judge Carlton Vines.  

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GA -- There is new video of the tornado that slammed St. Simons Island.
 

MARIETTA, GA (AP) -- About a dozen people gathered outside a bar in Marietta to object to a T-shirt that shows the cartoon chimp Curious George peeling a banana with "Obama in '08" printed beneath. 

ATLANTA (AP) -- Governor Sonny Perdue on Wednesday signed legislation allowing guns in restaurants, on public transportation and in parks.  

ATLANTA, GA (AP) -- Nearly 1 in 10 public swimming pools in the Atlanta area tested positive for parasites that cause diarrheal illnesses, according to a new government study. 

ATLANTA (AP) -- A former Atlanta police officer on trial for a botched drug raid that led to the death of a 92-year-old woman said Wednesday he went along with a cover-up because he felt threatened by his fellow officers.  

WINDER, GA (AP) -- Winder Police spokesman Dennis Dorsey says it may be several weeks before authorities decide whether to file charges against an 18-year-old driver in a fiery crash that left three dead. 

ROSWELL, GA (AP) -- Federal agents and local police raided a Roswell home where they found copy-cat drugs were being made.
 

ATLANTA, GA (AP) -- A former Georgia Tech employee has pleaded guilty to cheating the university and the National Science Foundation out of more than $300,000 by using a state-issued credit card for personal use. 

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- One of the men convicted of beating a Univeristy of Florida student to death after the 2005 Florida-Georgia game will have to be re-sentenced because of a judge's error. 

SNELLVILLE, GA (AP) -- So much for spaghetti suppers: The First Baptist Church of Snellville is fueling its membership drive with a sign in front of its sprawling campus proclaiming "Free Gasoline."
 

MCINTOSH COUNTY, GA -- People in parts of Georgia are cleaning up after tornados moved through Sunday.
 

SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) -- The Imperial Sugar Company said today it swung to a first-quarter loss mostly on charges related to the explosion at a refinery in Georgia and to weak sugar prices and high transportation costs.