ATLANTA — It didn’t take Eric Staal long to show how well he can lead the Carolina Hurricanes. Staal scored a season-high three goals in his first game since becoming Carolina’s captain and the Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-2 on Thursday …

WARM SRPINGS, Ga. — A Georgia woman is in jail after police say she forced her son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as punishment for bad grades. The sheriff of rural Meriwether County told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that the 12 …

Gerald Wallace, who was questionable with a sprained left ankle, registered 20 points and 10 boards for the Bobcats, who have won a franchise-record nine straight games at home and improved to 18-4 as the hosts this season. Stephen Jackson led all …

Miami at Washington, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Toronto, 6 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Sacramento at Orlando, 6 p.m. Charlotte at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. Portland at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Minnesota, 7 p.m …

The billboard at the corner of North Avenue and Piedmont Road called an Oracle exec the eternal soul mate — of a woman who is not his wife.

A non-explosive device that emits a ticking sound was behind the closing of the Lindbergh Center station Thursday night, a MARTA spokesman told ajc.com Friday.

A Bartow County 911 dispatcher was arrested by the GBI Wednesday night for allegedly providing tag information to non-law enforcement personnel.

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The fifth overall pick in last year’s draft is part of the NFL’s final four, playing for a spot in the Super Bowl just like the game’s career passing leader, the league’s only four-time MVP, and the sport’s most accurate passer. Sure could be …

The reopening of Ross’ recruitment caused UM to fall out of Rivals.com’s team recruiting rankings . Maryland’s addition of three-star guard Pe’Shon Howard was not enough to compensate for the loss of top-50 prospect Terrence Ross, so the Terrapins …

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Eric Staal celebrated his first game as Hurricanes captain by playing like it, notching his 10th career hat trick in Carolina’s 5-2 victory over Atlanta at Philips Arena. The 25-year-old Staal has 13 goals on the season. He was joined in the scoring …

Ilya Kovalchuk scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period after Atlanta lost a two-goal lead, and the Thrashers held on to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 on Saturday night. Jussi Jokinen and Ray Whitney scored 70 seconds apart in the …

Staal scored a season-high three goals in his first game since becoming Carolina’s captain and the Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-2 on Thursday night for a rare road victory. “It was kind of neat to start off this way,” Staal said. The …

LAWRENCEVILLE — Gwinnett County was four months late on paying dues to the Atlanta Regional Commission. Officials blamed the error on an invoice addressed to one of the 200 people who retired from the county last year. A check for the October …