DID YOU KNOW?: Bayliss is a four-year starter who has signed with Texas Tech … The Mavericks will have two state-ranked powerlifters on the roster in D.J. Grogan and Carter Cornelius. KEY RETURNING PLAYERS: P/3B Colby Suggs … P/RF Jake Dougan …

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Derek Lowe didn’t make an appearance at the newly named ESPN Wide World of Sports complex on Friday, when many of the Braves’ pitchers and catchers reported to Spring Training. But Lowe, who wasn’t required to make an …

An escaped circus zebra caused a bit of mayhem on the freeway that runs through downtown Atlanta Thursday afternoon. The zebra from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus escaped from his handler and was spotted in various parts of downtown …

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The 12-year-old animal, named Lima, was exercising outside a downtown arena in preparation for an evening show when something spooked him, said Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus spokeswoman Crystal Drake. The zebra broke away from his …

ATLANTA — Desperate though they are to fill gaps in their budgets, more than half the states in the country haven’t touched a $5 billion pot of federal stimulus funds meant to find work for welfare recipients. Leaders in most states have hesitated …

An old school bus circles through Vine City on a recent winter morning, stopping at abandoned gas stations and cracked-pavement parking lots to collect several dozen men and a few women.

The state Public Service Commission is scheduled to hold public hearings Monday and Tuesday in Georgia Power’s fuel cost recovery case.

A day after learning about the death of an 18-year-old football star, members of the McEachern High School community wasted no time coming to the aid of his family.

The fate of Devonni “Devo” Benton, accused of murder in the September shooting death of Spelman student Jasmine Lynn, is now in the hands of a Fulton County jury.

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ATLANTA — Rush-hour traffic came to a standstill Thursday afternoon when an escaped circus zebra galloped along a busy section of highway. The animal was first spotted around 4:30 p.m. in downtown Atlanta, said Georgia Department of Transportation …

Good news for Atlanta Braves fans. Jari Jurrjens went for an MRI on Tuesday, and the results showed no structural damage in his shoulder. Everything checked out with his labrum and rotator cuff. Jurrjens was just suffering from shoulder inflammation …

ATLANTA — Georgia legislators voted Thursday to take a two-week break as they scramble to fill what is shaping up to be another huge hole in the state’s already slimmed-down budget. With tax collections continuing to slide, legislators will take …

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