ATLANTA — The Atlanta Thrashers have signed 48-year-old defenseman Chris Chelios, a three-time Norris Trophy winner as the NHL’s top defenseman, who has spent the season with the AHL Chicago Wolves. Chelios, who ranks second in the AHL this season …

Kurt Busch wins his first victory of the year, second spring Atlanta win in a row, in the 2009 Kobalt Tools 500, though the talk doesn’t even involve Busch. After a controversial wreck with six laps to go, everybody is talking about Brad Keselowski …

Jayson Werth homered and the Philadelphia Phillies scored … Roy Halladay made his first start for the Phillies and was brilliant, striking out five in three scoreless innings. Troy Glaus went 3-for-3 for the Braves, while Kawakami allowed two runs …

Houston-based KBR announced this week that its Building Group subsidiary has been awarded a $94 million contract for preconstruction and construction services for a new hospital in the Atlanta metro area. The Building Group’s Nashville and Atlanta offices will lead the project, which is expected

Lagging test scores. Crowded classrooms. Inattentive school boards. Aloof superintendents. Parents fed up with some Georgia school districts are partnering with national education management chains to open public schools of their own.

As an 8-year-old girl was being mauled by two dogs, one neighbor called 911 and another hit the dogs with an umbrella Tuesday afternoon.

The British have quite a history at getting to the bottom of things. Sherlock Holmes is the genesis of the detective novel and Scotland Yard, though it sounds like a cricket field, is actually an organization of highly trained spelunkers of truth.

The family of slain hiker Meredith Emerson on Wednesday obtained a judge’s order barring release of grisly crime-scene photos depicting the Buford woman’s nude and decapitated body.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — This time last year, Billy Wagner was facing little leaguers in Virginia and recovering from elbow surgery. The former All-Star closer, signed by the Braves in the offseason, retired all three batters he faced Tuesday night …

Jason Heyward … Monday and the Atlanta Braves went on to a 12-4 exhibition victory over the Detroit Tigers. The 20-year-old outfielder, considered one of the top prospects in baseball, blasted a 3-2 pitch by Detroit’s Max Scherzer an estimated 450 …

The Sprint Foundation will award a grant to the local eligible charity of each honoree’s choice. Nominations for the Sprint Community Champions Program will be accepted between Thursday, April 15, and Monday, May 17, 2010, at www.sprint.

NEW ORLEANS – Warren Buffett leads a troop of officials, reporters and … One of the most ambitious of them was the East Lake Foundation in Atlanta, founded in 1995 by developer Tom Cousins. Cousins achieved near miracles – violent crime down 96 …

Macon – Authorities in Middle Georgia have found the body of a second missing fisherman at Lake Tobesofkee after three days of searching.

Clayton County has condemned 10 apartments owned by Robert Monday after a 3-year-old child fell through a bathroom floor.

The rain that began moving into north Georgia early Wednesday will stick around for a while, with several inches expected before the precipitation tapers off.