ATLANTA - Hundreds of civil rights leaders and others crowded Martin Luther King Jr.'s Ebenezer Baptist Church on Monday to the celebrate the man and his legacy.

DENVER - An Atlanta attorney will have surgery next month to remove lung tissue infected with extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis, hospital officials said Thursday. Andrew Speaker will have surgery at the University of Colorado Hospital in suburban Aurora, but the date has not been set.

ATLANTA - Ashley Smith, the woman who says she persuaded suspected courthouse gunman Brian Nichols to release her by talking about her faith, discloses in a new book that she gave him methamphetamine during the hostage ordeal.

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PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - With time running out for Terri Schiavo, a federal appeals court Wednesday rejected her parents' latest attempt to get the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube reconnected.

DULUTH, GA. - The search for a rape suspect accused of shooting a judge and two others at a courthouse ended Saturday after authorities surrounded a suburban apartment complex where he had taken a woman hostage in her home.

INDIANAPOLIS — The men's Final Four in 2011 will be played at Reliant Stadium in Houston, the NCAA said Monday. Tucson will be a second-round host in 2011 and Phoenix is on the list of regional sites for 2012.

Tickets are available for Saturday’s playoff game.

The feel-good season is back. The Cardinals, prodded by fans whose verbal swats on the backside at times were more forceful than mere "love taps," ended their regular season in the way they'd hoped on Sunday.

ATLANTA - Rapper Young Jeezy was charged with driving under the influence and speeding after he was pulled over on an Atlanta highway early Wednesday.

These days, Kirk Gibson’s vu is decidedly deja. The Diamondbacks’ bench coach detects a lot of Orel Hershiser in Brandon Webb, who will attempt to extend his franchise-record streak of 33 consecutive scoreless innings tonight against Atlanta.