Suggests some `common sense' reforms

Supports statue honoring founder

Waits for Rocky Creek flood relief

Notes fans of both teams hurl insults

Calls on retirees to defend pensions

No to more IMF waste

Bipartisan betrayal

Clear up dropout law

Unconscionable waste

Pass Coverdell bill

Offers `facts' about the Creation

Praises Georgia's tough prison chief

Declares `imperfections found in all'

Bridge construction still delayed

Police receive grant

Davidson ranked top school

Augusta has links to founders

Local and area briefs

County to gain freedom

Question holds up execution

Aiken High School teacher presented Milken Award

Patiently waiting

Churches bus locals to prayer mega-rally

Center will monitor water pollution

Bowers to launch ad blitz

ROTC celebrates anniversary

Man faces fine or jail in dragged pony case

State gets $8.7 million for multiple projects

Hospital decides to keep name

Finding a child

Editor declines position

Governor globe-trots to court business

Federal agents to conduct probe of UGA funds

Alliance delays health-care decision

Local and area briefs

Officers talk suspect out of killing himself

Poverty influencing test scores

Brawl participants sentenced at hearing

Braves vow to make playoff trip a short one

No odds on whether Golota will beat himself

World Cup: Manchester United downs Juventus

Detroit, Washington join WNBA lineup

NBA teams set to open camp

Bodine nips Labonte for pole

Atlanta wins in a walk

Walk this way? Not when you pitch for the Braves

Braves notebook

Big winner

Overtime: A wrap-up of area sports

Fittipaldi: No more extreme sports, racing

Love copes with loss by plowing ahead

Towns to be honored in Athens

Poll: Utah's support for Winter Games at its lowest

Braves notebook

Astros bemoan bases on balls

Olympic golf could become a reality by 2004 Games

Mechanics, wind thwart additional speed runs

Health calendar

Fall Festivals

Couple produce film while building family

`U-Turn' a lark for director Stone

Bringing the blues to Thomson

Battling like Gehrig

Bellamy Brothers still going strong

False piety crucified in `Tartuffe'

Club calendar

A taste of the best

Video watch: `Liar Lair' out

Pacemakers

Networks inject more color into prime-time series

Harlem will party Hardy

It's certainly in good taste to be Greek

Plenty of treasures in Fannie Kate's

Study: Employer child care now common

Expert warns of red flags

IBM executive leaving to form new computer venture

Orders, jobless claims indicate strong economy

New credit laws help consumers

Sister counties to spark business

Managed mutuals back strong in 3rd quarter

First flight

Sprint completes acquisition of Paranet

Underground entertainment center seeks strategy to stay afloat

Once unknown, WorldCom takes a big leap forward

SouthTrust Bank names area's newest president of operations

Business briefs

Museum begins dismantling whale skeletons

Wishbone found in a velociraptor, supports link to birds

Drilling project to find clues about climate

S.C. schools rank high on Internet access

Spacewalkers bring in damaged Mir panels

Space race forty years later

Cohen OKs firing laser against satellite in space

Family's search for prehistoric mementos yields 28,000-plus fossils

Bookmark site adds meaning to concept of multiple choice

CompuServe starts flat rate option