Merger boom getting friendly face

Agreement to improve staff work

Japan's prime minister promises quick economic fix

Leading group clings to tradition in face of change

Rolls-Royce chief quits after Germans split carmaker

Columbia head settles

Retirement poses tough financial questions

Augusta bucking industrial trends

Union takes strike authorization vote as deadline nears

Study shows worst case

Farm aid package now expected to top $1 billion

IMF official discusses loan

Asia, GM strike sharply slow U.S. economy

UPS strike achieved little

No new action new action against Union Pacific

Industry boom is continuing

Teamsters continue talks with brewery

Investing not just for rich

Senate moves to raise military pay

Vacationers increasingly decide on shopping

Area housing numbers climb

Business calendar: Chamber sponsoring reception

Computer discovery

Vacuum spares city workers time

Wreck sites common

Private school reunion successful

Todd: Hicks unqualified to be director of utilities

Colleges recruit young minds

Cool fun

Hopeful list gets 4 names

Additional area news

Mace search turns frustrating

Expressway's extension opens

Richardson confirmed by Senate

Zoning is being fought

Greenery victim of harsh summer

New area clinic planned

Heat now much less troubling

Bounty hunters in court

Candidates hoping voters forgive pasts

Microbes could be used to detect land mines

Charges deemed untrue

Financial woes of center still mounting

Additional area news

Fugitive caught in home

Group seeks probe of governor's flights

Some legislators defending Beasley

Candidates attack in party's primary

Escapee Mace caught

Troubled children beating odds

Mayor wants city housing increased

Fake bomb intended as robbery cover-up

County to inspect buildings for codes

Art groups seek new directors

Owners to stand ground

Chief maintains Powerball stance

New year to bring first Citadel female graduate

Mrs. Florine Hudson

Mrs. Maud Greenway

Mrs. Edna Dansereau

Mr. Joe Yearwood

Mrs. Annie Edwards

Mr. Robert Johns

Mr. Billy Mayes Jr.

Mr. Gerald Price Jr.

Mr. Robert Sanders Sr.

Mrs. Rosemary Proctor

Mr. Marvin Parris Sr.

Mr. Ronald Sharpe

Mrs. Alice McGee

Mrs. Rosa Tabet

Mrs. Virginia Rachels

Mr. Talmadge Coker

Mrs. Leola Peavy

Mr. Harold Roof Sr.

Mr. Ronald Sharpe

Mrs. Dallas Reid

Mrs. Hattie Johnson

Mrs. Letha Graham

Mr. James Champion

Mr. James Sasser

Mrs. Virginia Gonella

Mrs. Dessie Price

Mr. Dudley H. Bowen Sr.

Decries 'plunder' of Arctic refuge 080298 - The Augusta Chronicle

Says money root of ambulance issue 080298 - The Augusta Chronicle

Satirizes consequences of shootings 080298 - The Augusta Chronicle

Bad health mandate 080198 - The Augusta Chronicle

Wants to keep tax dollars in S.C. 080298 - The Augusta Chronicle

Hits 'tabloid-esque' coverage of grief 080198 - The Augusta Chronicle

The heat is on 080298 - The Augusta Chronicle

Asks for betterweekly TV listing 080198 - The Augusta Chronicle

Cites inaccuracy in blood type answer 080298 - The Augusta Chronicle

Blasts senator's 'hypocritical' letter 080198 - The Augusta Chronicle

Sink so-called 'hate' bill 080298 - The Augusta Chronicle

Insists wage taxes unconstitutional 080198 - The Augusta Chronicle

Sing of 'caring man' in judicial race 080298 - The Augusta Chronicle

Warns of takeover by religious Right 080198 - The Augusta Chronicle

Fed overkill on watercraft? 080298 - The Augusta Chronicle

Says film depict real cost of freedom 080198 - The Augusta Chronicle

Jane fond of Coles 080298 - The Augusta Chronicle

Notes dangers of laser pointers 080198 - The Augusta Chronicle

Slams White House 'spin machine' 080298 - The Augusta Chronicle

U.S., Yugoslavia tally big wins

Search for golf coach intensifies

Vinson relies on actions

Hudson downed in finals

Kwan captures Goodwill gold

Post 26 near championship

White speaks mind

AP golf writer Bob Green dies

Buccaneers melt down Steelers

Baseball notes: Torre ponders retirement after season

Braves notes: Wohlers thinks he has answer to woes

Have Atlanta's chances dimmed?

Paralyzed gymnast begins rehabilitation

Brickyard notes: Costly mistake drops Jarrett to 16th position

Surfing comes out of the water and to the people

Munoz awaits wrenching day at Hall of Fame

Training required of coaches

Evans High star getting set for call

Braves top Cards; McGwire silent

Sequea, 16, trying to make it in SAL

College notes: Spurrier still favors a playoff

Overtime: Everett signs with Red Sox

Baseball roundup: Lima saves spot with win

Big Unit to take aim at NL

Parnevik leads Scandinavian Masters

Overtime: Den Bakker wins stage at Tour de France

If anyone can break home run mark, it's Zeus

Receiver star of the show

Maddux stops McGwire in loss

Australians deny 1-2 matchup for gold

Seahawks edge Cowboys, 20-19

Gordon snags Brickyard win

Gordon a Brickyard favorite

Defending champ Harbin leads at Pine Ridge after 72

Caddie Cup is 'workingman's Ryder Cup'

Brickyard notes: Florida to get race

Trading picks up as deadline nears

Braves notes: Pride stunned by assignment

Nation's bestsellers

Worker left 'Lucky 13' three months before jackpot

South's still a bastion of religion

Fine arts calendar

Good deeds must be appreciated

Mexico's colonial past lives on in Taxco

Cities turn to faith to lower racial barriers

St. Lucia's Paradise

Martin Luther credited with hymns he didn't write

Botanical garden beauty

In the father's footsteps

Encounters share similar characteristics

Land down under has ample bargains

Church bulletin

New document outlines African Methodist Episcopal Church beliefs

How does the church measure its success?

Marketing Christianity a new assignment for executive

Congregation to meet in church for last time

Touring the Information Superhighway

Dengue fever claims 166 lives in Vietnam

White House offers optimistic view on costs of global warming

Technology need highlighted

Getting everyone on the same page

Three strategy games reach varying levels of success

Gore pushes Internet privacy law

Net games: Simple yet challenging