JACKSON, GA (AP) -- A Georgia man who killed his live-in girlfriend was executed, the first inmate put to death since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of lethal injections.  

ATLANTA (AP) -- Democrat Vernon Jones jumped into the U.S. Senate race against GOP incumbent Saxby Chambliss and issued a scathing indictment of out-of-power Georgia Democrats, saying they have put forth "losers" in recent races. 

ATLANTA (AP) -- Jury selection is scheduled to start in the case of an Atlanta police officer who is charged in the cover-up of the police killing of a 92-year-old woman. 

ATLANTA (AP) -- The Georgia Supreme Court said no deal today to a Georgia couple who wanted NBC to repay them for the cost of sending 99-cent text messages on the game show "Deal or No Deal." 

SAVANNAH, GA (AP) -- A former Savannah talk-radio host says he will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. John Barrow in Georgia's 12th Congressional District. 

SDEROT, ISRAEL (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter deplored Palestinian militant attacks on Israel as a "despicable crime" as he toured a rocket-battered town today.
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -- Georgia Democrats have quietly assembled a group of five military veterans -- including three fresh out of Iraq -- to challenge Republican congressmen from around the state in November's elections.  

ATLANTA (AP) -- The Georgia Senate voted unanimously to ban the sale and consumption of inhaled alcohol. 

ATLANTA (AP) -- Guns would be allowed on public transportation and at restaurants as long as the gun owner isn't drinking alcohol under a proposal that cleared the Senate on Wednesday. 

ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Republicans scrambled to salvage some sort of tax break today in the second-to-last day of the legislative session, as the debate over dueling tax plans took on a rancorous tone. 

ATLANTA (AP) -- The developers overhauling Jekyll Island backed off a plan Wednesday to develop a sprawling parking lot next to a popular public beach after an intense legislative fight and a surprisingly strong public outcry. 

ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgians would decide whether they want to pay a $10 annual car registration fee to fund the state's cash-strapped network of trauma hospitals, under a bill that cleared the Senate on Monday. 

ATLANTA (AP) -- Few things seem to galvanize Georgia politicians into action like the threat of swimming pools sitting empty during sweltering summers. 

ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgians would be able to go online and purchase up to 12 cases of wine a year directly from wineries, under a bill that's now headed to Governor Sonny Perdue.  

ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgians worried about identity theft would be able to freeze their credit for just a few dollars, under legislation that passed unanimously in the state Senate.