Georgia Senator Views Effects of Climate Change in Greenland

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia traveled to Greenland over the weekend to get a firsthand glimpse at the effects of global warming. The first-term Republican from Marietta said the trip reinforced his belief that the United States should gradually move away from fossil fuels like oil and coal. But it didn't convince him that more urgent steps are needed, and he remains unconvinced that the current warming is a departure from long-term natural cycles.

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South Receives 25-Year Prison Sentence For Explosives Charges

NEWNAN, GA (AP) -- A man found guilty of making three pipe bombs for undercover officers was sentenced Friday to 25 years in federal prison. Jason South, 27, of Newnan, will not be eligible for parole, and his sentence from U.S. District Judge Jack T. Camp also includes three years of supervised release.

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Former DeKalb Co. Sheriff Confesses To Ordering Hit On Rival

DECATUR, GA (AP) -- A prosecutor said today that former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey has confessed to ordering a hit on Sheriff-Elect Derwin Brown, who was gunned down his driveway in December 2000.

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Coach Charged in Internet Sex Sting

FLOWERY BRANCH, GA (AP) -- A high school football and track coach was arrested at school Wednesday on charges that he had sexual conversations on the Internet with a deputy posing as a 14-year-old girl.

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Second Deputy in Former Youth Program Charged With Molesting Teen

ATHENS, GA (AP) -- A woman who says she was molested as a teen by a sheriff's deputy is the second participant in a now-defunct Oglethorpe County youth program to report having sex with a deputy while in the program.

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