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| Gateway Park turns 2 Recreational outlet exceeds expectations Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:01:00 CST Golfers, walkers, baseball players and fishing enthusiasts are using the city's newest park, undaunted by warnings that its location would keep visitors away. |
| Democratic hopefuls mum on presidential backing Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:33:00 CST Two Alabama Democrats vying for a pair of open congressional seats are shying away from their party's apparent presidential nominee, Barack Obama. |
| ASU making athletic staffing fixes Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:32:00 CST Personnel documents from Alabama State University's athletic department show that school officials didn't hire a full-time compliance director until nearly three years after the university submitted an NCAA self-report in which it blamed an understaffed compliance department for a series of failures in monitoring its athletic programs. |
| Sons work to keep mom's memory alive Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:41:00 CST Butler Browder is working from memory to preserve his mother's memory. |
| Singin' the blues Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:57:00 CST The people who come to hear the Father's Day concert at Kiwanis Park for years, are fans of the kind of music that you don't hear played live much, anymore. |
| Area may get break from heat Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:00:00 CST It's going to be hot today, but after that the area will be dominated by a high-pressure system in the Midwest that will bring cooler temperatures during the week -- especially at night. |
| Reserve nurse readies for retirement Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:26:00 CST Lt. Col. Laura Saucer spent the last seven months in Af- ghanistan, where she trained Afghan nurses, inoculated villagers, and witnessed an assassination attempt. |
| AUM students will benefit from foreign study program Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:25:00 CST For the next week and a half, Dirk Burchard's thoughts will be focused on a country 7,000 miles away. |
| Military officers group awards college scholarship Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:26:00 CST One of Katie Bell's grandfathers served in the Army during World War II. The other was also a soldier. |
| BLUE-GRAY SOFTBALL: Montgomery's Alpha Heating and Air back in winner's circle Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:11:00 CST After finishing as the runner-up for the last two years, Alpha Heating and Air found the right combination in Sunday's 55th Blue-Gray Fast Pitch Invitational championship game at Lagoon Park Softball Complex. |
| BISCUITS BASEBALL: Brito delivers late for Mobile Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:32:00 CST MOBILE -- Javier Brito hit a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth inning and the Mobile BayBears beat the Montgomery Biscuits 2-1 on Sunday. |
| AREA GOLF: Grantham defeats Hartwiger in WAGA State Amateur Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:11:00 CST The 76th WAGA State Amateur Championship was played June 9-13 at Timberline Golf Club in Calera. WAGA's Area IV was represented with 13 players. Sara Grantham from Wilsonville defeated six-time champion Kathy Hartwiger on the 32nd hole. Other winners from the area were: Rhonda Hodgson (Willow Point), finalist second flight Consolation; Marilyn Hawkins (River Run), finalist, second flight; and Nancy Gavin (Moore's Mill), finalist, first flight. Women's dogfight: Deborah Headley, at plus-12, won the women's weekly dogfight at Prattville Country Club on Thursday. Sun Hee Kim was second at plus-5, followed by Jin Soon Ha, Lyn Steward and Ludie Robinson, all at plus-3. This week's dogfight is at Quail Walk in Wetumpka on Thursday. Men's dogfight: The foursome of Morris Wilson, James Barnes, Robert L. Smith and Earl Hall posted a plus-38 to win the men's dogfight at The Pines in Millbrook on Thursday. In second at plus-36 was the five-man team of Joe Reasor, Neal Manning, Carl Stevenson, Donnie Foster and Jerry Hargrave. Another five-man team -- Tom Watson, Alfonso Patterson, Tom Drone, Jim Gunther and Jim Hester -- finished third at plus-30. The next dogfight is today at Indian Pines in Auburn. -- Staff reports |
| ALL-METRO TENNIS TEAMS Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:10:00 CST BOYS û |
| Gator removed from pond Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:39:00 CST DECATUR -- State conservation officials and a wildlife control service captured and removed an 8-foot alligator from a small pasture pond, much to the relief of local residents. |
| Woman pleads guilty to tax evasion Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:09:00 CST Dina Michelle Starnes, 35, of Valley pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a one-count felony information charge of tax evasion, according to U.S. Attorney Leura Canary. |
| Prospects growing for global trade Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:08:00 CST BIRMINGHAM -- Alabama-based businesses should think more about Russia and Ukraine when it comes to seeking opportunities for growth, according to a Birmingham executive who helps advise President Bush on trade issues. |
| Tax collector, clerk have long-standing bond Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:56:00 CST SELMA -- Selma has had its share of racial problems through the years, but Tammy King and Bernadine Rembert prove each day that the problems don't have to be all that "taxing" to solve. |
| Blue Cross to build Birmingham center Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:40:00 CST BIRMINGHAM -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama plans to build a data center on 25 acres of land in Birmingham's Oxmoor Valley. |
| Dad charged in son's death out on bond Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:00:00 CST POWELL -- A DeKalb County man arrested and charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his son has been released from jail on a $50,000 bond. |
| Man in wheelchair struck, killed by car Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:40:00 CST HUNTSVILLE -- A man in a wheelchair was struck by a car in Huntsville has died of his injuries and police charged the driver with manslaughter. |
| Building date set for training center Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:40:00 CST CALVERT -- Construction begins July 7 on a $12 million center that will train workers for jobs at the ThyssenKrupp steel mill being built in north Mobile County. |
| Rising gas prices boost interest in Segway scooters Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:32:00 CST COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Paul Feeney didn't commute with the Segway his parents gave him for Christmas in 2005 until he moved close to work this spring. The battery-powered, energy-efficient scooter makes the 1.4-mile commute fun, the 35-year-old Sun Microsystems sales representative said. |
| PSC OKs rules to end 'cramming' Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:52:00 CST Alabama's Public Service Commission took a big step this week toward protecting the state's telephone customers from being billed for services they haven't intentionally signed up for. |
| Special session needed if VW picks state Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:31:00 CST A special session of the Alabama Legislature is likely in late July if German carmaker Volkswagen decides to build its vehicle assembly plant in the state. |
| Van SeiversYou are responsible for your retirement plan Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:54:00 CST A couple of years ago it was the combined whammy of the tech wreck and the post-9/11 recession that battered our retirement accounts. Next was inflation in health care and education costs that further diverted indebted consumers from concentrating on retirement. |
| CALENDAR Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:31:00 CST Here are some of the business-related activities coming up in the tri-county area. Tuesday |
| New atmosphere in city jail could make difference Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:20:00 CST Capt. Albert Hardy, Montgomery's new jail warden, and Chief Arthur Baylor get it. They understand that if individuals are not raised in a home that teaches core values, they need help. |
| City jail warden has right attitude Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:17:00 CST Nothing raises the blood pressure of a lot of taxpayers more than the notion of convicted criminals sitting around in posh prisons or jails doing little or nothing constructive. |
| Candidate says he still won Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:19:00 CST Dear Friends: |
| New warden means hard time at city jail Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:15:00 CST By Kenneth Mullinax |
| Democrats lead in wealth category Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:20:00 CST This is in reply to Mr. Jimmy Cole's spin that only Republicans in Congress are rich. |
| Economy forces pet lovers to face heartbreaking choice Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:42:00 CST For most pet owners, it's unthinkable -- having to surrender a cherished dog or cat after years of companionship. |
| Rheta Grimsley JohnsonThe roller-coaster book tour comes to a stop Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:51:00 CST This is not the Green Room at the "Today" show in New York. It is a stark and dormant day here in historic Hammond, La., the twin town of Ponchatoula, both of which used to claim to be the "Strawberry Capital of the World." |
| Feds, local police announce 28 charged in undercover drug investigation Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT Federal prosecutors and Calhoun County law enforcement agencies announced this morning that a four-year undercover investigation netted 26 people for alleged involvement in an Anniston and Oxford area drug ring. Two more have been charged but are still at large. Watch video of the drug bust press conference. |
| Gore endorses Obama and promises to help him Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT FLINT, Mich. — Al Gore announced his endorsement of Barack Obama Monday and promised to help the Democrat achieve what eluded him — the presidency. In a letter to be e-mailed to Obama supporters, the former vice president and Nobel Prize winner wrote, 'From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected president of the United States.' |
| Iraqi violence down; war's root causes unresolved Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT BAGHDAD — Signs are emerging that Iraq has reached a turning point. Violence is down, armed extremists are in disarray, government confidence is rising and sectarian communities are gearing up for a battle at the polls rather than slaughter in the streets. |
| NASA close to nailing down launch pad repairs Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- More than two weeks after Discovery's blastoff battered the launch pad, NASA is close to nailing down its repair strategy and insists the damage can be mended in time for the next space shuttle flight. |
| Scrushy in Alabama court for testimony on HealthSouth Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT BIRMINGHAM -- Shareholder attorneys and Richard Scrushy met behind closed doors Monday as the fired HealthSouth Corp. chief executive began what could be days of sworn testimony in civil lawsuits over the fraud that nearly wrecked the company he founded. |
| Judge rules for White House in e-mail controversy Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT WASHINGTON -- A federal judge ruled Monday that a White House office that has records about millions of possibly missing e-mails does not have to make them public. |
| Soldiers risk ruin while awaiting benefit checks Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT SAN ANTONIO -- His lifelong dream of becoming a soldier had, in the end, come to this for Isaac Stevens: 28, penniless, in a wheelchair, fending off the sexual advances of another man in a homeless shelter. |
| Taliban fighters take over several Afghan villages Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Hundreds of Taliban fighters took over several villages in southern Afghanistan on Monday just outside the region's largest city, and NATO and Afghan forces were redeploying to meet the threat, officials said. |
| Oil hits record near $140 a barrel on dollar, fire Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT NEW YORK -- Crude oil futures hit a record near $140 a barrel Monday as investors shrugged off Saudi Arabia's promise to boost production and instead focused on a weaker dollar. Retail gas prices rose to a record $4.08 a gallon. |
| Rice in Beirut to meet with gov't leaders Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put a U.S. stamp of approval Monday on an emerging new government in Lebanon despite the increased power it gives to Hezbollah militants. |
| Top court eases rules for foreigners to try to stay in U.S. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for some foreigners who overstay their visas to seek to remain in the United States legally. |
| Honda rolls out new zero-emission car Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT TAKANEZAWA, Japan -- Honda's new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line Monday and is headed to Southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the latest splash in green motoring. |
| 2 key Ala. Democrats neutral on presidential race Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT WASHINGTON — Two Alabama Democrats vying for a pair of open congressional seats are shying away from their party's apparent presidential nominee, Barack Obama. |
| Iowa City's flood protections face a marathon test Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT IOWA CITY, Iowa — Record flooding that tormented Iowa's smaller river towns may have spared Iowa City from a cataclysm, but the Iowa River wasn't expected to start receding until Monday night. |
| Bush embraces Britain's moves on Iran, Afghanistan Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT LONDON — President Bush, ending a weeklong trip through Europe on Monday, warmly welcomed Britain's pledge to tighten sanctions against Iran and to send more troops to increasingly violent Afghanistan. |
| FCC chief recommends OK of satellite radio deal Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT WASHINGTON — The proposed merger of the nation's two satellite radio broadcasters, bogged down in the regulatory process for over a year, has cleared a major hurdle with Federal Communications Commission chief recommending approval of the $5 billion deal. |
| Multiple choices: New diploma helps some students graduate Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:07 CDT Graduating from high school in Alabama will be harder beginning in the fall of 2009 because of new graduation standards. But the changes could also improve Alabama's graduation rate. |
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