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| COMMENTARY: Landmark event has Auburn, Alabama fans on same team Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:06:00 CST You know it's almost foot ball season when the preseason publications fill up the shelves at the grocery stores and line the bookstore newsstands. |
| Regional CME conference in Anniston this week Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT For the first time in 20 years, the Birmingham Region of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church this week is holding its annual membership conference in Anniston. |
| Advocates see increase in cases of HIV, AIDS Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT When it comes to HIV and AIDS care and prevention in the South and Calhoun County specifically, county HIV coordinator Tom Robertson worries many residents don't understand the severity of the problem. |
| Rainfall brings some drought relief Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT The Anniston area has had significantly more rain so far this year than at the same time last year, though rainfall is still below normal, according to the National Weather Service in Birmingham. |
| Volunteers prepare for Anniston's Woodstock 5K Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Volunteers are readying for the 28th annual Woodstock 5k this Saturday, an event that's expected to draw at least 600 runners to Anniston. Preparing for an event that size with so many visitors from out of town has meant a lot of work. |
| Telethon to benefit local UCP program starts today Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT The annual United Cerebral Palsy Telethon and a slew of associated events begin today, running through Sunday night. The events cover multiple counties and provide much of the funding for the local UCP program. |
| State bar suspends local lawyer, former state senator Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT The state bar association has suspended an Anniston lawyer from practicing law in the state for 75 days. |
| The nature of art: Art Works Gallery displays work of new members Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT A spider web sits abandoned at the base of a tree, the woven silk still hanging strong despite abuse from the elements. Many people wouldn't even notice the delicate structure — it's just another spider web. For Heflin resident Allison McElroy, the web is much more than the refuse of nature — it's art. |
| Local musician to release solo album Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Some people are just born with it, or at least they sing like they are. And Kelli Johnson is one of those people. Johnson, a local vocalist with the bluegrass band Distant Cousins, is releasing her debut solo album, Kelli Johnson. |
| Q&A with local singer/songwriter Ricky Carden Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT At 29, singer/songwriter Ricky Carden is no stranger to the music scene. Since his first performance at 22, Carden has kept the wheels turning as his first professional album, Lust Luck, Love, debuted in July. |
| Pushing Buttons: Don't let online games play you Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Video games often act as a release after a hard day at work. There are some, however, that can prove to be just as stressful and time-consuming as any job. Games in the massively multiplayer-online-role-playing-game (MMO) genre have become increasingly popular over the past decade. |
| Savage keeps 'Gossip Girl' ahead of the pack Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT With its impossibly good-looking cast, parade of candy-colored designer fashion and provocative ad campaigns, it's easy to dismiss the CW's Gossip Girl as just another sexed-up, youth-oriented product to step off the TV drama assembly line. |
| 5 things to watch for in 'Bama camp Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Every day the heat index rises, the skies look muggier and the calendar inches toward August. This means that preseason practice is about to start, and today is the day that Alabama's football team reports. For he Crimson Tide, the storylines for 2008 should look different — but slightly familiar — to those of 2007. |
| Perrilloux meets the press at today's JSU media day Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT JACKSONVILLE — The most celebrated Division I transfer in JSU football history has been a man about campus since mid-May, but, with limitless protection surrounding him and limited media access to him ever since, Ryan Perrilloux gets introduced to the masses today. |
| Jacksonville volleyball ready to go as practice starts today Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Jacksonville High School volleyball coach David Clark never had to search high and low to locate bulletin board material to get his team raring to go in 2007. |
| Carpenter gets Cardinals going over Atlanta Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT ATLANTA — Chris Carpenter pitched four solid innings in his first start since April 2007, and the Cardinals beat the slumping Braves 7-2 on Wednesday night. |
| Johnson poised for second-half surge Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Just back from a European vacation, Jimmie Johnson took Sunday's tire disaster at the Brickyard in stride, played his hand coolly, and launched what he and wily crew chief Chad Knaus hope will be a successful second half of the NASCAR season after a rather woeful first half. |
| Hate speech on display: Lesson we must learn Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT On Sunday, a gunman shot up Knoxville's Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, killing two worshipers and injuring a half-dozen more. Jim David Adkisson, the man police are charging in the shooting, was on a mission. |
| Looking on the bright side: The benefits of change Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT It isn't easy to look on the bright side of $4-a-gallon gas. But a couple of weeks ago, Time magazine gave it a good try, and some of the things the editors there came up with have a particular relevance to Alabama. |
| A victim in Knoxville Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Had it not been liberals, it would have been something else. Let's grant that from the beginning. Broken people, after all, can always find some equally broken rationale for the carnage they cause. |
| Speak Out ... The Star's story on parkway left out important information Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Feedback and commentary from Anniston Star readers. |
| Obituaries for Thursday Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Obituaries for Thursday, July 31, 2008. |
| Star to raise rates for home delivery Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Home delivery rates for The Anniston Star will increase 5.8 percent per month beginning Friday. The increase to the newspaper's base monthly subscription rate, to $13.50 from $12.75, comes as it is getting more expensive to deliver the paper, putting pressure on delivery carriers. |
| Amerson announces 1st endorsement: Calhoun sheriff supports Paseur for state court Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Calhoun County Sheriff Larry Amerson announced Wednesday he was lending his support to Judge Deborah Bell Paseur, a candidate for Alabama Supreme Court, the first political endorsement of the sheriff's career. |
| Alabama Supreme Court stays Arthur execution Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT MOBILE — The Alabama Supreme Court postponed the execution of Thomas Arthur late Wednesday, just over 24 hours before he was scheduled to die. It was the third time Arthur has received a stay on the eve of a scheduled execution. |
| Crane collapses in Texas; 1 dead Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT SMITHVILLE, Texas — A crane removing steel beams while dismantling an old bridge over a central Texas river became overloaded and toppled Wednesday, killing one worker and injuring another, officials said. |
| Next space tourist spending bulk of his fortune to fly Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The world's next space tourist, a computer game wizard, said Wednesday he's spending the bulk of his fortune on his $30 million adventure this fall. |
| Obama links McCain to 'reckless' GOP economics Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Wednesday his Republican rival John McCain 'thinks we're on the right track,' drawing a chorus of boos from a swing state audience vocal about the status quo. |
| McCain voices support for oil drilling as he courts Colorado Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT DENVER — John McCain campaigned Wednesday in Colorado for the seventh time since becoming the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, trumpeting an energy policy that appears to be resonating in this closely contested state. |
| House bans lead from toys Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT WASHINGTON — Alarmed by a year of recalls targeting millions of tainted toys, the House voted overwhelming Wednesday to ban lead and other dangerous chemicals from items such as jewelry and rubber ducks that could end up in kids' mouths. |
| Energy bill deadlocked over offshore oil drilling Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT WASHINGTON — Congress appeared deadlocked Wednesday on responding to the nation's energy problems amid a bitterly partisan rift over whether to open long-restricted offshore waters to oil and gas drilling. |
| Fed takes steps to break through credit clogs Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT WASHINGTON — Focused on getting the nation's credit gears smoothly working again, the Federal Reserve is letting Wall Street firms draw emergency loans into next year and giving financial companies more options to help them overcome credit problems. |
| GOP stalwart, ex-ambassador Anne Armstrong dies at 80 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT McALLEN, Texas — Anne Armstrong, a powerful Republican in the 1970s and '80s who advocated a greater role for women and served as U.S. ambassador to Britain in the Ford administration, died Wednesday. She was 80. |
| House panel votes to cite Rove for contempt Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT WASHINGTON — A House panel voted Wednesday to cite Karl Rove, formerly President Bush's top aide, for contempt of Congress as its Senate counterpart explored punishment for alleged misdeeds by other administration officials. |
| House passes bill to regulate tobacco Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed legislation that for the first time would subject the tobacco industry to regulation by federal health authorities charged with promoting public well-being. |
| Little progress seen since Minnesota bridge collapse Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT MINNEAPOLIS — A year after the worst U.S. bridge collapse in a generation brought calls for immediate repairs to other spans, two of every three of the busiest problem bridges in each state have had no work beyond regular maintenance. |
| VW: New Tennessee plant may produce 2 vehicles Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Volkswagen is already considering adding production of a second automobile to the plant it plans to build in Chattanooga, according to a company spokeswoman. |
| Mexicans in U.S. sending less money home Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT ATOTONILCO, Mexico — Mexicans working in other countries are sending less money home, threatening businesses, stalling construction and choking cash flow to hamlets where as much as half the population works in the United States. |
| Iraq's parliament deadlocks over Kirkuk Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT BAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers on Wednesday scheduled an emergency weekend meeting during summer recess to resolve disagreements that have blocked a provincial elections law and threaten a new wave of bloodshed in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk. |
| Zimbabwe drops 10 zeros from its inflated currency Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe announced Wednesday that it is knocking 10 zeros off its hyper-inflated currency — a move that turns 10 billion dollars into one. |
| Israel's Olmert announces his resignation Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT JERUSALEM — Facing burgeoning corruption allegations and plummeting popularity, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday he will resign in September, throwing Israel into political turmoil and heightening doubts about prospects for peace with the Palestinians and Syria. |
| Exhibit displays art of JSU alumni Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT People talk art at Hammond Hall Gallery openings, but the communication doesn't stop there. In the JSU Art Alumni Exhibit, up through Aug. 15, the art has a voice, too, and talks to the open-minded viewer, often with a direct message. |
| White elephant sale to be held at museum Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT The Anniston Museum of Natural History will be holding its annual White Elephant sale on Saturday from 9 a.m.-noon. Gently used items from museum members' kitchens, attics, linen closets, tool chests, music collections, jewelry boxes and more will be priced to sell. |
| Carlin gets one last laugh on death Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT LOS ANGELES — In an interview four months before his death, George Carlin said he was particularly pleased with the material he was working up for the album and an HBO show that aired last March. |
| Soundbites Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Quick reviews of newly released music. |
| 'Swing Vote' flip-flops on fun Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Swing Vote is guilty of being the same thing that so many political candidates accuse each other of being: a flip-flopper. The story of a presidential election that hinges on the vote of one guy does have its moments of hilarity. |
| 'The Mummy' is getting old Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Three Mummy movies worth of cheese and not one of them is set in Wisconsin. Do America's dairy farmers know about this? And in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, that cheese has curdled into the dumbest, most violent Mummy yet. |
| Drummers take center stage in this summer's movies Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT In The Beatles, he was the first guy fired. In The Who, he was the 'crazy' one who died. In Spinal Tap, he sat in the back until he blew up or otherwise expired. And on The Muppets, you never knew if Animal was keeping a beat or contemplating a killing spree. |
| More cowbell? Will Ferrell's best musical performances in movies Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT NEW YORK — It's often said all actors want to be rock stars. Will Ferrell has gotten to be both. Nearly every Ferrell movie has given the comedian wide berth to, as Christopher Walken once urged him to in the famous Saturday Night Live cowbell sketch, 'explore the space.' |
| DVD reviews Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:30 CDT Get the latest on upcoming DVD releases. |
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