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Obama seeks to undercut Romney

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama tried Monday to tarnish Mitt Romney as a corporate titan who got rich by cutting rather than creating jobs, opening a new effort to undercut the … more

By Ken Thomas
Associated Press | 5/15/12 | 231 views | 4 comments

3rd man pleads guilty in 2010 bank robberies

BIRMINGHAM — A man pleaded guilty Monday to three Tennessee Valley bank robberies including the Dec. 8, 2010, robbery of Peoples Bank on Beltline Road in Decatur, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance … more

5/15/12 | 99 views

Crackdown causes crop cutback

ONEONTA — Some Alabama farmers say they are planting less produce rather than risk having tomatoes and other crops rot in the fields a second straight year because of labor shortages linked to the … more

By Jay Reeves
Associated Press | 5/14/12 | 1096 views | 17 comments

Immigration bill update in doubt in Legislature

MONTGOMERY — A Decatur lawmaker behind the state’s immigration law says needed changes to toughen it could be in jeopardy as the clock winds down on this year’s legislative session. The … more

By Mary Sell | 5/13/12 | 255 views | 2 comments

Entertainment district, Athens State bills pass

With a day left in the Legislature’s regular session, things are moving fast. Here’s a quick update on some bills with local interest. Entertainment bill A bill passed last week gives … more

5/13/12 | 70 views

BRAC-related bills pending in Legislature

MONTGOMERY — Two bills are pending in the state Legislature that would impact Redstone Arsenal and the surrounding areas. House Bill 407, pending in the Senate, would make it easier for schools … more

5/13/12 | 135 views

Sheriff: Ragland boy, 14, hanged his half-sister, 9

RAGLAND — A 14-year-old boy was charged Friday with murdering his half-sister, who was found hanging from a tree outside their home where the children lived with their aunt and uncle, … more

By Jay Reeves
Associated Press | 5/12/12 | 460 views

Jury convicts Jennifer Hudson’s ex-brother-in-law for killing 3

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago jury Friday convicted Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law of murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in what prosecutors' described as an … more

5/12/12 | 117 views

Kidnapped girls home with dad

GUNTOWN, Miss. — Hope was fading that two young sisters abducted from their Tennessee home would be found alive two weeks after they vanished: Their kidnapper had already killed their mother … more

By Holbrook Mohr
Associated Press | 5/12/12 | 214 views

Irons says ‘great district’ offered to switch parties

MONTGOMERY — Florence Democrat Tammy Irons’ state Senate district will be significantly changed — and perhaps a bigger challenge for her to keep in 2014 — under … more

By Mary Sell | 5/12/12 | 142 views | 1 comment