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House immigration group resolves dispute
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens to a reporter's question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles ...
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Senate votes to cut crop insurance aid for wealthy
WASHINGTON -; The Senate has approved an amendment that would limit the amount of government subsidies the wealthiest farmers receive when purchasing crop ...
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Stocks edge lower as investors reassess Fed fears
NEW YORK -- Investors recovered their poise after a shaky start to trading on Wall Street that sent stocks sharply lower.U.S. markets plummeted immediately after the opening bell Thursday following a global slump prompted in part by an unexpectedly weak report on manufacturing in China. Concern that the Federal Reserve might ease back on its economic stimulus program sooner than expected had ...
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UA In the News May 23 2013
Alabama’s Mal Moore posthumously named Athletic Director of the Year by Sports Business Daily Al.com - May 22 Nearly two months after his death, Alabama’sMal Moorewas ...
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Conflict arises over sentence for Ala. juveniles
MONTGOMERY, Ala._ (AP) -- The sentence a juvenile who has been convicted of capital murder should receive is currently up in the air. That's because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling and failure of the Alabama Legislature to deal with the ...
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Code Pink anti-war protester shouts at Obama during national security speech
President Barack Obama pauses while talking about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the ...
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Obama defends drone strikes says they arent cure-all
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally ...
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Clashes in Lebanon feed fear of Syria spillover
In this image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, shows rebel fighters celebrating after purportedly capturing an army base in Nairab, northwestern Syria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The video is consistent with independent AP reporting. Rebel fighters captured an army base late Wednesday, a rare victory after a series of battlefield setbacks, the Britain-based ...
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House GOP leaders pledge action on immigration
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens to a reporter's question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles ...
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Milestones for Guantanamo Bay detention center
FILE - In this July 16, 2009 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, flags hang above the sign marking the Camp Justice compound, the site of the U.S. war crimes tribunal, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. President Barack Obama's speech national security speech Thursday is expected to reaffirm his national security priorities _ from homegrown terrorists to killer drones to the ...
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Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm
The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside an Oklahoma City area church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their ...
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Big stores nix credit card settlement file suit
NEW YORK -- Some of the country's largest retailers, including Target Corp. and Macy's Inc., on Thursday filed a lawsuit against MasterCard and Visa, rejecting a settlement reached last year over alleged fee-fixing.A larger group of 19 trade associations and retail companies originally filed suit against the card processing companies in 2005, claiming that they conspired to fix the ...
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IMF chief Lagarde in court in fraud probe
(AP Photo/Thibault Camus). IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, leaves her apartment building before appearing in French court, in Paris, Thursday, May 23, ...
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Oil tracks gains in stocks erases early losses
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - An afternoon recovery in U.S. stock markets helped oil reverse early losses Thursday. Benchmark oil for July delivery fell 3 cents to close at $94.25 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The price sank as low as $92.21 in the morning after weak manufacturing data from China raised questions about the strength of oil demand in the world's ...
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Obama New guidelines in place for drone strikes
WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama says he has signed new policy guidelines to oversee when the U.S. can use drone strikes against suspected ...
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Obama Policy in leaks investigations under review
WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama says Attorney General Eric Holder will review Justice Department policy on leaks investigations involving the news ...
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Obama Congress briefed on every drone strike
In a national security speech Thursday, Obama said the administration has briefed the appropriate congressional committees about all drone strikes outside of Iraq and Afghanistan, such as in ...
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Wyden FracFocus constructive tool on drilling
WASHINGTON -; The chairman of the Senate Energy Committee says a website partially funded by the oil and gas industry is a constructive tool that could be used by federal regulators in requiring public disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing ...
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Senate confirms Obama nominee to key appeals court
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court is considered the most important in the country after the Supreme Court. The Senate voted 97-0 in favor of his ...
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Obama endorses more oversight of drone strikes
President Barack Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president Barack revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial ...
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Latest deadly tornado tests Oklahoma towns mettle
MOORE, Okla. -; Oklahoma natives know tornadoes. They've been carried into storm cellars as children and huddled in closets with their own ...
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Regions stock hits new high more growth expected
Regions Financial Corp.'s stock price hit a 52-week high of $9.34 at the close of trading Wednesday. Shares of Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: RF) were trading at the highest point in a year Wednesday, at $9.34. NASDAQ.com reports that the Birmingham-based bank's closing price on Wednesday is a 23.6 percent return year-to-date, and Zacks analysts say they expect it could turn even ...
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Woman charged with chemical endangerment of child
';Jennifer Leigh Wheat, 33, Gadsden, was arrested on May 22 and is charged with one count of chemical endangerment of exposing a child to an environment in which controlled substances are ingested, produced or distributed,'; states Investigator Bobby Bryant. Wheat admitted to ingesting cocaine during her pregnancy. ';It is simply unacceptable for an adult to endanger a ...
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Kids from tornado-hit school reunite with teachers
Students from an elementary school flattened by a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb have reunited with their teachers and collected what belongings could be salvaged from the wrecked ...
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Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive
(AP Photo/Ayako Wada-Katsumata). This image made from video provided by Ayako Wada-Katsumata shows glucose-averse German cockroaches avoiding a dab of jelly, which contains glucose, and favoring the peanut ...
Tuscaloosa Focus
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Tuscaloosa bypass remains contentious
The $250 million interstate bypass to the east of Tuscaloosa is moving ahead with infinite lethargy and recently became bogged down in further delays, which were made necessary in part by the fact that the project had become delayed and certain aspects of it were out of date.
It was decided by the city of Tuscaloosa in 1989 that they needed a bypass to the east to relieve some of the traffic on U.S. Highway 43 and U.S. Highway 82, both of which were reaching their carrying capacity and creating massive backlogs and congestion on Woolsey Finnell Bridge, which crosses the Black Warrior River. Read more
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