Provides the latest RSS feeds for Alabama News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Tuscaloosa News.Net http://www.tuscaloosanews.net/ en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:33:44 -0400 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:33:44 -0400 30 Jim Cook Published: August 19, 2008 A new shopping development may be in the works for an area near the intersection of West Main Street and John D. Odom Road, but city leaders aren’t saying... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17041279&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:15:39 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17041279&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 PICKENS, S.C. (AP) -- A convicted sex offender spotted a college student outside her South Carolina apartment two years ago, then slipped through her patio door and raped and strangled her, leaving th... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17036870&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:11:29 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17036870&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 For instance, last week Alabama's unemployment rate for July went up sharply to 5.1 percent from the 4.7 percent the state had registered for the previous two months. That was the first time the state... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17036871&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:05:24 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17036871&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Deputy U.S. Marshals arrested a former Alabama police officer Monday night in Lynnwood on federal charges that he possessed child pornography and transported at least one child across state lines for ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17034104&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:58:27 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17034104&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Ebony Horton Published: August 19, 2008 One of the last calls Midland City Police Chief Dexter Hammond wants to get is that one of his officers has been injured while on duty. A call a few mo... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17036872&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:17:40 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17036872&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 The town of Fyffe has turned a string of UFO sightings from nearly two decades ago into an annual weekend festival.The town attracted international attention and developed a mini-industry when hundred... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17032095&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:01:42 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17032095&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Witnesses told police the Union Grove teen had been arguing with his on-again, off-again girlfriend. They said he was gunning for another boy in the Town Plaza parking lot around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17032098&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:00:23 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17032098&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama Blackburn Institute is presenting a Board Builder Workshop at WorkPlay in Birmingham on Saturday, Aug. 23 from 1-5 p.m. The workshop will include s... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17032100&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:53:54 -0400 University of Alabama http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17032100&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 By CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press Writer Published: August 19, 2008 CHICAGO (AP) - A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17032102&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:04:29 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17032102&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Greg Phillips Published: August 19, 2008 It will be a soggy weekend in the Wiregrass if Fay has her way. Houston County Emergency Management Agency Director Clark Matthews said Dothan residen... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17032103&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:04:32 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17032103&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 ATLANTA (AP) -- Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children have been sued by the institution their mother founded - the latest chapter in a family drama that has become increasingly more public in recen... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17032097&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:00:25 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17032097&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 By Sharon C. Fitzgerald Media General News Service Published: August 19, 2008 RUCKERSVILLE, Va. - No dummies are needed to try out new safety features on two cars at the Insurance Institute for Hig... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17032101&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:04:25 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17032101&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – An annual summer youth educational program, sponsored by the employees of the Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center at Redstone Arsenal, needed fre... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026154&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:21:11 -0400 University of Alabama http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026154&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee Valley Authority directors are considering budget proposals that could hike electric rates sharply for millions of consumers across the agency's seven-state region. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026153&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:27:27 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026153&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Beginning Aug. 18, troopers were on the lookout for drivers who violate traffic laws. The Department of Public Safety said troopers will also use vans called "BAT Mobiles.'' BAT is a breath alcohol t... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17022837&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:05:40 -0400 Insurance Journal http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17022837&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Floridan Staff Report Published: August 19, 2008 A semi overturned on Interstate 10 near Grand Ridge Tuesday morning, causing authorities to reroute traffic until at least 11 a.m., according to the ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026159&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:34:37 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026159&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Published: August 19, 2008 Elba’s Water and Electric Board announces a problem with the water from the Pea River east toward Enterprise. Resident’s are urged to refrain from drinking the ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026158&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:34:35 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026158&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 A Jackson County Drug Task Force member takes a sample following a recent methamphetine bust related to a four month investigation that led to the arrest of more than 30 people identified at a press c... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026157&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:34:34 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026157&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Carnival Cruise Lines will move the Carnival Triumph to New Orleans when the smaller Carnival Fantasy moves to Mobile, Ala., in 2009, officials announced Tuesday. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026152&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:27:26 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026152&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 If you go… What: Men’s Health Day When: Saturday, 8-11 a.m. Where: Dothan High School gym, 1236 S. Oates St. Cost: Free. Screenings include prostate specific antigen (used to de... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026156&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:34:32 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026156&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 A satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration made at 12:15 a.m. EDT Tuesday Aug. 19, 2008, shows Tropical Storm Fay as it approaches the west coast of Florida. Bet... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026155&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:34:30 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17026155&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 FALKVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- A Falkville man was shot to death in a domestic dispute over unpaid bills. Morgan County Sheriff's officials said the fracas Sunday afternoon resulted in the death 37-year-old ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17020448&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:44:15 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17020448&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 UNDATED (AP) -- College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17020449&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:44:14 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17020449&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Smith flipped the switch to turn on the lights on the Dixie Majors field where the high school occasionally plays its junior varsity games.Nothing happened.The Dixie Baseball fall league, which opens ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17020451&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:35:33 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17020451&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Visitors to the Buckmasters Expo donated 31,117 pounds of food during the three-day event.Parke Hinman, executive director of the Montgomery Area Food Bank, said the non-perishable canned goods that v... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17020453&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:19:56 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17020453&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Woodward, 34, is being tried in Montgomery County Circuit Court on two charges of capital murder in connection with the killing of police officer Keith Houts on Sept. 28, 2006.Circuit Judge Truman M. ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17020455&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:19:55 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17020455&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Joshua Chang and Y.T. Tsai say the successful hosting of the Summer Olympics in China will prove to be a success to China as a whole."The Chinese have worked hard and proved to the world they can do a... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17020454&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:19:53 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17020454&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 The funeral for Sam Collins will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Flomaton High School.Collins, 18, became ill following football practice at Huntingdon and died later Friday at Jackson Hospital.A memor... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17020452&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:19:51 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17020452&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 The Alabama Retail Association would like to thank Eric Hunter for his Aug. 10 letter, which encouraged your readers to write their representatives in the Alabama Legislature asking for an increase in... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014793&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:13:35 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014793&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 On July 28 Montgomery lost one of its finest men to ever serve with the Montgomery Police Department. Retired Deputy Chief Bill Hudson lost a brave battle to cancer. Chief steered many young men on th... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014791&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:13:33 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014791&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- Recent rains have given cotton growers the moisture many of them were looking for, but it also brought some risks to the yield of some growers, agriculture experts said Monday. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014789&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:19:31 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014789&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Then there's another level of sports tradition maintained by the people who fly just under the radar but their love for sports -- and people -- have made an impact on everyone they come in contact wit... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014796&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:13:32 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014796&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Starting this fall, all Alabama football game-day broadcasts (both home and away games) will be offered to fans with no delay while at the stadium.For the 2008 season opener against Clemson in Atlanta... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014792&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:13:31 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014792&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- With Tropical Storm Fay strengthening, Tampa Bay Rays officials were meeting Monday to decide the status of today's game with the Los Angeles Angels. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014790&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:13:30 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014790&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 True, Lincoln was no Christian, but if given time, he might have become a Christian. In the last years of his life he studied the Bible a great deal. He did attend church, and when the military decide... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014794&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:13:29 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014794&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Nowak was hitting .295, the best among Montgomery's regulars, with 15 home runs and 77 RBIs. He was in his second year with the Biscuits."Good for Chris," manager Billy Gardner said. "He deserves the ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014795&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:13:29 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17014795&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 An Alabama man was killed when he was struck by a car while walking in the 400 block of South Valley Mills Drive. The incident happened while Justin Paulk, 20, was in Waco on Saturday morning as part... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17012247&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:54:49 -0400 Waco Tribune-Herald http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17012247&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Terry Thornton said the Fantasy will undergo improvements next month while in dry dock, turning some open decks into water parks with a 300-foot-long spiral slide. The ship will continue cruises from ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17006193&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:37:44 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17006193&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Debbie Ingram Published: August 18, 2008 Jay Love admits the Republican primary for the 2nd Congressional District seat was hard-fought, with the race pitting the north against the south, but he d... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17006195&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:42:12 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17006195&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 2nd Congressional District candidate Bobby Bright, D-Montgomery, addresses supporters at the wiregrass Veterans Park on Monday morning as Dothan Mayor Pat Thomas looks on. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17006194&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:42:10 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17006194&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 The number of people receiving food stamps monthly in Alabama increased by 6 percent from May 2007 to May 2008. Almost 31,000 more people received the aid for a total of 541,000. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17001064&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:21:13 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17001064&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- An Illinois truck driver accused of killing at least four women in three states has been booked on a grand jury indictment of five counts of solicitation to commit first-degre... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17001063&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:21:14 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17001063&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Associated Press Published: August 18, 2008 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Economic gains in the last 15 years in Alabama have helped narrow the state’s income gap when compared to the national avera... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17001068&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:29:00 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17001068&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Debbie Ingram Published: August 18, 2008 Dothan Fire marshals have identified a lightning strike as the source of a fire that destroyed a building and displaced 15 families at Tarragon Hills Apart... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17001067&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:28:58 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17001067&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Download a high-resolution version TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A University of Alabama scientist, who is internationally recognized for his contributions to understanding and modeling of groundwater co... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17001066&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:15:41 -0400 University of Alabama http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=17001066&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK (AP) -- Delphi says its electronics and safety division will lay off about 600 of its 3,200 U.S. salaried workers as part of a cost-cutting plan. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16995677&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:19:55 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16995677&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A federal lawsuit contends the state is violating the rights of poor sex offenders who are forced to remain behind bars because they don't have a place to live that fits the r... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16995676&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:19:54 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16995676&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Clear Channel Radio's Total Traffic Network said Monday it expanded its real-time traffic data network to an additional 15 markets. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16995675&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:19:53 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16995675&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 August 18, 2008A 23-year-old Mobile man died in a one-car accident Sunday morning at Airport and University Boulevards.Tarvis Eugene Triplett of 907 Maryland Street died after the car he was driving h... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16991702&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:56:13 -0400 Mobile Police Department http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16991702&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 August 18, 2008Mobile police Saturday afternoon nabbed four men as they were removing scrap metal from a business on Bay Shore Avenue.Arrested on charges of Burglary Third Degree were Ketrick Thomas, ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16991703&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:56:13 -0400 Mobile Police Department http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16991703&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 By BRIAN SKOLOFF Associated Press Writer Published: August 18, 2008 KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) _ Florida Keys officials closed schools, opened shelters and urged visitors to leave as Tropical Storm Fay th... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16995680&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:20:08 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16995680&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Attorney General Troy King will go before the state Board of Pardons and Parole to protest the possible early release of a man who murdered his wife in Houston County nearly 3... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990313&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:38:45 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990313&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sophomore Mike Blanc has moved ahead of junior Jake Ricks. Assistant coach Don Dunn said Blanc, who struggled throughout the 2007 season with a high ankle sprain, has improved dramatically during the ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990320&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:31:05 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990320&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 The last line is very telling. Beasley says, "It's fun to watch them squirm." He was speaking of those he describes as "political thugs and race hustlers" allegedly involved in voter fraud in three co... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990319&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:31:08 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990319&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Moffatt performed Sunday at Unity of Montgomery, a local church that provided an intimate venue on Walnut Street, before she headed back home."This is my last date -- thanks to Karren -- on my 'Alabam... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990328&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:19:11 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990328&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Eldridge, the everyday center fielder for the Montgomery Biscuits, is a video football junkie who eagerly anticipated last week's Madden NFL 09 debut while also helping lead Montgomery's playoff charg... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990321&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:31:08 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990321&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Having a loud stereo harms no one except maybe the driver of the vehicle. A loud exhaust, however, not only harms the driver but everyone around them by way of its noxious pollution.Noise ordinances u... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990315&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:31:15 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990315&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 PRATTVILLE -- The race for the Prattville City Council District 1 seat is crowded -- the incumbent faces three challengers, all political newcomers. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990330&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:19:12 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990330&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Jefferson Davis High School student Jasmine Washington accepts her diploma during her graduation ceremony Sunday at Sidney Lanier High School. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990325&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:19:08 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990325&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Alabama had the sixth largest drop in miles driven in June, the study found, exceeded only by Idaho, Maine, Utah, Washington and Nevada. Miles driven here dropped 6.4 percent from June of 2007. That's... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990318&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:31:14 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990318&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Orchestra membership is open to high school students and skilled junior high students. Conductor Yvonne Collins is looking for those who play violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990331&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:19:07 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990331&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 When they arrived, they found that a 19-year-old man had been shot in the leg. His injuries appeared to be minor. He offered officers conflicting stories, and it is unlikely that he will press charges... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990324&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:19:06 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990324&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 After publishing their own cookbook this past year, the Church Ladies of Trinity Episcopal Church in Wetumpka decided to invite other groups or individuals who have cookbooks to join them at an event ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990323&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:19:04 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990323&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Steve Lucas, local master scorer, gives a demonstration Sunday during the Buckmasters Expo at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center. This was the expo's first time back in Mo... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990322&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:19:03 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16990322&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 I'd like to share with you guys some pictures that I took inside the ChaoYang Park in Beijing. This is the venue where beach volleyball competitions are being held. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16985631&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:12:35 -0400 University of Alabama http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16985631&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Debbie Ingram Published: August 17, 2008 The Downtown Dothan Redevelopment Authority wants to invest $25,000 in a project to redevelop the Penney Building. The city funds would make the DDR... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16981664&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:42:30 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16981664&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Debbie Ingram Published: August 17, 2008 Dothan Firefighters responded en masse around 6:15 p.m. Sunday to a report of a fire at Tarragon Hills Apartments, 2151 Westgate Parkway. Reports are that ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16978877&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:54:25 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16978877&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Debbie Ingram Published: August 17, 2008 A sluggish national economy has trickled down to the Wiregrass, and unemployment continued to climb over much of the area in July. If there is any g... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16978878&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:54:22 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16978878&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Jerry Wexler, Oct. 17, 1979, file photo. Wexler, a legendary record producer, who worked with Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats died at age 91. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16978879&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:54:20 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16978879&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Coaches have talked about it non-stop for days.Yet the junior linebacker watched himself fall victim to freshman wideout Philip Pierre-Louis. Johnson's attempt to pin the 5-foot-7 phenom against the s... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16973804&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:29:45 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16973804&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili speaks at a news conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Georgia’s president signed an cease-fire deal Friday with Russia meant to end fight... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16973805&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:47:13 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16973805&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Saturday was Barlow's self-imposed deadline.He's going to blow it.Following a solid week of practices from both Anthony Speight and Reid Herchenbach, Barlow said the race was still too close to call, ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16971365&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:43:47 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16971365&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Last week, linebacker Don'ta Hightower was the second leading tackler and tailback Mark Ingram had a solid performance in Alabama's first preseason scrimmage.On Saturday, it was Julio Jones, B.J. Scot... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16971366&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:43:48 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16971366&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 PRATTVILLE -- Gene Vann stood in his front yard, marveling at how far his neighborhood has come in the six months since a tornado barreled through it. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16971369&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:39:44 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16971369&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 By the time the event ended, nearly $30,000 had been raised to help kidney patients who are on dialysis or undergoing tests to see if they have the disease."There is a tremendous amount of kidney dise... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16971371&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:39:36 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16971371&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Why are the fines so low that the uninsured are back on the road before an insurance claim can be filled out by those of us who do have insurance? Why are the insurance companies not required to notif... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16968447&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:16:13 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16968447&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 The Bulldogs received 22 first-place votes and 1,528 points from a panel of 65 media members in the poll released Saturday.Ohio State, coming off a second consecutive loss in the national championship... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16968445&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:16:14 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16968445&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 In winning the 100 meters Saturday night at the Olympic Games, Bolt signaled he is unlike any of his predecessors in track and field.He is what Babe Ruth is to baseball, Wilt Chamberlain to basketball... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16968452&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:16:15 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16968452&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 With camp officially ending Saturday and classes starting on Monday, Faulkner coach Jim Nichols got one more chance to see his Eagles in action before the start of the season in just 21 days. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16968448&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:16:12 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16968448&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 The draft 2008 Democratic platform promises to reinstate the assault weapons ban, even though it did absolutely nothing to reduce violent crime.Sixty-seven Democratic congresspersons sponsor H.R. 1022... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16968449&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:16:12 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16968449&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 I would have to put Mr. Schneider in that same category because methods of converting from petroleum oil, for those items he referred to as becoming useless scrap metal, have been in existence for ove... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16968450&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:16:10 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16968450&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 One of World Wrestling Entertainment's top pay-per-view events, "SummerSlam," takes place tonight at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.The main event features two of the WWE's most popular superstars... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16968451&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:16:10 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16968451&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Ross Clark Circle Trivia: 38,000 — Number of cars passing through intersection of West Main and the Circle in any given 24-hour period 764 — Business licenses with a circle address... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16963597&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:22:00 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16963597&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Debbie Ingram Published: August 16, 2008 “Eeewww”, “Aaaawww” and “Eeeeekkk!” were the sounds the children made Saturday morning at Landmark Park as each new a... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16963596&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:21:58 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16963596&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Captain Huey Thornton said Collins was pronounced dead about 7:30 p.m. Friday.The college said he became ill following a morning workout. Thornton said the coaching staff thought he might have had hea... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16961064&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:35:39 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16961064&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- Residents and tourists in the Florida Keys prepared Saturday for Tropical Storm Fay, which forecasters said could strengthen to a hurricane and begin battering the island chain ... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16961065&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:34:32 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16961065&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama's unemployment rate jumped to 5.1 percent, the first time it has topped 5 percent since August 2004 when it also registered 5.1 percent. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16959001&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:58:54 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16959001&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Attorney General Troy King says he will appear before the state Board of Parsons and Parole on Monday to oppose the early release of a man who murdered his wife in 1979. http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16959002&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:58:53 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16959002&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Frank Denney confronts county advisor Bill Slaughter seated, during a meeting about solutions to a looming debt crisis in Jefferson County, Ala. Faced with $3.2 billion in debt, officials are trying t... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16959005&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:10:42 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16959005&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Former University of Alabama catcher Kelley Gulledge hit his first home run of the season and scored three times to pace the Jacksonville Suns to a 7-3 win over the Montgomery Bi... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16956553&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:04:40 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16956553&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Auburn is holding its final full-scale scrimmage at Jordan-Hare Stadium, which several coaches said will help them make meaningful personnel assessments. Players know there is plenty on the line.Fresh... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16956554&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:04:40 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16956554&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Kendall Clinton Published: August 16, 2008 A tropical storm which is still brewing near eastern Cuba could make its way to the Wiregrass, according to a preliminary projected path from the Nationa... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16956555&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:19:51 -0400 Dothan Eagle http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16956555&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 "It's made us get faster and faster together over the years," Coventry said.The former roommates and Auburn alumni continued their friendly rivalry Friday night, with Coventry repeating as Olympic gol... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16953714&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:41:36 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16953714&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 TUSCALOOSA -- Alabama will hold its final preseason scrimmage this afternoon at Bryant-Denny Stadium, trying to fine-tune some areas before starting preparation for the Aug. 30 season opener with Clem... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16953715&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:41:34 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16953715&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Although the number mentioned in the bill is $25 billion, apparently there actually is no maximum limit to the amount of debt that the taxpaying citizens may have to cover.It seems that our elected of... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16953718&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:41:34 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16953718&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Quarterback Jamie Hampton was 14-of-22 for 119 yards and no touchdowns against the second-team defense. Sophomore QB Tanner Jones led a touchdown drive against second and third teamers.Xavier Lamb led... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16953716&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:41:33 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16953716&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 The home improvement retail giant on Chantilly Parkway has been the subject of a legal tug-of-war between Pike Road and the city and county of Montgomery since Pike Road annexed the store in July, 200... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16953720&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:37:00 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16953720&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Alabama State university interim President William H. Harris tours a model dorm room in Abercrombie Hall at the reopening of Bibb Graves Hall and Abercrombie Hall dorms on campus following their renov... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16953719&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:37:00 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16953719&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Unity Baptist Church had been carrying six people and was upside down when rescue workers arrived at the scene.The communications director for DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16950710&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:56:12 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16950710&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Gamecocks last season. Stewart and Henderson both started games and Carter was listed as the starting tight end after spring practices.School officials did not elaborate on the reasons for the suspens... http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16950714&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:56:01 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.tuscaloosanews.net/?rid=16950714&cat=dc5bac5ce154af20