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Study: Health care law repeal could cost 2 million Alabamians their insurance by AnnistonStar
Jan 19, 2011 |  2 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
As the health care repeal debate began Tuesday in Congress, the Obama administration released a study saying that without the new law, between 790,000 and 2 million Alabamians could be denied insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions. State leaders voiced skepticism about the st...
Bentley disbands task force on gambling, expects budget cuts by AnnistonStar
Jan 19, 2011 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
In his first full day in office, Gov. Robert Bentley disbanded the Task Force on Illegal Gambling, swore in his Cabinet, and said he will likely announce across the board budget cuts soon. In his first executive order, Bentley on Tuesday disbanded the Task Force on Illegal Gambling...
Alabama auto production surged in 2010 by AnnistonStar
Jan 19, 2011 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
After a sickly 2009, Alabama's auto industry made a strong comeback last year, with output that surged more than 50 percent. All three of the state's auto assembly factories ratcheted up their 2010 production significantly, putting workers on overtime as the global industry recovered from a ...
Stepmom of DeBlase children pleads not guilty to capital murder by AnnistonStar
Jan 18, 2011 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Heather Leavell-Keaton pleaded not guilty to capital murder today in connection with the deaths of her two young stepchildren. Natalie DeBlase, 4, and Chase DeBlase 3, were reported missing, and possibly dead, in November, and police learned that the children's biological mother in Mobi...
Andalusia mother charged with breaking infant's arm to give boyfriend quiet lunch by AnnistonStar
Jan 18, 2011 |  1 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
A Covington County grand jury has indicted the Andalusia mother accused of breaking her 1-year-old daughter’s arm in three places, dragging her up a flight of stairs and locking her in a bedroom so she and her boyfriend could allegedly “eat lunch without hearing the crying.” Tiffany Ann Ri...
Bentley's salary hinges on him keeping jobs promise by AnnistonStar
Jan 17, 2011 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The faster Gov.-elect Robert Bentley keeps his No. 1 campaign promise, the sooner he can start drawing a paycheck. That promise was massive job creation in Alabama, and it will be one of the issues he will address in his inaugural speech Monday. Read the full story from The Montgomery Adve...
Tuscaloosa women tussle with intruder, sock him in face by AnnistonStar
Jan 14, 2011 |  1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Police said Thursday that two young women fended off a man who broke into their apartments Thursday morning by punching him in the face. .art_main_pic { width: 250px; float: left; clear: left; } Yuni Romero Gonzalez, 20, was taken to the Tuscaloosa County Jail early Thursday with one of h...
Wilmer man accused of sexually abusing mini horse says he's in counseling by AnnistonStar
Jan 13, 2011 |  5 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
A Wilmer man accused of sexually abusing a horse told a judge this morning that he's receiving counseling. Eric Easley, 27, appeared briefly in District Judge Charlie McKnight's courtroom on charges of killing or disabling livestock and animal cruelty. Read the full story from The Pre...
Some legislators, state officials got special treatment from Auburn on BCS bowl tickets by AnnistonStar
Jan 13, 2011 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
In what ticket resellers called the highest priced college football ticket ever, 13 Alabama legislators and two state officials were given special access to buy multiple tickets to the BCS national title game at face value from Auburn University. Two of the legislators - Rep. Mac McCutcheon...
Bentley names more administration members by AnnistonStar
Jan 13, 2011 |  0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Gov.-elect Robert Bentley today named four more people to his new administration, filling the positions of legal adviser, policy director, director of communications and legislative director. Bentley has dipped into Tuscaloosa’s legal circle for two key members of his new administration th...

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