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Luther Strange seeks ban on bingo machines at Alabama Indian casinos by AnnistonStar
Feb 15, 2011 | 
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Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has asked the federal agency that oversees Indian gambling to ban slots-like electronic bingo machines from the state's Indian casinos.
But officials with the National Indian Gaming Commission, as well as Gov. Robert Bentley, have said that such a ban c... | 8 |
State not seeking death by injection in Talladega Co. murder case by AnnistonStar
Feb 15, 2011 |
The state of Alabama will not seek death by lethal injection for Michael Joe White, Talladega County District Attorney Steve Giddens told potential jurors in the case Monday. Now, if he is convicted of capital murder as charged, White faces mandatory life in prison without possibility of par... | 8 |
McCall first black leader of Department of Public Safety by AnnistonStar
Feb 15, 2011 |
The new director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety is a man who enjoys aviation and drag racing and is no slouch when it comes to history either -- because he just made it.
A month ago, Col. Hugh McCall became the first full-time black leader of a department that was once all-... | 8 |
Obama budget would cut pediatrician training at Children's Hospital by AnnistonStar
Feb 15, 2011 |
A federal program that gives Children's Hospital in Birmingham about $5.5 million a year to train pediatricians would be terminated by President Barack Obama's 2012 budget. Eliminating the graduate medical education program for children's hospitals nationally would save $318 million a ye... | 7 |
Winn-Dixie reports loss in its second quarter by AnnistonStar
Feb 15, 2011 |
Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. said Monday it lost $24 million, or 43 cents per share, in the 16 weeks that ended Jan. 12. That compares to profit of $2.1 million, or 4 cents a share, in the 16 weeks that ended Jan. 6, 2010.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected a 28-cent loss, on average. ... | 7 |
Man convicted on sex-related charges in Etowah County by AnnistonStar
Feb 14, 2011 |
An Etowah County jury on Monday found a man guilty on several sex-related crimes dating back to 2005.
William C. Hammond, 40, was convicted on charges of first-degree rape, second-degree sodomy, first-degree sex abuse, second-degree sex abuse and second-degree rape.
Read the full story fr... | 8 |
AbitibiBowater to lay off 150 from Childersburg, Ala. mill by AnnistonStar
Feb 14, 2011 |
AbitibiBowater Inc. said today that it will close its paper and packaging operations at a mill near Childersburg, eliminating about 150 jobs within the next 30 days.
The company had been experimenting with making linerboard on newsprint machines, but said it would have to spend too much money... | 8 |
DeBlase children slowly poisoned to death with anti-freeze, investigator testifies by AnnistonStar
Feb 14, 2011 |
The stepmother to Natalie and Chase DeBlase slowly poisoned the young children with antifreeze by pouring it into their food in an effort to kill them and have less responsibilities, a Mobile police detective testified this morning.
Heather Leavell-Keaton, 22, is charged with two counts of ... | 7 |
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions leads attack on Obama's 2012 budget by AnnistonStar
Feb 14, 2011 |
President Barack Obama's proposed budget for 2012 will be released this morning, but for weeks Sen. Jeff Sessions has been preemptively critical.
The Alabama Republican is now the top GOP member of the Senate Budget Committee, and he's asserting himself more aggressively than ever in the d... | 7 |
Leaders predict more Huntsville growth with BRAC-type actions by AnnistonStar
Feb 14, 2011 |
Buy a lot in Huntsville, said Randall Griffin, the CEO of Corporate Offices Trust.
Griffin gave that advice last week to a conference of commercial real estate pros. He based his predictions of more military-related growth here on talks he'd had with officials in Washington.
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