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Recent Blog Posts
Winn-Dixie reports loss in its second quarter by AnnistonStar
Feb 15, 2011 | 
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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.
Read the full... | 7 |
Immigration legislation to be expected in Alabama by AnnistonStar
Feb 13, 2011 |
People can expect, as one of its first acts of business, for the Legislature to pass immigration reform in the state of Alabama.
And since some, and I emphasize some, of my colleagues in the national media love stories that reinforce stereotypes of Alabama as a racist state, we can probabl... | 8 |
North Alabama health care fraud penalties top $48 million, U.S. says by AnnistonStar
Feb 13, 2011 |
Penalties for health care fraud have totaled more than $48 million in north Alabama in the past four years as federal authorities push harder to get the guilty individuals and companies to pay up, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
But the amount being collected from investigations does ... | 7 |
Officials expect state worker layoffs by AnnistonStar
Feb 13, 2011 |
Some Alabama officials do not see any way they can balance the budget for next year without laying off state employees.
They're forecasting another hole in the state General Fund budget, which pays for Medicaid, state prisons, public safety, public health and most other non-education funct... | 7 |
Munford teacher says farewell after being called to duty by AnnistonStar
Feb 12, 2011 |
Lee Romines, Munford High School special education teacher, was surprised by his fellow faculty members with a goodbye ceremony Friday morning, his last day of work before being deployed to Iraq. Romines is in the Alabama Army National Guard.
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