http://www.annistonstar.com/as-index.htm Breaking news headlines from The Anniston Star. StarScraper 1.45 Copyright (c)2008 Consolidated Publishing. All rights reserved. http://www.annistonstar.com/rss/images/as-logo.gif 14450 http://www.annistonstar.com/as-index.htm Newspapers en-us 20 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:34:54 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01j5023.htm BIRMINGHAM — The mayor of Alabama's largest city, Larry Langford, was arrested Monday on federal bribery and fraud charges connected to a multibillion-dollar sewer bond deal that has driven the surrounding county to the brink of bankruptcy. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01j5023.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:34:54 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01p2946.htm NEW YORK — A litany of bad economic news has snuffed out Wall Street's five-day rally, sending stocks falling sharply as investors realized anew how troubled the U.S. economy really is. Confirmation that the nation is in a recession followed reports of only a modest gain in holiday shopping sales, and that prompted investors to begin unloading stocks. Downbeat data on manufacturing and construction spending added to the market's gloom. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01p2946.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:34:54 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01p2859.htm MUMBAI, India -- India demanded Monday that Pakistan take 'strong action' against those behind the deadly Mumbai attacks, and Washington pressured Islamabad to cooperate with the investigation. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01p2859.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:34:54 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-localupdate-1201-0-8l01k3609.htm The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office has arrested and charged a man in the Friday stabbing death of his boss. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-localupdate-1201-0-8l01k3609.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:34:54 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01l5223.htm WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01l5223.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:34:54 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01k2944.htm CHICAGO -- President-elect Barack Obama on Monday announced a foreign policy team led by former campaign rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Bush's defense secretary, Robert Gates -- both early supporters of a war in Iraq that he opposed and will be seeking to wind down. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01k2944.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:34:54 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01k3338.htm WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is promising Congress will try to have a huge economic recovery bill ready for President-elect Barack Obama as soon as he takes office. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01k3338.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:34:54 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01k3047.htm WASHINGTON -- A measure of U.S. manufacturing activity fell to a 26-year low in November as new orders dropped for the twelfth consecutive month, a trade group said Monday. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01k3047.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:34:54 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01k3433.htm PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Militants destroyed trucks ferrying Humvees to Western forces in Afghanistan on Monday in an attack that killed two people and underscored the vulnerability of the crucial supply line. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01k3433.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:34:54 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01k3136.htm BAGHDAD -- A series of bombs struck U.S. and Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul on Monday, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens, Iraqi officials said. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-1201-0-8l01k3136.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:34:54 CST