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Davis, Sparks primary battle could go down to wire by AnnistonStar
May 12, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Artur Davis and Ron Sparks have taken different routes to the June 1 Democratic gubernatorial primary. Davis, 42, an attorney and a four-term congressman originally from Montgomery and now from Birmingham, is the first African-American with a realistic chance of winning a major party’s nomi...
8-year-old dies in accidental drowning by AnnistonStar
May 12, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
An 8-year-old boy has died following a drowning accident at a nearby pool, police said. Emergency officials responded to a call shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday about a possible drowning in the 1400 block of Chadwell Street. Read the full story from The Huntsville Times.
Shelby, Bachus lose another fight over Fannie and Freddie by AnnistonStar
May 12, 2010 |  2 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday rejected an attempt to rein in taxpayer support of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It was another in a long line of defeats for housing finance changes that two Alabama lawmakers have sought for years. Sen. Richard Shelby and Rep. Spencer Bachus, ...
Bessemer drive-by shooting kills one horse, wounds second by AnnistonStar
May 11, 2010 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Authorities are on the scene of a drive-by shooting in the Bessemer area that killed one show horse and wounded another. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office received a call just after 1:30 p.m. that said someone driving a black Ford dual-wheel pickup truck with white stickers shot the two...
Family says they were ambushed in golf club attack by AnnistonStar
May 11, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
One Wiregrass family claims a quiet Sunday afternoon on the Chattahoochee River turned into a nightmare when about a dozen people wielding golf clubs ambushed them at the Gordon boat landing. “Monsters,” claimed one woman who said she was assaulted by at least two women with golf clubs....
Three Hartselle boys arrested for robbing and beating an 80-year-old man by AnnistonStar
May 11, 2010 |  7 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Decatur police arrested an 18-year-old and two 16-year-old's they say robbed and beat an 80-year-old man. Just before midnight Friday, three young men broke into an 80-year-old man's home on Old Moulton Road, police said. The elderly man was sleeping at the time and according to reports, th...
12 arrested at Opp's May Day celebration by AnnistonStar
May 11, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Opp’s annual May Day celebration ended with more than 10 people booked into the Covington County Jail. Sgt. Scotty Ballard of the Alabama Beverage Control Board said in total, nine adults and three juveniles were arrested during the entire two-day celebration – all for alcohol related in...
21-year-old mom charged with abuse of 6-year-old son by AnnistonStar
May 11, 2010 |  3 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
A Level Plains mother who claimed her 6-year-old son tried to hang himself with a necktie was charged with aggravated child abuse on Monday for allegedly abusing the boy on multiple occasions. Elizabeth “Michelle” Barnes, 21, of Level Plains, was in the Dale County Jail under no bond on...
2 dead in single-engine plane crash in Tuscaloosa by AnnistonStar
May 11, 2010 |  0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Two people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed just short of the runway at the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport Monday evening. The crash occurred at 7:29 p.m. as the plane was arriving from the north. It was making its final approach to the airport, said Capt. Loyd Baker of the Tusca...
Sen. Sessions finds Kagan's lack of judicial experience 'troubling' by AnnistonStar
May 11, 2010 |  1 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's lack of judicial experience is "troubling" and represents "a weakness in her background," Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, said Monday. "I just believe if you put somebody on the U.S. Supreme Court, they ought to be deeply steeped in real law practice," sai...

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