From the monthly archives:

May 2010

Quick progress is expected on financial overhaul

May 31, 2010

By David Lightman and Kevin G. Hall McClatchy Newspapers The fate of the biggest overhaul of the nation’s financial regulatory system in generations rests with a small group of Capitol Hill lawmakers who are known for their ability to compromise.

Service members in Iraq honor holiday

May 31, 2010

By Hannah Allam McClatchy Newspapers With heads bowed beneath a palace dome still etched with the initials of Saddam Hussein, dozens of U.S. service members paid tribute Monday to Americans killed in action not only in Iraq, but also in Afghanistan and in wars of the past.

Israel faces global condemnation after deadly raid

May 31, 2010

By Isabel Kershner N.Y. Times News Service Israel faced intense international condemnation and growing domestic questions Monday after a raid by naval commandos that killed nine people, many of them Turks, on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza.

Memorial Day ceremonies held to honor war dead

May 31, 2010

By Jason Morton Staff Writer On Monday, retired Marine Cpl. Jerry Wayne Crawford walked alone among the black marble slabs bearing the names of Tuscaloosa-area veterans at Veterans Memorial Park. His pace was slow and his attention focused. When asked…

White returns to teach life lessons

May 31, 2010

By Andrew Carroll Sports Writer D.J. White was 12 years old when he got serious about basketball. Three years later, a growth spurt enabled him to develop in a 6-foot-9 power forward who made it to the NBA.

Robot subs start to cut pipe as BP tries again to stop oil flow at Gulf spill site

May 31, 2010

COVINGTON, La. — Robot submarines are carrying equipment and cutting small pipes at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, preparing to place a cap-like containment valve over the blown-out oil well. BP Oil Spill Live Video Feed View full size (AP Photo/Senate Environment and Public…

T-TOWN: Northport woman charged in car shooting

May 31, 2010

A Northport woman has been charged with shooting another woman in the head early Monday morning. The injuries suffered by the 20-year-old victim were not life-threatening, said Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit commander Capt. Loyd Baker.

Half-cent sales tax vote for schools is today

May 31, 2010

After more than a year of build-up, Cullman County residents will decide the fate of a half-cent sales tax for education at the polls on June 1.

UA professor earns grant to advance computers

May 31, 2010

By Adam Jones Staff Writer Tim Mewes, a physics professor at the University of Alabama, is one of those people diligently researching the methods that will, surely, produce faster, smaller computers with longer battery life.

Nonprofit works to unify rural town

May 31, 2010

By Victor Luckerson Special to The Tuscaloosa News Annie Billingsley’s dream of owning a home will come true in just three weeks. Billingsley, a mother of 11 who has lived in the Cahaba Heights projects since 1965, is moving into her first home thanks to Sowing Seeds

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