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Friday, July 16, 2010

5th District congressional candidates release latest FEC financial discosure

July 16, 2010

Republican Mo Brooks, left, and Democrat Steve Raby are vying for the 5th District seat currently held by Parker Griffith. (From release)The candidates for Alabama’s 5th District congressional seat have filed their July 15 Federal Election Commission disclosures (for periods thru June 30): Mo Brooks (R) for Congress disclosed $…

Local GOP Executive Committee to meet

July 16, 2010

The Cullman County Republican Party Executive Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. July 22, at Jack’s restaurant in Good Hope, to select the Republican nominee for Associate Commissioner Place 2, for the November general election.

10-year members leave parks board – The Decatur Daily (subscription)

July 16, 2010

10-year members leave parks board The Decatur Daily (subscription) In the past 10 years, Stan Wallace and Andy Davis discussed the beginning of the Jack Allen Soccer Complex, the start of Ingalls Harbor, …

Suspect in garbage dump at creek incident arrested – The Decatur Daily (subscription)

July 16, 2010

Suspect in garbage dump at creek incident arrested The Decatur Daily (subscription) ELKMONT — A man accused of dumping garbage in a creek in Grigsby Ferry Branch next to Guy Miller Road in Elkmont was arrested Friday after a … and

Local missionaries return from Uganda

July 16, 2010

A missionary trip is cut short because of an act of terror. A group of 7 americans survived one of two bombings in Uganda that killed a total of 76 people earlier this month. The missionaries with Ashbury United Methodist Church are now back home in Birmingham safely

Republican elite out of touch with the masses? – The Decatur Daily (subscription)

July 16, 2010

Republican elite out of touch with the masses? The Decatur Daily (subscription) MONTGOMERY – Many leaders in the Alabama Republican hierarchy publicly supported Bradley Byrne for governor but Tuesday, average voters … and more??

Birmingham police: Domestic dispute led to Kingston slaying

July 16, 2010

Police have identified a suspect but have not yet made any arrests. A man was shot to death Friday night in a Kingston street in what Birmingham police said started as a domestic dispute. ? The incident started inside a house in…

Minor earthquake shakes US capital’s movers

July 16, 2010

Earthquakes are so rare in the Washington area that even a geology student wasn’t quite sure what was going on when a minor one hit early Friday.

94 charged in Medicare scams totaling $251M

July 16, 2010

Authorities said busts carried out this week in Miami, New York City, Detroit, Houston and Baton Rouge, La., were the largest Medicare fraud takedown in history.

Man shot to death on 47th Street North in Birmingham

July 16, 2010

Officers were called to the house shortly before 8 p.m. Birmingham police are investigating?the shooting death of a man that happened tonight in the 700 block of 47th Street North. Officers?were collecting?evidence around a front porch of a house on?the street.? The victim’s body, covered by a …