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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Suspects sought in hit-and-run death of George County Sheriff Garry Welford

July 21, 2010

George County sheriff Garry Welford died at the University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile on Wednesday after being struck by a pickup truck earlier today. View full size (Press-Register file/Harlan Kirgan) George Co. Sheriff Garry Welford View…

Homewood wants to add to their police force

July 21, 2010

Homewood wants to add two K-9 dogs to their police department.

Nick Saban: bad agents no better than a pimp

July 21, 2010

Alabama head football coach Nick Saban has no respect for bad agents.

Scientists find most massive star ever discovered

July 21, 2010

A huge ball of brightly burning gas drifting through a neighboring galaxy may be the heaviest star ever discovered – hundreds of times more massive than the sun, scientists said Wednesday after working out its weight for the first time.

Interest rates plunge on Bernanke’s downbeat view

July 21, 2010

Interest rates fell sharply in the Treasury market after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke issued a downbeat assessment of the U.S. economy.

Senate approves jobless payments to millions

July 21, 2010

The Senate has passed a bill restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans who have been out of work for six months or more.

Obama signs sweeping financial overhaul into law

July 21, 2010

Reveling in victory, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations since the Great Depression, a package that aims to protect consumers and ensure economic stability from Main Street to Wall Street.

North Shelby County to get a new emergency room

July 21, 2010

Brookwood Medical Center gets the green light to build the state's first free-standing emergency room.

15-year-old Alabama law on donations to judicial campaigns never enforced

July 21, 2010

The law says judges should not hear cases in which one of the parties donated at least $2,000 to their campaigns. A 15-year-old Alabama law that says judges should not hear cases in which one of the parties donated at least $2,000 to their campaigns has never …

Birmingham to open cooling stations Thursday and Friday

July 21, 2010

The city of Birmingham says it will open a cooling station Thursday and Friday for people to escape the extreme heat.

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