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Tariffs on foreign shrimp continued

March 15, 2011

By a 5-1 tally, commissioners agreed to continue for another five years import taxes on shrimp from Brazil, China, India, Thailand and Vietnam, which have been in place since 2005. (Press-Register file photo) Shrimp WASHINGTON — The U.S. International Trade Commission extended tariffs on shrimp imported…

Constitution Party candidate running against Jo Bonner qualifies for ballot

June 23, 2010

Baldwin County businessman David Walter has collected enough signatures to get on the Nov. 2 general election ballot as the Constitution Party's candidate for Southwest Alabama's congressional seat, an attorney for the Alabama Secretary of State's office confirmed…

Coast Guard head flies over oil spill, calls boom ‘coin of the realm’

June 8, 2010

Commandant Robert J. Papp said the Coast Guard is like "the treasury," charged with handing boom out. But "it's all used up." View full size (Press-Register/Bill Starling) A group of men in a …

Tim James defends English-only ad against criticism from Bradley Byrne

May 25, 2010

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim James defended his controversial "Language" campaign ad against criticism from GOP rival Bradley Byrne. View full size (Press-Register/Mike Kittrell) GOP candidate for governor Tim James said Bradley Byrne was “siding with liberals” for criticizing his ad …

Feud over woman may have triggered shooting that left 7 injured

May 23, 2010

Multiple charges of second-degree assault could be filed against Marcus Darnell Butler as early as today, according to Baldwin County Sheriff's Department spokesman Maj. Anthony Lowery. View full size Baldwin County sheriff’s deputies are seeking Marcus Darnell Butler of Bay Minette in connection with a shooting in…

Baldwin officials arrest 16 in operation focused on ‘street level’ drug dealers

May 20, 2010

BAY MINETTE, Ala. — Baldwin County authorities have charged 16 people with being drug dealers and are looking for 17 more following a countywide undercover operation lasting several months, Sheriff's Office officials said. BAY MINETTE, Ala. — Baldwin County authorities have charged 16 people with being drug dealers and are looking for 17 more…

Former Army recruiter gets 2½ years for embezzlement, aggravated identity theft

April 26, 2010

On the one hand, Andre Demyron Bend Jr.'s civic work and volunteer activities have earned him goodwill throughout Mobile, Ala. On the other, he used his position as a U.S. Army recruiter to pull off, in the words of Assistant U.S. Attorney Deborah Griffin…

Jury sent home before start of Mobile Fire-Rescue Department discrimination case

April 19, 2010

Jurors picked to decide a reverse-discrimination case waited for 90 minutes today before U.S. District Judge Kristi DuBose emerged from her chambers to tell them their service was no longer needed. View full size Willam C. Hunter, a white district fire chief in Mobile, accused the …

Volcano-stranded Davidson High School students returning home Tuesday

April 19, 2010

Nine Davidson High School students stranded in France due to the eruption of a Icelandic volcano are scheduled to return home Tuesday via Barcelona. Principal Lewis Copeland said the students spent three extra days in Nice, in the French Riviera, because a volcano eruption in Iceland closed…

Video: Thousands of Tea Party protesters gather around Mobile

April 15, 2010

Marking tax day, thousands of Tea Party protesters gathered Thursday across southwest Alabama. View full size (Press-Register/Bill Starling) Members of local Tea Party groups walk down Government Street on their way to the Mobile Tea Party rally at Spanish …

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