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Tide, Tigers among SEC bunch in NCAA tourney – The Decatur Daily

May 22, 2012

Tide, Tigers among SEC bunch in NCAA tourney The Decatur Daily By Teresa M. Walker AP FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Another NCAA championship is stocked with Southeastern Conference teams looking to add one more title to the league's crowded trophy case. The NCAA women's golf championship begins …

Drama — of course! — in IndyCar again – The Decatur Daily

May 22, 2012

Drama — of course! — in IndyCar again The Decatur Daily By Jenna Fryer AP CHARLOTTE, NC — This Indianapolis 500 already has plenty of drama: panic over the size of the field, engine shortages, legal wrangling and issues with underperforming…

Saints upbeat despite not having Brees – The Decatur Daily

May 22, 2012

Saints upbeat despite not having Brees The Decatur Daily By Brett Martel AP METAIRIE, La. — With no sign of a contract breakthrough for Drew Brees on the eve of the Saints' first offseason practice, safety Roman Harper tried to look on the…

Decatur woman makes two dumb moves: Forges check, then returns to store for driver’s license

May 21, 2012

Timika Kiona Whitfield-Lee was arrested for forging a check when she returned to Bud’s convenience store in Decatur to retrieve the driver’s license she’d left behind.

Romney’s deficit talk – The Decatur Daily

May 21, 2012

Romney's deficit talk The Decatur Daily GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney — laboring under the political liability of an improving economy — is doubling down on his focus on the federal deficit. President Barack Obama, he said in a recent speech, is responsible for …

McClain’s wasted potential – The Decatur Daily

May 21, 2012

McClain's wasted potential The Decatur Daily Imagine the impact if the Decatur native had spent his trips back home giving hope to students who, mired in poverty, see no way out. Imagine if he had pointed at his own…

Knee surgery stats prompt changes at US hospitals – The Decatur Daily

May 21, 2012

Knee surgery stats prompt changes at US hospitals The Decatur Daily By Holly Ramer AP CONCORD, NH (AP) — Knee replacement surgeries at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center soon could be handled by a specialized operating room team as the result of a data-sharing…

Triple crown try next for I’ll Have Another – The Decatur Daily

May 20, 2012

Triple crown try next for I'll Have Another The Decatur Daily By Richard Rosenblatt AP AP photo by Patrick Semansky BALTIMORE — I'll Have Another did just that, winning another Triple Crown race with even more flash and dash than he did in the …

Bentley retreats again – The Decatur Daily

May 20, 2012

Bentley retreats again The Decatur Daily Gov. Robert Bentley's stand on the Legislature's immigration bill could have been a defining moment in which he demonstrated his political courage. Instead, he made a weak protest that came a year late. On Thursday, Bentley announced …

Obama: Capitalism’s ally? – The Decatur Daily

May 20, 2012

Obama: Capitalism's ally? The Decatur Daily In a recent column, I suggested that President Barack Obama is preserving capitalism, not destroying it. The response from many readers — an email calling me a “lying socialist idiot” was typical — suggested that Obama is