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U.S. House takes up oil spill legislation that would remove $75 million cap

July 30, 2010

WASHINGTON — The House has begun debate on a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a $75 million cap on economic liability for oil spills. View full size (Press-Register/Bill Starling) Bob Dudley, CEO of BP’s Gulf Coast…

4 men accused of shooting sleeping 9-year-old girl in the head face arraignment

July 30, 2010

A 9-year-old Lower Peach Tree girl who was shot in the head as she slept in her Wilcox County home remained in critical condition Thursday in a Mobile hospital, according to a hospital spokeswoman. Meanwhile, four men accused in …

What you’re saying: Fairhope girl attends amputee camp

July 29, 2010

FAIRHOPE, Ala. — Last month, campers at a church camp took 11-year-old Fairhope amputee Whitney Hemphill's prosthetic leg while she was showering and hid it from her. The prank left the Fairhope pre-teen stuck in the camp shower and embarrassed. When she got home, she cried and…

Politics links: Richard Shelby accused of steering earmarks to former aides

July 29, 2010

The sum includes $175 million for the University of Alabama system, which employs to Ray Cole, a former Shelby campaign manager, as a lobbyist. View full size (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file) U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., has…

Oil spill legislation delayed by partisan conflicts in U.S. Senate

July 29, 2010

On Thursday, Senate Democrats slammed Republicans for opposing their provision eliminating the $75 million cap on economic liability from an oil spill. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell pitched an alternative that he said wouldn't put small independent oil producers out of business. …

Did Huntsville Housing Authority spend foreclosure funds in needy neighborhoods?

July 29, 2010

Some of the authority's most expensive purchases sit in neighborhoods that are not currently threatened by foreclosures, according to a Times analysis. HUNTSVILLE, AL — The Huntsville Housing Authority stopped shopping for foreclosed properties across the city this week. The agency…

Did Huntsville Housing Authority spend foreclosure funds in needy neighborhoods?

July 29, 2010

Some of the authority's most expensive purchases sit in neighborhoods that are not currently threatened by foreclosures, according to a Times analysis. HUNTSVILLE, AL — The Huntsville Housing Authority stopped shopping for foreclosed properties across the city this week. The …

House votes for more equal drug sentences

July 29, 2010

The House of Representatives passed a historic bill Wednesday that narrows sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine convictions

Gulf spill lacks societal punch of Santa Barbara

July 29, 2010

In 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson was so moved after seeing the devastation of an oil spill off the California coast near Santa Barbara that he called for a national teach-in on the environment. The resulting "Earth Day" the following year kick-started the modern …

Judge throws book at sister stalker, who says he only called her voice mail

July 29, 2010

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Alabama — A 61-year-old Tuscumbia man, James Keith Larry, received consecutive life sentences Wednesday in an aggravated stalking case in which the victim was Larry's own sister. LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Alabama — A 61-year-old Tuscumbia man, James Keith Larry, received consecutive?life sentences Wednesday…

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