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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…

Dothan man charged in courthouse bomb threat

July 29, 2010

A 24-year-old Dothan man has been arrested in connection with a phoned in threat on Monday which led to the evacuation of the Houston County Courthouse.

Sheriff: man confesses to courthouse bomb threat

July 29, 2010

Police believe a desire to get out of an upcoming court date and overall anger toward the justice system prompted a Dothan man to call 911 Monday and tell dispatchers a bomb would explode in the Houston County Courthouse.

US panel asked to consolidate oil spill lawsuits

July 29, 2010

A federal judicial panel wrestled today with perceptions of bias and conflict among both judges and geography in figuring out where to consolidate more than 300 lawsuits filed against BP PLC and other companies in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. …

Dothan arson suspect remains jailed on $500,000 bond

July 29, 2010

A disabled Army veteran will remain held at the Houston County Jail on a charge that he set fire to a Dothan restaurant.

Oil spill Day 100: The 11 men who died on the Deepwater Horizon

July 28, 2010

Biographies of the 11 men who perished in the April 20 disaster. View full size (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) This aerial photo taken on April 21, 2010 shows the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burning a day after the explosion that killed 11 workers. 11 men lost their lives when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded …

Alabama fugitive pleads guilty to Texas slaying

July 27, 2010

Oscar Roy Doster and a fellow inmate escaped jail in Andalusia HOUSTON?– An Alabama man sentenced to die for an east Texas rancher after an Alabama jailbreak has agreed to a life sentence in another murder that also could have put…

Alabama news links: Tuscaloosa teen fires gun at stepdad; Houston County reaches bingo stamp arrangement

July 27, 2010

A Tuscaloosa teen shoots at his stepfather when they try to force the troubled boy to go to Atlanta, Houston County reaches an agreement over bingo stamp fees, a deputy is fired after his arrest, Laura Bush will speak in Florence, and…

Path by Robert Dudley, a former Mississippi resident, followed unusual turns to CEO of BP

July 27, 2010

Bob Dudley's sudden rise to the top at BP PLC shows how the Gulf oil spill has dramatically changed the fortunes of people from local fishermen to corporate executives. View full size (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) In this June 8, 2008, photo, TNK-BP CEO…

BP’s altered photo distorts spill center activity

July 21, 2010

NEW ORLEANS — BP acknowledges it posted on its website an altered photo that exaggerates the activity at its Gulf oil spill command center in Houston. View full size In this screen shot taken from Americablog.com, a digitally altered image BP posted on its website over the weekend of…

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