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NEWS ABOUT: Mobile, Alabama

Mobile, Alabama stories: 2 news summaries

Ike Uncovers Mystery Shipwreck

Wooden wreck on Alabama beach could be remains of Confederate schooner

Sep 20, 08 5:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The waves of Hurricane Ike uncovered a wooden shipwreck on an Alabama beach that experts think could be a Civil War schooner, the Mobile Press-Register reports. The wreck's length matches that of the Monticello, which ran aground in the area in 1862 while trying to sneak past the US Navy... More »

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shipwreck • ship • Alabama • Civil War • Confederacy • Mobile, Alabama • Hurricane Ike

Man Throws His 4 Kids From Bridge

Victims range in age from 4 months
to 3 years; bodies still missing

Jan 9, 08 10:14 PM CST
(Newser) - An Alabama fisherman confessed to throwing his four young children to their deaths off an 80-foot bridge, the AP reports. Lam Luong, a 37-year-old Vietnamese immigrant, initially told police the children—ranging in age from 4 months to 3 years—were missing before admitting yesterday he had thrown them off... More »

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crime • immigrant • crack cocaine • crimes against children • Dauphin Island Bridge • Mobile, Alabama

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