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Alabama stories: 51 news summaries

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 Ala. Group Offers 
 Jews $50K Move-In Bonus 

Small-town synagogue group aims to sell Jews on the charms of the South

Sep 25, 08 4:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A dwindling Alabama Jewish community is spending $1 million to stop itself from disappearing, as have many others in the South, CNN reports. A local group in the town of Dothan is offering a $50,000 shalom to Jewish families who choose to relocate to the community and hopes to... More »

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Jews • Alabama • small towns • synagogue • rabbi

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

Dems Fight
to Retake
the South

Party is running the most competitive Dixie campaign in 40 years

Aug 7, 08 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are mounting a full-scale assault on Southern congressional seats, the Wall Street Journal reports. By fielding socially moderate candidates, Democrats look like they might do the unthinkable: reverse the “Great Reversal,” the civil rights-era shift of the South from a Democratic stronghold to a Republican one.... More »

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Congress • Democrat • Alabama • congressional candidates • Election 2008 • congressional seat • Democratic candidates • South • Bobby Bright

Doggone!
Labrador Runs
for Mayor of
Alabama Town

If you can't lick 'em,
join 'em, muses Willie

Jul 29, 08 2:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new candidate has bounded into the running in the mayoral race in Fairhope, Alabama, reports the Press-Register. Townspeople sick of the endless politicking are backing 7-year-old Labrador retriever Willie Bean Roscoe P. Coltrane for mayor. Supporters note that Willie Bean is the only candidate to have American Kennel Club... More »

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mayor • Alabama • Labrador Retriever • dog • election

 Deep South Leads in Obesity 

Southern states have highest rate, led by Mississippi

Jul 18, 08 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The South has the nation's largest percentage of obese residents, a new survey by the Centers for Disease Control finds, with 30% of adults in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee qualifying as obese. Even in Colorado, the state with the best fat stats, 19% of the populace is obese. More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Louisiana • Alabama • Tennessee • Mississippi • West Virginia • Obsesity • Dr. William Dietz • Mailman School of Public Health

 Hey Hey, My, My, It's Spider Man 

New arachnid species named for rock legend Young

May 12, 08 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new spider species has been named for rocker Neil Young, an outspoken advocate for environmental issues, Reuters reports. A biologist and Neil Young fan who discovered the species named it Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi. It's not the first such honor for a singer. A beetle was recently named Orectochilus orbisonorum after... More »

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Alabama • Neil Young • spiders • Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi • Jason Bond • East Carolina University • Orectochilus orbisonorum • Roy Orbison • beetle

 Deadly Storms Sweep Southeast 

1 killed, 2 injured in NC twister

May 9, 08 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A deadly North Carolina twister was part of a powerful storm system that rocked the Southeast last night, AP reports. The Carolina tornado knocked three tractor-trailers off a highway, killing one and injuring two. Storms also hammered a shopping area in Mississippi, and homes in Tennessee and Alabama, where winds... More »

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tornado • severe weather • storm • North Carolina • Alabama • Tennessee • Mississippi • natural disaster

 Savage Storms Lash the South 

2-year-old dies in Kentucky; Mississippi and Arkansas battered

Apr 5, 08 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Severe storms tore through Southern states yesterday, the AP reports. Homes were damaged and tens of thousands of people had their power knocked out. A 2-year-old Kentucky girl died in surging floodwater and 22 injuries were reported in Mississippi as storms packing possible tornadoes toppled trees, ripped roofs off homes... More »

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weather • tornado • Arkansas • Kentucky • storm • flood • Alabama • Mississippi • storm system

Freed Former Ala. Governor Targets Rove

Siegelman, out on appeal, says politics
put him in prison

Mar 29, 08 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, who walked out of a Louisiana federal prison on an appeal bond yesterday, told the New York Times in his first interview that "abuse of power" put him behind bars—and accused Karl Rove of being behind it all. “It’s going to... More »

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Karl Rove • bribery • corruption • Don Siegelman • Alabama • federal prison • governor • Richard Scrushy

 Judge Springs Gov. Linked
to 'Political Prosecution'

Expected to testify at House probe on political cases

Mar 28, 08 2:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The former governor of Alabama, serving seven years for bribery in a case critics claim was engineered by the White House, has been ordered released pending appeal. Don Siegelman will now be free to testify at congressional hearings on politically motivated prosecutions, reports CNN. Siegelman's supporters charge that he was... More »

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Karl Rove • House Judiciary Committee • bribery • Don Siegelman • Alabama • 11th Circuit Court of Appeals • Hiram Eastland • Richard Scrushy

FCC Member Wants Probe of Ala. TV Station

'60 Minutes' went black as piece linking Rove to ex-gov's case began

Mar 4, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - An FCC commissioner wants to know why an Alabama TV station went off the air just as a "60 Minutes" segment critical of Karl Rove started, Broadcasting & Cable reports. WHNT blamed a “technical difficulty," but Michael Copps said today he wants to find out whether Sunday's... More »

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Karl Rove • FCC • Don Siegelman • Alabama • Michael Copps • Kevin Martin • governor • blackout • WHNT • technical difficulties • political decision

Boeing Stunned, Angry Over Bid

Mobile, Ala. rep thrilled over promised tanker facility

Mar 1, 08 7:08 PM CST
(Newser) - From lawmakers to Boeing workers, Washington state is outraged today that the Air Force handed a $35 billion contract to foreign firm Airbus and Northrop Grumman, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. One worker called it "a sad day for Boeing," and a senior senator  blasted the Air Force... More »

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Boeing • Air Force • Airbus • Alabama • Washington state • Northrop Grumman Corp

Air Force Picks Foreign
Bid to Build Tankers

Northrop Grumman and Airbus will build $40B fleet in France

Feb 29, 08 9:49 PM CST
(Newser) - The Air Force shocked observers yesterday by handing a $40 billion contract to build aerial refueling tankers to a foreign company, the Los Angeles Times reports. Northrop Grumman and Airbus—which plan to build the 179 tankers in France—beat out Washington state's Boeing. Outraged lawmakers from Washington state... More »

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John McCain • California • Pentagon • Boeing • France • Airbus • Northrop Grumman • Kansas • Alabama • Washington state • Government Accountability Office • US Air Force • Made in America

Jailed Ex-Gov Wants Special Counsel

Siegelman seeks probe after '60 Minutes' report; Rove denies role

Feb 26, 08 8:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Lawyers for Jim Siegelman want an outside investigator to look into charges that GOP operatives railroaded the ex-governor of Alabama on bribery charges, reports the AP. "60 Minutes" reported Sunday that prosecutors met over 70 times with the aide that helped put Siegelman behind bars, and had him write... More »

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Karl Rove • Attorney General • corruption • Don Siegelman • Alabama • Michael Mukasey • governor

Twisters Tear Through South

Tornadoes wreck homes, topple poles
as Wis. snowstorm benches Dems

Feb 17, 08 8:03 PM CST
(Newser) - A barrage of tornadoes ripped through the South today as cold rain and snow blanketed parts of the Midwest, the AP reports. Twisters left toppled power lines, shattered windows, and wrecked homes in Alabama and Florida, causing injuries but no fatalities. “You see it on TV," said a... More »

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Florida • Wisconsin • tornado • Georgia • Alabama • snowstorm

Tornado Survivors Recall Horror

54 dead as FEMA steps in to begin cleanup

Feb 6, 08 8:00 PM CST
(Newser) - As FEMA teams mobilized rescue efforts in the Southern states ravaged by yesterday's tornadoes, survivors combed through the wreckage today, sharing survival stories and clutching their faith. “It looks like the Lord took a Brillo pad and scrubbed the ground,” said Tennessee’s governor. The twisters, possibly spawned... More »

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tornado • Arkansas • Kentucky • FEMA • twister • Alabama • Tennessee • Mississippi

Tornadoes Kill 54 in South

Twisters rip through Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee

Feb 6, 08 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 54 people are dead and 100 injured in a series of tornadoes that tore across the South last night and early this morning, and rescue teams fear that the full extent of the storms' destruction remains to be seen. The twisters, which closed polls early in some states,... More »

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tornado • severe weather • Arkansas • Kentucky • storm • Alabama • Tennessee

Huckabee Storms Back In

Huckabee's strong Southern showing complicates GOP race

Feb 6, 08 2:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee was expected to win his home state of Arkansas on Super Tuesday, but his wins in West Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia on top of that have put the supposed "third wheel" back in the race for the GOP nomination, the Washington Post reports. "Sometimes one... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Republican • Super Tuesday • Arkansas • conservative • Georgia • Mike Huckabee • Alabama • Tennessee • West Virginia

Deep Freeze Settles in South

Hundreds of flights canceled as drivers navigate icy roads

Jan 19, 08 7:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Snow and rain fell on surprised Southerners today, slickening roads and forcing airlines to cancel hundreds of flights, the AP reports. Some Mississippians saw snow for the first time in 6 years as 5 inches fell in Alabama and experts warned drivers in Georgia to watch for icy roads. Freezing... More »

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weather • New Orleans • Georgia • Louisiana • Alabama • rain • Mississippi • snow • sleet

Death Penalty Details Withheld

As high court weighs lethal injection, actual methods are shrouded in secrecy

Jan 7, 08 8:56 AM CST
(Newser) - With a landmark case coming before the Supreme Court today on lethal injection, the Los Angeles Times examines the unusual secrecy that shrouds the execution method. Defense lawyers who argue that it inflicts unnecessary pain are routinely blocked from information about executioners and the drugs injected. States say such information... More »

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death penalty • California • Texas • Kentucky • lethal injection • execution • Alabama • death row • cruel and unusual punishment • US Supreme Court

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