Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:39:25 GMT
Shelby County ends season with loss to Demopolis (The Shelby County Reporter)
COLUMBIANA — The curtain fell on another remarkable season for the Shelby County High School Wildcats with a 26-20 double-overtime loss Friday night to the visiting Dempolis Tigers in the first round of the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 5A playoffs.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:33:51 GMT
Running against the odds (The Tuscaloosa News)
By Becky Hopf Special to The Tuscaloosa News Johnny Montgomery's name may not be the most storied on the 2010 Alabama Sports Hall of Fame ballot, but his story may perhaps be the most compelling.
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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:02:59 GMT
Alabama Pension Fund Plows Millions Into Property in Its Own Backyard (New York Times)
The Retirement Systems of Alabama has spent $650 million so far on construction projects in Mobile, investments designed to create cultural changes in the state.
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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:20:29 GMT
Back Judge: How the mighty have stumbled (The Washington Times)
Perhaps Texas deserves a turn at the top. Another week, another set of stumbling performances by college football's supposed elite. Repeating what now has to be considered this season's primary theme, neither then-No. 1 Alabama nor then-No. 2 Florida played like a team worthy of the game's top slot Saturday. The Crimson Tide (8-0) were beaten everywhere but on the scoreboard by Tennessee (3-4 ...
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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:36:17 GMT
Hope seen in latest home sales figures (The Tuscaloosa News)
By Patrick Rupinski Staff Writer September home sales in the Tuscaloosa area and statewide remained off from their pre-recession levels but showed some upward trends, according to figures released Friday by the Alabama Center for Real Estate at the University of Alabama.
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Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:54:15 GMT
BB&T Profit Down (The Lakeland Ledger)
BB&T profits fell 57 percent in the third quarter as the North Carolina bank set aside more money to cover bad real estate loans, including those from recently acquired Colonial Bank. The Aug. 14 acquisition of Alabama-based Colonial turned BB&T into Florida's fifth-largest bank. The bank posted $157 million in quarterly net income, or 23...
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Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:50:12 GMT
USC's Giles suspended for Alabama game, Batchelor leaves team (WIS News 10 Columbia)
USC freshman tailback Jarvis Giles and offensive lineman Heath Batchelor will not be making the trip to Tuscaloosa this weekend to face second ranked Alabama according to officials at the school.
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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:55:54 GMT
Burr & Forman Makes Annual Contribution to Diversity Scholarship and Creates Third Scholarship at the University of ... (dBusinessNews.com)
BIRMINGHAM, October 14, 2009 – Burr & Forman today announces that it recently donated one year of full tuition to The University of Alabama (UA) School of Law as part of its ongoing commitment to fund the “Burr & Forman LLP Annual Diversity Scholarship.”
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Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:11:27 GMT
Alabama economists not yet sure recession over (Montgomery Advertiser)
Some Alabama economists aren't as optimistic as the economists who told a national survey they believe the recession is already over.
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Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:20:12 GMT
Spurrier looks for some "upsetting" (WIS News 10 Columbia)
Steve Spurrier knows No. 22 South Carolina hasn't played any team nearly as good as No. 2 Alabama this season.
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Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:20:19 GMT
Alabama faces big test against Ole Miss (Dothan Eagle)
The Crimson Tide faces an opponent just as physical, just as fast and just as dangerous when Alabama takes on No. 20 Ole Miss in a nationally televised game.
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Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:31:02 GMT
USDA expects cotton production at 13 million bales (San Francisco Chronicle)
Here are the nation's cotton-producing states, production forecast for 2009 based on Oct. 1 conditions and 2008 production totals: COTTON 2009 2008 Alabama 420,000 bales 469,000 bales Arizona 422,700 bales 405,800 bales Arkansas 1.1 million bales 1.3 million... Sponsored Topics: Cotton - United States Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - Business - United States
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Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:48:53 GMT
The D.C. government has given Ronald Moten's Peaceoholics $10 million to quash street beefs. What has it gotten? (Washington City Paper)
Police cars and yellow caution tape line the intersection of Alabama Avenue and Congress Street SE on a Monday night in August. A young man named Stephon Hooks has been shot in the leg and is on his way to Washington Hospital Center.
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Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:08:00 GMT
Fishing lake project near Stockton could destroy 121 acres of wetlands (Mobile Press-Register)
The new proposal would submerge more than two miles of streams, according to the permit application. The 121 acres of wetlands affected are associated with Flat Creek, Aiken Creek and Rains Creek. Those streams all flow into the Tensaw River, considered "an Outstanding Alabama Water" by state officials. Biologists have documented unique fish species in such streams -- including various darters ...
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Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:36:12 GMT
In France, an Artist’s Retreat (New York Times)
Fred Nall Hollis, an Alabama native, built a red-and-yellow studio-cum-home of concrete and wood in Vence, France, something he calls his “biggest artwork to date.”
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