alabama news History, Progress Clash At Mysterious Alabama Mound Alabama archeologists were incensed when a study first concluded the rocks atop this Oxford mound "definitively cultural" in origin and then reversed that conclusion, allowing development to proceed.   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Uwa Owes $5.2 Million MONTGOMERY — A Birmingham development company says the University of West Alabama owes it nearly $5.2 million in expenses for a proposed student dormitory and apartment project that UWA canceled...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Immigration Attorney To Meet With Council A top immigration attorney will discuss illegal immigration with the Albertville City Council in the main laboratory of the aviation college at 11:30 a.m. March 22.   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Snead State Experiences Significant Enrollment Growth Snead State Community College reports 11.5 percent more students enrolled for the spring term this year than last year, according to a news release.   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Moments On Jet Were Dreams Come True Friday was that day for Randy.The 41-year-old man from Attalla flew above the Northeast Alabama Regional Airport in an Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros aircraft while about 25 of his friends and family wa...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 State To Apply Again For Race To The Top Funding MONTGOMERY — Alabama wasn't a finalist in the first round for federal school improvement grants, but the state plans to apply for future Race to the Top funding.   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Guild Donates Baby Quilts To Dhr Yearly Opinions might differ about the unique piece, but most agree the art of quilting is gaining in popularity.The ugly quilt is a form of a friendship quilt. Each member of a quilters group contributes hi...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Quilting Regains Popularity As Art Form Locally, Across State “I learned needle skills from my grandmother and my mother,” the 72-year-old said at a recent meeting of the Gadsden Quilters Guild.Batson made his first quilt top when he was 9 years old,...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 D.c. Employees Warm To Brac HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- Convincing federal employees to leave their homes in the Washington, D.C., area for the unknown in Huntsville hasn't been easy, but it was a little simpler in the most recent ...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Wwe, Tna's Ratings Drop In Head-to-head Competiton "RAW" had another solid show promoting WrestleMania, beginning the program with a stellar Undertaker-Shawn Michaels promo, and ending the show with WWE owner Vince McMahon taking on John Cena.   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Inaugural Run, Walk Help Fund Students' Trip Sports science students at Huntingdon College were looking for a way to raise money to attend a seminar in Gulf Shores next month, so they came up with a road race.   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 New Books At Area Libraries Wetumpka Public Library New books "The Teaberry Strangler" by Laura Childs "Gator A Go-go" by Tim Dorsey "Too Many Murders" by Colleen McCullough "No Mercy" by Lori Armstrong "The Expediter" by ...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Women Face Difficult Decisions Regarding Freedom, Fear And Safety This is a reality. This isn't a scare tactic. This is something King's cross-country teammates will think about, when before, they might not have given their safety much of a thought.   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Money Not Answer To Education Woes Using the criterion of students graduating within the standard four year window, our state has a graduation rate barely above 60 percent. The AEA contends we need more money to sustain our current edu...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Don't Make Bad Times Worse For the current fiscal year, the budget called for $5.69 billion in spending, but actual state funding for the year was cut by 7.5 percent to $5.32 billion. Add in $298 million in federal stimulus fun...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 No. 7 Alabama Splits With No. 4 Georgia In Softball CLINTON, Miss. -- Huntingdon dropped a pair of games in Saturday, falling to Millsaps 8-2 and to Mississippi College 22-7. The sweep drops the Hawks to 4-12 on the season. Barton Hunter went 3-for-3 i...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Troy To Learn Nit Opponent Today ESPNU will air the NIT Selection Show beginning at 8 p.m. During that broadcast, the Trojans will learn whom they will face on either Tuesday or Wednesday.   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Webb Grabs Reins Of Group That Deals With Personnel Issues James Webb, D-Va., a take- charge senator who in just his second year conceived and negotiated passage of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, made clear Wednesday he will continue to influence issues that impact o...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Past Injury Gives Posthlewait Proper Perspective On Career Bump Posthlewait is the epitome of rodeo cowboys performing at the 53rd annual Southeastern Livestock Exposition Rodeo at Garrett Coliseum over the past three days. Only a cowboy could understand the ...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 'jammers' Welcome Music Lovers, Musicians To Old Alabama Town "I never wanted to play until a couple of years ago," he said. "My generation let this (music) get away from us. We grew up in the '50s and (bluegrass) wasn't cool."   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Purple Heart Comes Late For World War Ii Veteran Everett Cole, then national service officer with the Military Order of the Purple Heart in Montgomery, got the ball rolling by relaying information on Slone and asking that a medal be sent to Selma as...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Southern's Defense Smothers Lady Hornets To Win Swac The seventh-seeded Lady Hornets (13-17), who upset the No. 2 and 3 seeds to get to just their third SWAC title game, lost their offensive rhythm near the end of the first half as the Jaguars' defense ...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Alabama May Have To Cut General Fund Budget By 12 Percent Legislative leaders expect Gov. Bob Riley soon will order across-the-board cuts of about 12 percent in the state operating budget, which would be the largest in more than a quarter-century and could m...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Reports Show Why Ban Of Pac-to-pac Transfers Needed, Byrne Says Before Friday, campaign finance reports showed that Republican gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne received money from four political action committees on the same day that those PACs received money...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Nettles Hits The Clubs After Area Shootings Amid the chaos of cigarette smoke, drinks, music and dancing at Club Fusion, the Rev. Ed Nettles stands out. Not just because he is a foot taller than most people there, but because in an area in whic...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 A Man For All Schools DOTHAN, Ala. - Busing, desegregation, proration and consolidation — Morris Slingluff has been through it all with Dothan City Schools. At times, he was the concerned parent of three children at...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Alabama Foreclosures Rise In February , a national tracker of foreclosures, said 2,291 properties were reported to be in some form of foreclosure in the state in February, or one foreclosure for every 942 households. That’s a more ...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14

alabama news Birmingham Area Home Sales Up 14% In February The Birmingham Association of Realtors said 645 homes sold last month, a 14 percent increase over January, but an 11 percent decrease over the same month last year, according to data from the Birmingh...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Birmingham Office Leasing To Rise In 2010 Increased leasing activity in Birmingham’s office market will continue through 2010, putting pressure on rates, according to an office market overview. The 2010 Graham Report Office Market Surv...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Birmingham Area Home Sales Up 14% In February The Birmingham Association of Realtors said 645 homes sold last month, a 14 percent increase over January, but an 11 percent decrease over the same month last year, according to data from the Birmingh...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Georgia Tries Goodwill To End Water Crisis It's also a useful political favor when it comes to the three-state water war that has pitted Georgia, Florida and Alabama against one another for rights to water flowing from Lake Lanier.   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Board Hears $5.2m Claim Over West Ala. Dorm MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The state is considering a claim that the University of West Alabama should pay more than $5 million for a canceled dormitory project.   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Funding Sought For Center At Ala. Meteor Crater WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) -- Officials are seeking money to build a visitor center at the site of a crater created when a meteor hit central Alabama more than 80 million years ago.   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 A Man For All Schools Busing, desegregation, proration and consolidation — Morris Slingluff has been through it all with Dothan City Schools. At times, he was the concerned parent of three children attending DCS, an...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Ala. Transparency Advocates Target Serial Meetings MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- When Alabama's new open meetings law was passed in 2005, Montgomery attorney Dennis Bailey predicted officials would begin getting around it by holding serial meetings.   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Missing Information Allows Some Gun Sales In Ala. MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- Demario Terrell Davis' 2004 arrest on a misdemeanor marijuana charge popped up on a federally required background check when he sought to buy a military-style rifle the following ...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 Au Researchers Studying Effects Of Asian Grass AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Researchers at Auburn University will use an almost $500,000 federal grant to determine how Asian cogongrass is affecting Alabama's pine forests.   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-14 AUM Business Breakfast set for March 23 The Auburn Montgomery Business Breakfast will be March 23 at the Marriott in Prattville.   montgomeryadvertiser.com   2010-03-13 Fed candidate would favor a low-rate policy WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's likely choice of Janet Yellen to become vice chairman of the Federal Reserve would favor a policy that stresses low interest rates to ease unemployment over higher rates to curb inflation.   montgomeryadvertiser.com   2010-03-13 Borrowers wait for home loan help WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of thousands of homeowners are in limbo waiting to find out if they will be accepted for the Obama administration's foreclosure prevention program.   montgomeryadvertiser.com   2010-03-13 Rebates for energy-efficient appliances to begin in April About three dozen states will soon offer you a rebate of as much as $250 if you trade in your clunky old clothes washer, refrigerator or water heater for a more efficient model. Besides the money back, you'll welcome the savings on your electric bill.   montgomeryadvertiser.com   2010-03-13 Retail Sales Up In February Despite Snowy Conditions reported sales, excluding autos, gas and restaurants, rose 1 percent in February over January and by 1.7 percent year-over-year. And the U.S. Commerce Department said retail sales that did include au...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-13 Synovus Cuts Chairman’s Comp 60% Chairman and CEO Richard E. Anthony had his total compensation clipped by about 60 percent in 2009, the same year the Columbus, Ga.-based financial services company went more than $1 billion in the re...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-13 Wall, Kentucky Withstand Tough Test From Alabama Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - John Wall had 23 points, seven rebounds and six assists in his first taste of tournament basketball, as second-ranked Kentucky moved into the semifinals of the SEC Tou...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-13 Standard & Poor's Downgrades Regions "); jQuery('#sendemailclick').attr('value','Processing...'); jQuery('#sendemailclick').attr('disabled','disabled'); jQuery('#sendemailclick').attr('readonly','readonly'); return true; } // post-...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-13 Iberiabank Announces Bham Board Leader executive, Mayer will work closely with local executive leadership to execute IberiaBank’s strategic growth initiatives, said a news release. “I am very excited to join IberiaBank, a bank...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-13 Birmingham Area Home Sales Up 14% In February The Birmingham Association of Realtors said 645 homes sold last month, a 14 percent increase over January, but an 11 percent decrease over the same month last year, according to data from the Birmingh...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-13 Ala. Power Workers Find Old Skeletal Remains Police say the workers made the discovery Thursday morning in a wooded area. The statement says the remains appeared to have been in the woods for a considerable length of time.   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-13 2 Charged With Setting Fire To House Twice Mobile Fire-Rescue spokesman Steve Huffman says authorities believe the couple set the original fire at about 2:03 a.m. on Feb. 25 and set a second fire in the structure at about 7:21 that same mornin...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-13 Wall, Kentucky Withstand Tough Test From Alabama Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - John Wall had 23 points, seven rebounds and six assists in his first taste of tournament basketball, as second-ranked Kentucky moved into the semifinals of the SEC Tou...   feeds.bignewsnetwork.com   2010-03-13