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LEND A HAND: Panther Clawset helps needy students at Brookwood High
- By Wayne Grayson
Staff Writer
In little more than a month, a program huge in ambition has quietly taken off at Brookwood High School.
The Panther Clawset has turned what once was a storage closet for office supplies into a place for needy students and their families to pick up canned items, toys and clothes; all for free.
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January 31st, 2010
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Suggestions to send FEMA trailers to Haiti stir up immense backlash
- By Carly Everson
The Associated Press
The trailer industry and lawmakers are pressing the government to send Haiti thousands of potentially formaldehyde-laced trailers left over from Hurricane Katrina — an idea denounced by some as a crass and self-serving attempt to dump inferior American products on the poor.
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January 30th, 2010
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State troopers attempt raids on gambling operations
- Phillip Rawls, The Associated Press
Hundreds of state police who gathered in the dark early Friday to raid two multimillion-dollar bingo operations in Alabama pulled out after lawyers scrambled to block the seizure of thousands of electronic bingo machines.
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January 29th, 2010
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Noted art collector dies in Ga.
- The Associated Press
ATLANTA | Paul R. Jones, a collector of African-American art who donated troves of works to universities in Delaware and Alabama, has died. He was 81.
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January 29th, 2010
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Rogers’ attorneys expect exoneration
- By Adam Jones
Staff Writer
Attorneys for former Shelton State Community College president Rick Rogers said they will “vigorously defend” him against charges of theft and expect him to be exonerated.
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January 27th, 2010
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Baxley: PACT has no legal duties
- By Phillip Rawls
The Associated Press
MONTGOMERY | Lucy Baxley said she removed all guarantees from promotional literature and contracts for Alabama’s prepaid college tuition plan in 1995 when she was state treasurer because there was no legal obligation in state law.
Six years later, the Legislature changed the law to make that explicit.
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January 25th, 2010
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Architect resigns from preservation commission
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By Robert DeWitt
Senior Writer
TUSCALOOSA | Architect Jonathan McLelland has resigned from the Tuscaloosa Historic Preservation Commission, saying he cannot afford to quit working on historic district projects and does not want to violate ethics laws.
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January 24th, 2010
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Longtime politician defeats lawyer
- By Jay Reeves
The Associated Press
A longtime Alabama politician defeated an Ivy League lawyer Tuesday in a runoff election to replace Birmingham’s ousted mayor after a campaign marred by racial overtones even though both candidates were black.
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January 20th, 2010
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County schools accused of violating law
- By Jamon Smith
Staff Writer
The Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program has filed an administrative complaint with the state Department of Education alleging that the Tuscaloosa County School System has violated federal law by removing students with mental and behavioral disabilities from school and failing to provide them with necessary services in the classroom.
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January 20th, 2010
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United States, UN send more troops to help in Haiti
- Alfred de Montesquiou and Mike Melia, The Associated Press
U.S. troops landed on the lawn of Haiti's shattered presidential palace to the cheers of quake victims on Tuesday, and the U.N. said it would throw more police and soldiers into the sluggish global effort to aid the devastated country.
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January 19th, 2010
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UA approves land lease for apartments
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By Robert DeWitt
Senior Writer
TUSCALOOSA | Developers took a major step Wednesday toward building a large student housing development next to the University of Alabama law school.
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January 14th, 2010
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Sipsey principal named
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TUSCALOOSA | Frank Kelly was named principal of the new Sipsey Valley Middle School at a Tuscaloosa County Board of Education meeting Monday.
Kelly was the assistant principal at Holt Elementary school from 2007 to 2010, and before that was a sixth-grade teacher at Westlawn Middle School.
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January 13th, 2010
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Budget comments shock lawmakers
- By Dana Beyerle
Montgomery Bureau Chief
Legislative budget chairmen expressed surprise Tuesday after Gov. Bob Riley's State of the State speech.
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January 13th, 2010
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McCool hires chief assistant district attorney
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Citing an ever increasing case load in the three counties that comprise the 24th Judicial Circuit, District Attorney Chris McCool announced Andrew C. “Andy” Hamlin will take the newly created position of chief assistant district attorney.
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January 12th, 2010
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Ethics commish to decide if law applies to unpaid boards
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By Robert DeWitt
Senior Writer
TUSCALOOSA | Tuscaloosa’s Office of the City Attorney will seek an opinion from the ethics commission to determine if an Alabama law applies to members of unpaid municipal boards.
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January 8th, 2010
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Ethics commission to decide if law applies to unpaid boards
- By Robert DeWitt
Senior Writer
Tuscaloosa's Office of the City Attorney will seek an opinion from the ethics commission to determine if an Alabama law applies to members of unpaid municipal boards.
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January 8th, 2010
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City Council drops Bryce lawsuit
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TUSCALOOSA | The Tuscaloosa City Council voted Tuesday to drop its lawsuit against the state to halt the sale of Bryce Hospital.
'We believe that Bryce will be in Tuscaloosa for generations to come,' said Mayor Walt Maddox. 'This community has earned that opportunity.'
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January 6th, 2010
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Reports: No issues with lawmakers' spending
- By Phillip Rawls
The Associated Press
State examiners have found that two nonprofit organizations that went unaudited for three years after being created by state legislators have not spent most of the $800,000 they have received in Alabama tax revenue.
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January 5th, 2010
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