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JWR says it meets emergency mandates
- By Jason Morton
Staff Writer
As federal regulators put pressure on underground mine operators to comply with a 4-year-old law requiring safety upgrades, Jim Walter Resources said it is working to stay ahead of the curve.
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March 31st, 2010
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Obama signs law finalizing health care, loan redo
- By Philip Elliott
The Associated Press
Finalizing two major pieces of his agenda, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sealed his health-care overhaul and made the government the primary lender to students by cutting banks out of the process.
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March 31st, 2010
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Minn. lawyer has long pursued Vatican
- By Patrick Condon
The Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. | Jeff Anderson has filed thousands of lawsuits alleging sex abuse by priests and won tens of millions of dollars for his clients, but he has had a bigger goal in mind for nearly two decades. He wants to bring his career-long legal crusade against misconduct in the Roman Catholic Church right to the top.
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March 29th, 2010
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Lawyer: UM coach ‘a victim'
- By Tommy Deas
Executive Sports Editor
TUSCALOOSA | University of Michigan head football coach Rich Rodriguez and other investors in a Tuscaloosa condominium development who are defendants in a nearly $1 million lawsuit were victims of another investor in the project, an attorney for the plaintiffs said in a statement Thursday.
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March 26th, 2010
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Attorney: Rich Rodriguez and investors were also victims
- By Tommy Deas
Executive Sports Editor
University of Michigan head football coach Rich Rodriguez and other investors in the Legends of Tuscaloosa condominium development who are defendants in a nearly $1 million lawsuit were victims of another investor in the project, an attorney for the plaintiffs said in a statement today.
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March 25th, 2010
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Coach sued for contract breach
- By Chase Goodbread
Sports Writer
Embattled University of Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez has been served papers as a defendant in a nearly $1 million lawsuit for breach of contract filed in Tuscaloosa County...
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March 25th, 2010
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GOP senators in final drive to stall health bill
- ERICA WERNER,
Associated Press Writer
In a final drive to thwart President Barack Obama's health care remake, Republican senators will force Democrats to run a gantlet of politically dicey votes before they can finish a companion bill to the landmark law.
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March 24th, 2010
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Tuscaloosa lawsuit targets Michigan's Rich Rodriguez
- By Chase Goodbread
Sports Writer
Embattled University of Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez has been served papers as a defendant in a nearly $1 million lawsuit filed in Tuscaloosa Court last month for breach of contract, The Tuscaloosa News has learned.
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March 24th, 2010
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Riley says AG can't take over task force
- By Phillip Rawls
The Associated Press
Alabama's governor sent a terse message to the attorney general Tuesday: You can't take over the Governor's Task Force on Illegal Gambling or fire its commander.
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March 24th, 2010
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Small changes start soon; bigger ones come later
- By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
The Associated Press
The first changes under the new health-care law will be easy to see and not long in coming: There’ll be $250 rebate checks for seniors in the Medicare drug coverage gap, and young adults moving from college to work will be able to stay on their parents’ plans until they turn 26.
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March 23rd, 2010
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Full local impact of legislation remains to be seen
- By Patrick Rupinski
Staff Writer
President Obama is expected to sign into law today the national health insurance legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Sunday. But the verdict remains out on what the new law’s impact will be in West Alabama.
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March 23rd, 2010
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Tuscaloosa sees rash of firearm thefts
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By Stephanie Taylor
Staff Writer
TUSCALOOSA | Eighteen handguns, rifles and shotguns were reported stolen in Tuscaloosa in the last week, according to records available from local law enforcement agencies.
Many of those thefts could have been prevented, officials say, because the weapons were stolen from unlocked cars.
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March 20th, 2010
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Viacom, YouTube air dirty laundry in legal battle
- Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press
Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet.
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March 19th, 2010
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Well-known Tuscaloosa police dog dies
- By Stephanie Taylor
Staff Writer
During her law enforcement career, Jessi worked security for former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, patrolled Bryant-Denny Stadium at every University of Alabama football game and visited hundreds of school kids through the years.
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March 18th, 2010
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Sports artist’s appeal of ruling reinstated
- By Adam Jones
Staff Writer
Sports artist Daniel Moore’s appeal of part of a judge’s ruling was reinstated by the federal appellate court.
The order to reinstate the appeal was issued Monday, three days before the fifth anniversary of the lawsuit brought by the University of Alabama.
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March 18th, 2010
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UWA, housing company negotiate over $5.2M claim
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By Dana Beyerle
Montgomery Bureau Chief
MONTGOMERY | The University of West Alabama and a Birmingham development company are attempting to settle the company’s $5.2 million claim against the university over a canceled student housing deal, a state finance department attorney said Tuesday.
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March 17th, 2010
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Body found in golf pond is missing lawyer
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The Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM | A body pulled from a pond on a golf course has been identified as that of a missing Mountain Brook lawyer whose late father was the longtime head of Golden Flake Snack Foods Inc., authorities said.
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March 17th, 2010
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THA grants extension for developers
- By Robert DeWitt
Senior Writer
The Tuscaloosa Housing Authority board of commissioners voted Monday to give developers an extension on their deadline to close on the Delaware Jackson Apartments property, but the developers must put up $100,000 in earnest money.
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March 16th, 2010
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THA extends deadline on sale of Delaware Jackson
- By Robert DeWitt
Senior Writer
The Tuscaloosa Housing Authority board of commissioners voted Monday to give developers a time extension on their deadline to close on the Delaware Jackson Apartments property but the developers must put up $100,000 in earnest money.
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March 15th, 2010
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Transparency advocates target loopholes
- By Desiree Hunter
The Associated Press
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.
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March 15th, 2010
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Officials seek ways to curb school violence
- By Jamon Smith
Staff Writer
Three recent incidents in Tuscaloosa area schools have school administrators and law enforcement officials trying to devise ways to prevent potential violence.
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March 14th, 2010
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Court rules lawyers' affair not enough for new trial
- By Jason Morton
Staff writer
An admitted killer will not get a new trial, despite the admission of an improper relationship between his defense attorney and a state prosecutor.
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March 11th, 2010
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King delays task force decision
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The Associated Press
MONTGOMERY | Alabama’s attorney general emerged from a closed-door meeting Wednesday with the governor saying he will need a few more days to decide whether he will try to take over the governor’s anti-gambling task force and end raids on electronic bingo casinos.
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March 11th, 2010
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Supreme Court Justice John Roberts speaks at UA law school
- By Tommy Stevenson
Associate Editor
United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was harshly critical of the U.S. Senate's confirmation process for federal judges today, calling it “broken down.”
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March 10th, 2010
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Judge: AG holds legal authority on bingo
- By Kendal Weaver
The Associated Press
Alabama’s attorney general has legal authority over the governor’s antigambling task force and must take a position in court on its efforts to shut down electronic bingo casinos, a judge ruled Monday.
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March 9th, 2010
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Judge: Attorney general, not task force, holds legal cards
- The Associated Press
A judge has ruled that Alabama's attorney general has legal authority over the governor's antigambling task force in its efforts to shut down electronic bingo casinos.
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March 9th, 2010
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Toyota mum on wreck data
- By Curt Anderson
and Danny Robbin
SOUTHLAKE, Texas | Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline “black boxes” that could explain crashes blamed on sudden unintended acceleration, according to an Associated Press review of lawsuits nationwide and interviews with auto crash experts.
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March 5th, 2010
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Students rally for higher education funding
- By Dana Beyerle
Montgomery Bureau Chief
A crowd of enthusiastic students and university officials rallied Thursday on the Alabama State House steps and Capitol lawn to push for an increase in college funding.
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March 5th, 2010
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Police Blotter: March 2
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Arrests
Sunday
Michael D. Thomas, 37, 15600 block of Romulus Road, Buhl, was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under the influence. Bail was set at $10,500.
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March 2nd, 2010
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