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Federal court rules Wal-Mart will face mass class action lawsuit
- By Paul Elias
The Associated Press
A sharply divided federal appeals court on Monday exposed Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to billions of dollars in legal damages when it ruled a massive class action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination over pay for female workers can go to trial.
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April 28th, 2010
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Furor grows over Ariz. illegal immigration law
- By Jonathan J. Cooper
The Associated Press
The furor over Arizona’s new law cracking down on illegal immigrants grew Monday as opponents used refried beans to smear swastikas on the state Capitol, civil rights leaders demanded a boycott of the state, and the Obama administration weighed a possible legal challenge.
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April 28th, 2010
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County looks at limited home rule laws for populous areas
- By Jason Morton
Staff Writer
A Fosters resident's request led the county commissioner to once again address their stance on adopting regulations for limited home rule.
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April 28th, 2010
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Council drops plan for daytime curfew law
- By Robert DeWitt
Senior Writer
The Tuscaloosa City Council on Tuesday eliminated the daytime hours from its new curfew law.
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April 28th, 2010
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AG candidates asked to take pledge against gambling funds
- By Dana Beyerle
Montgomery Bureau Chief
Democratic attorney general candidate Giles Perkins has signed a pledge not to take campaign funds from gambling interests and challenged his competition to do the same.
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April 21st, 2010
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Strange tops other attorney general candidates in funds
- By Bob Johnson
The Associated Press
Birmingham attorney Luther Strange has raised more money in the past three months than any candidate — Republican or Democrat — in the race for Alabama's attorney general, campaign finance reports show.
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April 20th, 2010
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No ruling so far in Legislature pay case
- By Dana Beyerle
Montgomery Bureau Chief
The judge in the two-year college system double- dipping lawsuit got the case more than two months ago but has yet to rule on whether employees who serve in the Legislature will be charged leave time to attend House and Senate sessions.
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April 20th, 2010
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Tuscaloosa City Schools asks for $6M
- By Jamon Smith
Staff Writer
The Tuscaloosa City School System's application for a federal School Improvement Grant details strategies for correcting severe problems at the system's three lowest-achieving schools — Central High, Eastwood Middle and Westlawn Middle.
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April 20th, 2010
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Graft inquiry heats up state bingo issue
- By Campbell Robertson
N.Y. Times News Service
of April, Zeb Little was sitting down to a barbecue luncheon when he was summoned to a meeting at the state Department of Public Safety. For about 10 minutes, Little, the majority leader in the Democratic-controlled State Senate, waited at the office with several other senior Republican and Democratic lawmakers.
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April 18th, 2010
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Legislative session nears its end
- By Dana Beyerle
Montgomery Bureau Ch
One down. One to go.One controversial bill long sought by the city of Tuscaloosa has become law, and another awaits only the governor’s signature.
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April 17th, 2010
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Problems detailed at three schools
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By Jamon Smith
Staff Writer
TUSCALOOSA | The Tuscaloosa City School System submitted its School Improvement Grant application Wednesday, detailing the
major problems facing its three lowest-
achieving schools.
The system requested $6 million to spend in the grant’s first year on Central High School and Eastwood and Westlawn middle schools.
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April 16th, 2010
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Benjamin Hooks, who boosted NAACP, dead at 85
- Lucas L. Johnson II, The Associated Press
Civil rights leader Benjamin L. Hooks, who shrugged off courtroom slurs as a young lawyer before earning a pioneering judgeship and reviving a flagging NAACP, died Thursday in Memphis. He was 85.
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April 16th, 2010
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Chilton official seeks damages in game arrest
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LINDEN | Chilton County Commission Chairman Tim Mims has filed a civil lawsuit seeking damages from Marengo County, the city of Linden and several law enforcement officers.
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April 15th, 2010
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DCH had 7.5% revenue increase in '09
- By Lydia Seabol Avant
Staff Writer
The DCH Health System completed the 2009 fiscal year with a 7.5 percent increase in revenue, according to the system's annual external audit.
The audit, which is required by state law, was approved by the DCH board of directors Tuesday night.
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April 14th, 2010
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Claims dismissed in fatal Tuscaloosa police shooting
- By Robert DeWitt
Senior Writer
A federal court ruled in the city’s favor in a lawsuit filed over a 2005 police shooting that left a suspect dead and a police officer severely injured, said Senior Associate City Attorney Tim Nunnally.
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April 14th, 2010
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Reaction mixed to intervention plan
- By Jamon Smith
Staff Writer
Last week, the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education voted 6-2 to use the School Improvement Grant's Transformation model at its three persistently lowest-achieving schools — Central High, Eastwood Middle and Westlawn Middle schools — if the system earns the grant on May 3.
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April 14th, 2010
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Delaware Jackson property sale is off
- By Robert DeWitt
Senior Writer
The sale of the Delaware Jackson Apartments property has fallen through, Tuscaloosa Housing Authority Executive Director Ralph Ruggs said Monday.
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April 13th, 2010
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Sale of Delaware Jackson to 323 LLC falls through
- By Robert DeWitt
Senior Writer
An offer to buy Delaware Jackson Apartments from the Tuscaloosa Housing Authority for $13.6 million has fallen through, THA Executive Director Ralph Ruggs said Monday.
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April 13th, 2010
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Prayer at commission meetings challenged
- By Jason Morton
Staff Writer
TUSCALOOSA | Across Alabama, “ ... in Jesus’ name,” is about as common as pine trees and pigskins.
But that phrase has brought the threat of a lawsuit against the Tuscaloosa County Commission, which for years has hosted a public, Protestant prayer before convening each meeting.
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April 11th, 2010
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City BOE picks least drastic plan for change
- By Jamon Smith
Staff Writer
The Tuscaloosa City School System voted on a School Improvement Grant intervention model to change the school’s three persistently lowest achieving schools — Central High, Eastwood Middle and Westlawn Middle schools
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April 10th, 2010
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Tuscaloosa City Schools vote on intervention model
- Jamon Smith
Staff writer
The Tuscaloosa City School System voted on a School Improvement Grant intervention model to change the school’s three persistently low performing schools — Central High, Eastwood Middle and Westlawn Middle schools — at a called board meeting Friday at 7 a.m.
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April 10th, 2010
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Government isn’t the answer, lawmaker says
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By Tommy Stevenson
Associate Editor
TUSCALOOSA | U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus was skeptical Tuesday that the new health-care reform law passed by Congress will work.
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April 7th, 2010
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Bachus wary of health law’s impact
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By Tommy Stevenson
Associate Editor
TUSCALOOSA | U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus was skeptical Tuesday that the new health-care reform law passed by Congress will work.
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April 7th, 2010
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King strikes back at attorney general candidate foes
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By Tommy Stevenson
Associate Editor
Attorney General Troy King fired back Tuesday at opponents who attacked him during a candidate forum last week on the University of Alabama campus.
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April 7th, 2010
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Greene asks Riley to retain new sheriff
- By Jason Morton
Staff Writer
The Greene County Commission has asked Gov. Bob Riley to retain the county coroner as acting sheriff until the next elected sheriff takes office next year.
In accordance with state law, Greene County Coroner Ronald K. Smith was sworn in as sheriff just hours after the death of Sheriff Ison Thomas on Saturday.
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April 7th, 2010
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City BOE likely to vote on plan Friday
- By Jamon Smith
Staff Writer
The Tuscaloosa City Board of Education is expected to decide in a called meeting Friday which of four School Improvement Grant intervention models the city school system will implement at Central High, Eastwood Middle and Westlawn Middle schools.
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April 6th, 2010
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Lobbyist’s attorneys: Probe a move to kill bill
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By Phillip Rawls
The Associated Press
Attorneys representing a Country Crossing casino lobbyist said Friday they are concerned that an investigation of possible corruption linked to a bingo bill in the Alabama Legislature is politically motivated to kill the measure.
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April 3rd, 2010
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FBI probes bingo bill vote
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By Dana Beyerle
Montgomery Bureau Chief
MONTGOMERY | Alabama lawmakers said Thursday that federal investigators and prosecutors from the Department of Justice told them they were investigating possible corruption linked to the Senate’s passage of an electronic bingo bill.
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April 2nd, 2010
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February likely for vote on Sunday alcohol sales
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By Dana Beyerle
Montgomery Bureau Chief
MONTGOMERY | Tuscaloosans who have not decided whether to approve Sunday alcohol sales in the city will have nearly a year to make up their minds.
Gov. Bob Riley signed the Tuscaloosa Sunday alcohol sales referendum bill into law Thursday, and the City Council is likely to shoot for a February vote.
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April 2nd, 2010
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Officials find evidence of corruption involving bingo
- By Dana Beyerle
Montgomery Bureau Chief
Alabama lawmakers today said they met with FBI officials about alleged corruption in the State House involving electronic bingo.
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April 2nd, 2010
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Riley signs bill allowing Sunday alcohol referendum
- By Dana Beyerle
Montgomery Bureau Chief
Gov. Bob Riley signed the Tuscaloosa Sunday alcohol referendum bill into law today. The bill authorizes the Tuscaloosa City Council to schedule a referendum on whether to permit the sale of alcohol on Sundays.
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April 2nd, 2010
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