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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Tuscaloosa Times.com http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/cat/dc5bac5ce154af20/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 22:14:46 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:14:46 -0400 30 Jack’s restaurants will join motorcycle riders from across the region on June 1 for Jennifer’s Ride: Passport for a Cure Benefiting the Muscular Dystrophy ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214677321/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:33:10 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214677321/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The low bid of $79,915 per vehicle was accepted at the board’s regular meeting.The garbage and refuse container service was renewed with Advanced Disposal (formerly Viola Environmental Service) at the same price as last year.K&K won the bid for voluntary school accident insurance for students.The 240- and 245-day employee holiday calendar was approved, with an extra day off on July 5.A ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676687/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:33:09 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676687/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The board of the Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Corporation has authorized $1.2 million in bond money for a landmark voting rights center in the capitol ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214677322/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:19:22 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214677322/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would bring about the biggest changes in U.S. immigration policy in a generation, setting up a spirited debate in the full Senate next ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676548/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:14:18 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676548/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sen. President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, left, talks with Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Daphne, on the final day of the regular legislative session at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., Monday, May 20, 2013. Shortly after the Legislature's 2013 session ended, the public address system in the Senate began playing Otis Redding singing the bluesy lyrics of "They call me Mr. ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676149/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:24:47 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676149/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Gadsden State Community College as part of the assessment of the issues involved in the recent employee confidence vote on school President Raymond ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676148/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:24:47 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676148/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Rodney Heltcel, left, salvages the wreckage of his home for photos and irreplaceable items, such as the print of his grandchildren he placed at right, a day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676048/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:24:46 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676048/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The best way to help tornado recovery efforts in Oklahoma is to donate money rather than sending material or offering volunteer labor, according to disaster relief agencies on the ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676047/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:24:46 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214676047/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; The Pentagon wants more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674833/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:59 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674833/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; The federal government has given the job of compiling statistics used by the State Department to analyze trends in global terrorism to an academic group, a move that may complicate accurate unclassified assessments of patterns of terrorist activity for years to ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674329/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:49 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674329/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; The Army says the commanding general of Fort Jackson, S.C., has been suspended in connection with charges of adultery and involvement in a physical ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674331/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:46 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674331/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut - or roughly a half of 1 percent - to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674067/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:46 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674067/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Dr. Ernest Moniz speaks after being sworn in as Energy Secretary, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during a ceremony at the Energy Department in Washington. Moniz, 68, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, replaces Steven Chu, who served as energy secretary in President Barack Obama's first term. Moniz served as an energy undersecretary in the Clinton administration. (AP ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674333/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:44 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674333/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Chuck Cox, left, describes the search for his missing daughter as he stands with attorney Anne Bremner during a news conference Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Seattle. Bremner said Tuesday there's an ongoing federal investigation into Susan Powell's disappearance. She made the announcement at the Seattle news conference a day after local officials in Utah said they had closed their ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674365/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:40 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674365/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BIRMINGHAM-Federal agents and Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office today arrested eight men and are searching for a ninth who are charged in a drug trafficking conspiracy that brought about $5 million worth of heroin and cocaine into the Birmingham area in less than a year, according to an indictment unsealed following the arrests. U.S. Attorney ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674836/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:13:02 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674836/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A mysterious respiratory illness has left five people hospitalized and two dead in southeast Alabama, state health officials said ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674837/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:59:16 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214674837/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street as investors bank on continued support from the Federal Reserve.The Dow Jones industrial average rose 52 points to close at 15,387 Tuesday, an increase of 0.3 percent.The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose three points to 1,669, or 0.2 percent. The Nasdaq composite rise five to 3,502, or 0.2 percent.Stock indexes wobbled between gains and losses in ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671988/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:27 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671988/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 GULFPORT, Miss. -; Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671456/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:35 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671456/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah -; In a story May 20 about the Susan Powell investigation, The Associated Press reported erroneously the day that Josh Powell committed suicide. It happened on Feb. 5, ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671457/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:34 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671457/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Polly Beckham, of Ambler, Pa., holds a sign during a tea party rally protesting extra IRS scrutiny of their groups, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Philadelphia. Tea party groups and other groups are urging activists across the country to demonstrate at their local Internal Revenue Service offices. (AP Photo/Matt ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671460/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:30 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671460/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 In this photo taken on Monday, May 20, 2013, Ali Karim weeps over his daughter's coffin before her burial in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed and wounded dozens of people, police said. (AP Photo/ Alaa ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671352/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:28 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671352/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembles to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions. The panel is aiming to pass the legislation out of committee this week, ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671462/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:25 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671462/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK -; Reassuring comments from a Federal Reserve official and better earnings from two big retailers helped push the stock market higher ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214672247/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:22 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214672247/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; The White House says President Barack Obama opposes a House bill that would speed approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671222/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:21 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671222/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 A Senate panel has voted to provide weapons to rebels battling the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The vote by the Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday marked the first time that lawmakers have backed the aggressive military step of arming vetted opposition forces. The vote was 15-3. The United Nations estimates that more than 70,000 people have been killed after more than two years ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671470/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:01 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671470/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214672022/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:55:14 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214672022/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel). Lea Bessinger and her son Josh Bessinger look through the rubble of the elder Bessinger's tornado-ravaged home Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214672023/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:55:12 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214672023/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top Senate Republican says he plans to let key sanctions legislation against Myanmar (mee-an-MAWR') lapse because of the country's progress toward ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671373/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:25:58 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214671373/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 An aerial view shows the Monday tornado's path through a residential area Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school. (AP Photo/Tony ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214669720/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:33 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214669720/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 COMBO - This combination of eight pictures shows eight candidates approved Tuesday, May 21, 2013 for Iran's June 14 presidential election to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot run again because of term limits, clockwise from left: Mohammad Gharazi, Mohsen Rezaei, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, Saeed Jalili, Ali Akbar Velayati, and Hasan Rowhani, taken between May 9 and ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214669613/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:31 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214669613/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 In this image released by the Pima County Sheriff's department, a Glock 9 mm pistol is seen in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others in January 2011. Authorities released more than 300 photos on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, made by investigators during their investigation in the parking lot of the shopping ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214669723/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:28 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214669723/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -; Three former Ford Motor Co. executives have been charged with crimes against humanity in Argentina for allegedly targeting union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214669279/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:25 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214669279/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create the massive killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the awesome amount of energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214669513/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:46:37 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214669513/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The Army private who gave more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to WikiLeaks is back in court for the last scheduled hearing before his military trial next ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214670296/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:43:07 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214670296/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Alabama seafood coast documentary ‘In the Path of the Storms’ nominated for Emmy (video) Al.com - May 21 At an awards ceremony in Atlanta on Saturday June 8, a locally-made documentary starring Bayou La Batre will be in the running for the Emmy for Outstanding ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214670297/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:42:09 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214670297/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama's chief justice expects to lay off 150 employees after the state's new fiscal year starts Oct. 1 unless the court system gets more money than the Legislature ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214670298/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:33:32 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214670298/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The Alabama Legislature agreed on its last day to sell bonds to borrow $130 million to repair tornado-damaged schools, improve school technology equipment and build National Guard ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214670300/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:17:10 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214670300/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 These are the 19 largest layoffs in Alabama in 2012. The 19 largest layoff announcements in the state of Alabama accounted for a combined 4,575 jobs, according to data from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. Click through the slideshow at the right to see the largest layoff announcements in Alabama from 2012. The BBJ analyzed data from ADECA of Worker Adjustment and ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214670299/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:03:46 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214670299/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defense, creating a potential obstacle to arms control ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668111/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:23 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668111/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Dr. Urmen Desai, left, talks to reporters as Dr. Wrood M. Kassira, both plastic surgeons, looks on during a news conference in Miami, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The doctors gave an update on the progress of Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami. The attack left Poppo blind, but the doctors say he's been working with an occupational ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214667975/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:22 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214667975/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 file photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stock indexes are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday, May 21, 2013, as investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's next moves. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668696/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:44:46 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668696/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 This citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian man checking his destroyed house that was damaged by a Syrian forces air strike in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Several members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group died of wounds ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668128/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:56 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668128/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 An Israeli soldier works on top of a tank in a position in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, on the border with Syria, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Israel's military chief has issued a stern warning to Syrian leader Bashar Assad after an Israeli military jeep came under fire from Syrian forces early Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that Israel will not allow the Golan Heights ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668027/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:55 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668027/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 White House spokesman Jay Carney says he can't comment on any specific government investigation into leaks of classified information. But he says Obama believes the questions currently being asked about how to strike the balance between protecting national security and journalists' freedom are entirely ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668192/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:55 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668192/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Microsoft Corp.'s Don Mattrick unveils the next-generation Xbox entertainment and gaming console system, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at an event in Redmond, Wash.I t's been eight years since the launch of the Xbox 360. The original Xbox debuted in 2001, and its high-definition successor premiered in 2005. (AP Photo/Ted S. ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214667569/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:53 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214667569/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Jodi Arias spent 18 days on the stand sharing intimate, emotional and oftentimes X-rated details of her life before a rapt television and online audience. She had hoped it all might convince a jury that she killed her one-time boyfriend in ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668194/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:39:35 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668194/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 CANNES, France -- A phrase you will hear often at Cannes is: "Let me run the numbers."The commercial underbelly of the Cannes Film Festival is a nonstop frenzy of deal-making in luxury hotels along the Croisette promenade and aboard yachts moored offshore. Films are pitched with various ingredients - a director, a script, a few stars - as agents and talent pursue international ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214667852/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:39:28 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214667852/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 RICHMOND, Ky. - Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. has named Ann Laurence publisher of the Richmond Register.The newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/10ivbEN) Laurence began her new responsibilities Monday.Since 2005, she has been publisher of The News Courier in Athens, Ala., where she oversaw daily newspaper operations that included digital, print and niche publications. She joined CNHI in ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214667962/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:37:40 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214667962/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 A former Southside resident was found guilty of felony sexual abuse charges after a retrial, according to a news release from Etowah County District Attorney Jimmie ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668739/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:42 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668739/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials say they have identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year. The officials say they have enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists - but not enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668059/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:28 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214668059/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase will let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs.At the bank's annual meeting, 32 percent of shareholders voted for a measure that would have required the bank to split the roles. Had the measure succeeded, Dimon would have had to relinquish the role of chairman.Shareholder groups lobbying for the split gained momentum from last year's ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666815/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:27:04 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666815/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK - Stock indexes fluctuated in midday trading Tuesday as investors tried to predict the Fed's next move. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 32 points to 15,366 shortly before 12 Eastern time. The Standard & Poor's 500 index edged up one point to 1,668. The Nasdaq composite rose three points to 3,499. "There's no compelling reason for the market to go one way ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665011/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:19 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665011/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 CINCINNATI -; Tea party activists have rallied outside the federal building in Cincinnati waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting "Stop the ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666451/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:04 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666451/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 File-This file combo shows a Feb. 20, 2013 file photo of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti speaking to media in Los Angeles, left, and undated image provided by the Wendy Greuel Campaign of mayoral candidate Greuel meeting with voters. Despite the high stakes, the race has been a mostly low-drama affair between two government regulars. In a city known to yawn at local politics, turnout ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665819/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:04 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665819/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; The farm bill the Senate is considering this week would cut some farm subsidies but also expand government-subsidized crop insurance, a safety net used by many farmers in case of bad weather or lost ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665332/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:02 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665332/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 CAIRO -; Egypt's president has signed a new tax law that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians while increasing taxes on small and medium-sized ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665080/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:00 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665080/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thein Sein met Tuesday with members of the Senate and House on Capitol Hill, a day after he became the first Myanmar leader to visit the White House in five ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665820/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:25:59 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665820/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Wikileaks posted the cable in 2010 about a meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, summarizing U.S. Embassy discussions with Icelandic officials about the country's financial ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665821/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:25:57 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665821/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BERLIN -- German software giant SAP AG says it plans to recruit hundreds of staff with autism to make full use of their talents to process information.Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in communicating, emotional detachment and rigid or repetitive behavior.But some people with autism can perform complex mathematical tasks much better than the average population. ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665761/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:46 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665761/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Legislation that would allow local governments in Etowah County to hire retired certified law enforcement officers to serve as school resource officers passed the Alabama Senate late Monday ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666871/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:15:12 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666871/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 JERSEY CITY — A renegade goat and an auto accident snarled traffic on the Pulaski Skyway in northern New Jersey. Jersey City Police Capt. Edgar Martinez says it took 90 minutes for emergency services to corral the goat as it ran along the four-lane bridge between Jersey City and Kearny Point ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666355/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:55 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666355/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - In a swift-moving late-night session, the Alabama Legislature approved a bill that will put a Constitutional amendment in the hands of the voters. If passed, the amendment would prohibit the state from recognizing laws of other states in making legal decisions if they violate the public policy of Alabama. Further, it would prohibit applying foreign law in violation of the ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214667485/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:17 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214667485/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They're also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" that they see on ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666872/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:16 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666872/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By RACHEL COHENAP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) - ESPN says that it is cutting its workforce. The sports media giant said in a statement Tuesday: "We are implementing changes across the company to enhance our continued growth while smartly managing costs." The company would not say how many jobs are being eliminated, but they include unfilled positions. ESPN has about 7,000 employees ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666873/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:15 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666873/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's election process slipped into a tense holding pattern Tuesday amid speculation that candidates blocked from the ballot include a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665677/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:31 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665677/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666431/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:35 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666431/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Oscar Pistorius' older brother cried tears of relief Tuesday as a magistrate acquitted him of culpable homicide and negligent driving for the death of a woman in a road ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665660/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:39:13 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665660/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Peace Corps says it will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665661/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:39:12 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214665661/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Police evacuated Paris' Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday after a well-known far-right former activist died by shooting himself in the mouth in front of its main altar, a police source said.The man, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, is a historian known in France for his far-right political essays. He carried a letter on his person but made no declaration before shooting himself dead in the ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663815/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:15:52 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663815/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Leading senators working to resolve a key issue on immigration legislation have agreed to a compromise covering expansion of a high-tech visa program, officials said Tuesday, resolving one of two major hurdles to committee passage of the landmark bill.The deal negotiated by Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, aimed to resolve the interests of the high-tech industry, which relies ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214664463/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:14:59 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214664463/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 FILE - This undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. A federal appeals court is backing the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia turned down an ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663926/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:30 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663926/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 This undated photo released by the West Valley City Police Department shows Susan Powell. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime suspect. The announcement came after police spent two days searching in rural Oregon last week for any trace of Powell's ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663931/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:24 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663931/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, Vice President Joe Biden, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino. talks about the Oklahoma tornado and severe weather, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663932/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:22 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663932/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The 68-year-old Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor took the oath of office Tuesday at the Energy Department. He replaces Steven Chu, who served as energy secretary in President Barack Obama's first term. Moniz served as an energy undersecretary in the Clinton ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663679/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:15 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663679/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NANTERRE, France -- A French drug company and its founder are on trial on charges of misleading the public about a diabetes drug marketed as a weight loss method and suspected in hundreds of deaths.But after years of delays in one of France's biggest recent health scandals, the proceedings could still be pushed back further.Between 1976 and 2009, around 5 million people took Mediator, ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663898/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:47 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663898/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an introduction of the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco. Cook is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday May 21, 2013, to explain the company (TM)s tax strategy, which a Senate subcommittee says lets it avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214664356/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:17 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214664356/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Alabama has the second-highest credit card delinquency rate in the nation. Alabama had the second highest credit card delinquency rate nationwide in the first quarter, according to an analysis by Chicago-based TransUnion. The states credit card delinquency rate was 0.94 percent in the three months ended March 31, a drop from 0.97 percent during the same period a year ago and 1.16 percent in the ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666874/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:03:23 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214666874/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Etowah County Chief Financial Officer Kevin Dollar was arrested Tuesday morning for third-degree domestic violence, according to records at the Etowah County Detention ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214664518/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:21 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214664518/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The Alabama Revenue Department said it has corrected about 15,000 Alabama car titles that were erroneously sent to vehicle owners instead of vehicle lienholders. The state Revenue Department’s motor vehicle division reports the mistake happened during four days in late April and early May, and it was the result of a computer upgrade glitch. Motor vehicle division manager Brenda Coone said ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663577/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:34:05 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663577/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Their feet volleyed a kickball back and forth, they enjoyed the breeze stirred as they swayed to and fro on a swing and they spent time riding on a four-wheeler - things that many fathers do with their children.She smiled several times as she watched father and children at play."There was a time when I wondered if I would ever see this," she said.Shane Green admits there were times he ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214664519/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:33:29 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214664519/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Dear Miss Manners o The time for school graduation ceremonies is upon us again. Unfortunately, I've been witnessing that in recent years, ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214661955/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:02:01 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214661955/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 A resident surveys the damage after the tornado hit the area near 149th and Drexel on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Chris ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214662253/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:02:01 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214662253/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 FILE - In this June 5, 2012 file photo, show attendees walk past Microsoft XBox booth at E3 2012 in Los Angeles. With the next Xbox expected to finally be revealed Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., anticipation for what the company is planning for the next iteration of its gaming console is higher than Master Chief's last spaceship. (AP Photo/Damian ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214661960/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:01:33 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214661960/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Sprint says it has raised its buyout offer for the stake in Clearwire it does not already own by 14 percent.Sprint Nextel Corp. said Tuesday that it is offering $3.40 per share for Clearwire Corp. Its previous offer, from December, was for $2.97 per share for the wireless data operator.Sprint says this is its best and final offer. A vote on the previous offer had been ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214662956/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:55:40 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214662956/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 A historic building on Dexter Avenue in Montgomery from which the telegram that started the Civil War was sent will be converted into a 32-room hotel, according to the Montgomery Advertiser. The Advertiser reports that the Winter Building, built in 1841, and two neighboring buildings will be turned into the Hotel Dexter by developers. The project is expected to be a big part of the downtown ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663141/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:30:29 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214663141/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- Prosecutors in Georgia say that the country's former prime minister has been detained and charged with abuse of office and misappropriation of ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214662319/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:14:07 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214662319/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 U.K.-based mobile telecoms company Vodafone has reported a 1.9 increase in annual profits despite a slowdown in much of its European operations.It reported Tuesday net profits of 7.70 billion pounds ($11.665 billion) for the year ending March 2013 compared with 7.55 billion pounds the year before.Group Chief Executive Vittorio Colao said progress in emerging markets and a strong performance from ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214661520/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:49:23 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214661520/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for June delivery was down 60 cents to $96.11 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 69 cents to close at $96.71 on ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214660940/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:48:17 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214660940/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BANGKOK -- Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating.The United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization released a study and handbook Tuesday on what they call 'six-legged livestock' - edible bugs and worms that can help meet global food demand that is expected to grow 60 percent by 2050. The agency says ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214660910/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:20 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214660910/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock futures are down in light trading ahead of an appearance this week by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke before Congress. Dow Jones industrial futures slipped 4 points to 15,315. S&P futures have given up 1.1 points to 1,663.50. Nasdaq futures are up 1.75 points to 3,019.25. Wall Street will also be keeping an eye on J.P. Morgan's annual meeting, where shareholders ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214661547/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:34:12 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214661547/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Builders are putting the final touches on a three-story loft project in downtown Montgomery, and they are highlighting the 1907 building's historic ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214661548/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:25:02 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214661548/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Hoover police say 68-year-old Deanna Owen Shumate was taken to a hospital after driving her car into Star Lake on Friday night.Investigators tell WBRC-TV ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214660928/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:09:01 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214660928/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank.The companies said late Thursday that SoftBank had waived provisions of its deal with Sprint that will allow Sprint to talk with Dish.SoftBank currently has a $20.1 billion deal with ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214660218/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:40:08 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214660218/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The price of oil retreated toward $96 per barrel Tuesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy.Benchmark crude for June delivery was down 28 cents to $96.43 per barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 69 cents to close at $96.71 on Monday.On Wednesday, Fed chairman Ben ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214660219/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:40:05 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214660219/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Best Buy Co. is reporting a loss in its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores. The electronics retailer says net loss for the three months ended May 4 after paying preferred dividends totaled $81 million, or 24 cents per share. That compares with net income of $158 million, or 46 cents per ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659447/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:39:20 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659447/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659796/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:39:01 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659796/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 FRANKFURT, Germany -; Germany's central bank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter - a development that could boost the wider eurozone as it struggles to get out of ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659468/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:38:58 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659468/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659512/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:38:56 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659512/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 ATLANTA (AP) - Even though the weather was poor, Home Depot posted an 18 percent increase in its net income for the first quarter thanks to the ongoing housing recovery. Its quarterly results topped Wall Street's view and the world's biggest home improvement chain boosted its full-year earnings and revenue forecasts Tuesday. Shares climbed 4 percent in premarket trading. For the ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214660236/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:24:50 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214660236/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 I left the office as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters before in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214660235/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:24:49 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214660235/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The question has been swirling ever since Francis laid his hands Sunday on the head of a young man after celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, convulsed and shook, and then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis prayed over ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659713/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:16:33 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659713/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Three members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group died of wounds sustained while fighting for control of strategic Syrian town near the Lebanese border, activists said Tuesday, as the battle in the area raged for the third straight ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659701/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:55:16 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659701/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 DAMASCUS, Syria -; Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said gunfire from Syria had hit an Israeli patrol, damaging a vehicle and prompting its troops to fire ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214658622/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:30:12 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214658622/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BANGKOK -; World stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors waited for the U.S. Federal Reserve to telegraph what it plans to do next with its economic stimulus ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214658423/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:30:11 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214658423/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Unionists employees of Arkema Kem One chemical company and employees of other petrochemical sites, burn flares as they block the Arkema plant in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, May 14 , 2013. Kem One, the maker of vinyl products announced last July it may cuts jobs. CGT stands for General Work Confederation. (AP Photo/Claude ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214658424/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:30:10 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214658424/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 PARIS -- Here's how the struggling French economy stacks up compared to Germany's and Britain's.GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (2012)France: 2 trillion euros ($2.7 trillion) Germany: 2.6 trillion euros ($3.3 trillion)Britain: 1.9 trillion euros ($2.4 trillion)MANUFACTURING AS A PERCENT OF GDP (2009)France: 10.7 percentGermany: 19.3 percentBritain: 11.0 percentGROWTH RATE (2012)France: ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214658429/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:26:40 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214658429/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OKLAHOMA TORNADO FLATTENS NEIGHBORHOODS, KILLS DOZENS At least 20 of the 51 victims of the storm were children caught in an elementary school in the eye of the storm, with a death toll expected to rise. 2. AP PHOTOGRAPHER: 'ALL I COULD SEE WAS ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659110/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:16:38 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659110/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Legislature is making it easier to prosecute people who abuse, neglect or financially exploit senior citizens. The House and Senate passed different versions of the bill earlier in the Senate and then agreed on the same version on Monday night shortly before the 2013 legislative session ended. The Protecting Alabama's Elders Act was pushed by Republican ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659332/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:16:32 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659332/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's governor says the state stands ready to help Oklahoma recover from a deadly tornado. Gov. Robert Bentley says he's been in touch with Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin's office and offered whatever assistance Alabama can provide. He said other states helped Alabama rebuild after deadly tornadoes hit on April 27, 2011, and Alabama is ready to do the same ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659333/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:16:31 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659333/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 http://bit.ly/10RyfaJ ) an autopsy Monday confirmed the cause of death for 56-year-old Timothy Gordon Sr., of Moss Point. Broadus said the autopsy showed no other causes contributing to his ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659111/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:08:01 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214659111/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Steve ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657826/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:24:27 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657826/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LONDON -; Official figures show that consumer price inflation in Britain eased in April, largely on the back of lower fuel prices and ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657547/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:24:27 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657547/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Children wait for their parents to arrive at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Paul ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657827/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:24:25 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657827/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BEIJING (AP) -- The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for more than two weeks by armed North Koreans says the captors wore military uniforms, and that they beat up the boat's captain and stole its ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657729/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:42:07 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657729/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LONDON (AP) -- The chief executive of security firm G4S is to retire after a tumultuous year that saw the company fail to fulfill its Olympic ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657730/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:42:05 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657730/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than spend the rest of her life in prison.After nearly five months of testimony in a case that has captured tabloid headlines with tales of sex, lies and violence, Arias' ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657134/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:16:55 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657134/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves at the media in front of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his ceremonial reception at the Indian President's palace in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Li said Monday he chose India for his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world's two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth. He was ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214656762/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:15:22 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214656762/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 We’re very excited about having Danny Woodson at South Alabama ,'; Jones said. ';I really admired his play in high school and we wanted him very badly out of high school. Of course we understood when he signed with Alabama. But we believe we have a potential All-America-type receiver coming here and we’re obviously very excited.'; Woodson, a former four-star receiver ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657169/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:20 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657169/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214656832/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:05 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214656832/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The former head of the Internal Revenue Service heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, giving lawmakers their first opportunity to question the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657171/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:03:09 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657171/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657170/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:03:09 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657170/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By KEN THOMAS and BRIAN WITTEAssociated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - His latest legislative achievements put him in the vanguard of his party's liberal base. He's been a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama. And he's ramping up his travel to help fellow Democrats around the country. Little-known outside his home state, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has methodically ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657172/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:03:06 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214657172/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MEIKHTILA, Myanmar -; Six Muslim men and one minor have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from life to two years in prison for involvement in the killing of a Buddhist monk during sectarian violence in central ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214655817/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:12:00 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214655817/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; The Senate is debating cuts to the federally subsidized crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214655729/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:11:49 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214655729/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thousands of people have converged on the New York City neighborhood where a gay man was killed after police say he was taunted with homophobic ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214656234/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:58:44 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214656234/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 QUINCY, Mass. (AP) -- Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild - from an ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214656259/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:50:51 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214656259/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Birmingham - Downtown Birmingham, which struggled to fill storefronts after anchor Jacobson's closed in 2002, has reinvented itself with a creative mix of national name brands and local boutiques. The upscale shopping district is 97 percent occupied - the highest rate in more than a decade - after luring unusual and popular retailers such as yoga apparel store lululemon athletica, and ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214654910/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:38:48 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214654910/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LOS ANGELES -- Americans got better about paying their credit card debt on time in the first three months of the year, a period when many borrowers use income tax returns to tackle their holiday season debt.The rate of credit card payments at least 90 days overdue fell to 0.69 percent in the first quarter from 0.85 percent a year earlier - drop of nearly 19 percent, credit reporting agency ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214654205/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:18 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214654205/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Burglary/Theft• Snacks, candy and soft drinks were stolen between Thursday and Friday from a concession stand at Carter-Bailey Field on Noccalula Road.• A Sony PlayStation 3 with games and a 20-inch TV were stolen Sunday from a residence on South 11th ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214654536/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:56:21 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214654536/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 A federal judge Monday sentenced a former museum security guard to more than eight years in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. U.S. District Judge C. Lynwood Smith, Jr. sentenced Loyd Jeffrey Hitt, 53, of Center Point, on one county of receiving child pornography between May 2009 and October 2012, and on one county of possessing child pornography within that same time period. ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214654537/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:47:04 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214654537/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BEIJING, China - China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. The June 7-8 meeting at a retreat southeast of Los Angeles, announced Monday by the White House, underlines the importance of the ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214654151/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:37:26 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214654151/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BEIJING -; The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for ransom by unidentified North Koreans says the boat and its 16 crew members have been ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214653211/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:09 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214653211/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214653276/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:56:47 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214653276/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Vasha Hunt/Landov MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- Former Alabama receiver Danny Woodson is transferring to South Alabama. Woodson, who grew up in Mobile, played in six games and had one catch as a redshirt freshman for the Crimson Tide in 2012. He will have to sit out this coming season because of NCAA rules and will have two years of eligibility left. The 6-foot-1, 195-pound ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214653631/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:44:17 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214653631/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The Fed is currently conducting the third round of massive bond purchases known as quantitative easing to help drive down interest rates and spur lending. But recently improving data on the U.S. economy has led to speculation that the Fed might consider scaling back the program or winding it down earlier than ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214653194/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:20:29 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214653194/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 West Valley City Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell, center, makes remarks during a news conference, while West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, right, and West Valley City Manager Wayne Pyle, left, look on Monday, May 20, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214652227/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:56:41 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214652227/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard (35) stops a Chicago Blackhawks left wing Viktor Stalberg (25), of Sweden, shot as defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo (28) defends during the third period of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference semifinal game in Detroit, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214652569/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:56:40 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214652569/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The consolidation measure passed the House on a 72-26 vote Monday night. The bill returned to the Senate to sort out differences between House and Senate versions of the legislation with slightly more than two hours left in the legislative ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214652739/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:35:15 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214652739/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; A Treasury official says the department told the White House twice that the IRS was preparing to make public its targeting of conservative political ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214651257/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:51:05 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214651257/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday: 1. TORNADO ROARS THROUGH OKLAHOMA CITY SUBURBS The twister, with winds up to 200 mph, reduces block after residential block to ruins and leaves dozens dead. 2. A RARE AND DEADLY COINCIDENCE Monday's powerful storm followed roughly the same route as a killer ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214651810/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:38:23 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214651810/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The governor's press secretary, Jennifer Ardis, announced Monday night that Bentley had signed both of the Legislature's spending plans without changes on the last day of the 2013 legislative ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214651811/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:29:49 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214651811/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Leading lawmakers have agreed to a litany of changes to Alabama election law, including eliminating the cap on corporate political contributions and making it easier for regulated utilities to influence ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214651241/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:13:48 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214651241/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Francis Howell senior shortstop Zac Perkins broke two school records in the Vikings' Class 5 District 8 championship win against Holt last ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650772/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:45:52 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650772/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; People who falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits could face up to a year in jail under legislation that easily passed the House ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650327/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:44:51 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650327/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says he will begin tapping into two government employee retirement funds to buy more time before the U.S. Treasury is faced with the prospect of defaulting on the national debt.In a letter to congressional leaders, Lew said Monday that he would begin tapping the civil service retirement and disability fund and a similar fund that covers retired postal ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650112/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:17 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650112/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 From left, Sheriff Todd Entrekin, District Attorney Jimmie Harper and Department of Human Resources Director Teresa Sauls are shown Monday at a press conference discussing the problem of infants being born addicted to ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650813/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:34 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650813/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 John Mark Collier Jr. was charged with four counts of second-degree possession of a forged instrument.Collier is alleged to have taken the checks from his wife's grandmother after volunteering to help her balance her checkbook, since she has trouble seeing. Detective Gerald Williamson said Collier stole four checks for a total of $675. The checks were non-consecutive and were cashed between ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650251/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:33 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650251/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The Attalla City Board of Education at a special called meeting Monday approved six teachers for the system’s summer enrichment program and extended day program and hired new ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650814/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:32 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650814/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK — Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. The National Weather Service estimated that the storm that struck Moore, Okla., on Monday had wind speeds of up to 200 mph, and was at least a half-mile wide. The 1999 storm had winds clocked at 300 mph, according to the weather service ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650710/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:14 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650710/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Britain's biggest theater group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought the lease to Broadway's largest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650222/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:36:26 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650222/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Legislature has passed a bill making it a felony for a parent to neglect to promptly notify authorities when their child is missing or dead in response to the Caylee Anthony case in ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650816/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:24:12 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650816/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Republican majority in the Alabama Legislature has handed the Republican governor a major defeat by rejecting his proposal to delay the start of private school tax credits for two ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650815/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:24:12 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650815/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Members of the Democratic minority were inspired to show off their sartorial splendor on the last day of the legislative Session in honor of Mobile's Democratic Rep. Napoleon ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650817/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:24:11 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650817/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday told Myanmar's president during a long-awaited White House meeting that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country on its sometimes difficult path to democracy and assured him of U.S. ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650272/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:04:48 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214650272/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory - by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214649150/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:32:03 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214649150/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Twister season starts late, but starts nonetheless Deadly tornadoes that have raked communities in Middle America over the past week, including Monday's massive twister that carved a path of destruction through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, belie what had been a relatively quiet start of the 2013 tornado ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214649204/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:20 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214649204/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -- Actor Sean Penn is urging the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman jailed there since 2011.Penn says international pressure is what Bolivian President Evo Morales needs to free Jacob Ostreicher of New York.Ostreicher was granted house arrest in December after being jailed 18 months without being charged with any crime. He was arrested in a money ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214649165/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:19 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214649165/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 A spate of hate-fueled attacks on gay men in New York, including a killing in the heart of one of its most gay-friendly neighborhoods, is stirring up anxiety, disbelief and outrage heading into what is usually a time of gay pride ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214649208/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:16 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214649208/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Capt. Paul Cody said 10 citations were issued to nine convenience stores for selling alcohol to minors. The stations included Texaco on North 12th Street; Titan Mart (which was cited twice) and Jet Pep on South 11th Street; Citgo on George Wallace Drive; Grub Mart, Kangaroo, Snack ‘N Fuel Food Store and Texaco on West Meighan Boulevard; and Kangaroo on Alabama Highway 77 near Interstate ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214648977/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:24:34 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214648977/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS/AP) -- Transit authorities say commuter rail service in Connecticut is expected to resume in full by rush hour Wednesday morning, five days after ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214649017/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:18:51 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214649017/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW ORLEANS -; A federal judge on Monday dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico in ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214643909/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:49 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214643909/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; Myanmar President Thein Sein says that all perpetrators of inter-communal violence in the country will be brought to ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214644092/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:48 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214644092/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama will bestow the Medal of Freedom posthumously on Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214644093/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:47 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214644093/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 CONCORD, N.H. -; The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment, but would not rule out impeachment altogether as new details emerged about the White House's role in the developing scandal at the Internal Revenue ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214644095/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:45 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214644095/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214644127/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:44 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214644127/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Jodi Arias looks at her family on Monday, May 20, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Ariz. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214643910/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:42 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214643910/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Tomas Young, the paralyzed Iraq war vet who announced earlier this spring that he was ready to die, said Monday that he has decided to live for ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214644010/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:19:32 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214644010/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says Manzarek died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family. Robinson-Fitzgerald says his manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed Manzarek died around 3:30 p.m. EDT. He had bile duct ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214644510/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:05:19 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214644510/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Interactive Radar OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row Monday, as part of a severe weather outbreak that was expected to spread in other parts of the Plains and Midwest. Watch the live video from NBC ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214643167/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:23:23 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214643167/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Family and friends of Eastern Connecticut State University student Alyssiah Marie Wiley exit the arraignment on murder charges of Jermaine Richards at Superior Court in Bridgeport, Conn. on Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Connecticut Post, Brian A. Pounds, ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214642804/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:20:52 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214642804/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 FILE - In this May 15, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. It might have seemed a no-win situation to the White House: either keep President Barack Obama in the dark about a looming investigation into political targeting by the Internal Revenue Service or blur legal lines by telling him about an independent audit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214642549/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:20:51 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214642549/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK -- The price of oil rose Monday, taking its cue from the stock market and the dollar.Benchmark oil for June delivery gained 69 cents to close at $96.71 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Oil moved higher as U.S. stock markets reversed early losses around midday. Although stocks slipped in the afternoon, a weak dollar propped up oil prices. Since oil is traded in dollars, a ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214642529/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:17:31 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214642529/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Commuters who manage to make it from southwest Connecticut to New York City for work should consider staying in the Big Apple all week as crews begin rebuilding 2,000 feet of track following a commuter ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214643305/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:09:43 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214643305/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Meeting Warren Buffett is exciting, but 10-year-old Matthew Meyer says winning $5,000 and 10 shares of stock in Buffett's company made Monday the best day of his ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214643249/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:07:48 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214643249/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 http://bit.ly/Z8JxvZ ) 53-year-old Loyd Jeffrey Hitt, of Center Point, was sentenced Monday in federal court. Hitt pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography in ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214643306/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:22 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214643306/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Defense attorneys for Jodi Arias asked the judge to remove them from the case and declare a mistrial Monday, arguing the frenzy surrounding the case has created a modern-day witch hunt.The judge denied both motions, and Arias planned to take the stand Tuesday. Jurors will find out then if she tells them the same thing she told a local reporter: She'd rather be executed than spend her life in ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214642034/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:18:51 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214642034/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 JUNEAU, Alaska -; Alaska has unveiled a plan to determine the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's oil and gas potential, as the state looks to reinvigorate the debate over whether to drill on the refuge's coastal ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214641627/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:17:34 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214641627/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced on Monday that three more states would join the ranks of those given permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law in favor of their own school improvement ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214641626/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:17:33 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214641626/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 United Airlines is again flying the 787, four months after smoldering batteries forced the plane to be grounded worldwide.A United 787 flight took off from Houston on Monday morning and landed in Chicago.United Continental Holdings Inc. has six 787s. Battery problems on planes owned by other airlines prompted the grounding. Federal authorities cleared the planes to fly again on April 19. ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214641320/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:13:55 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214641320/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Legislature has authorized city and county school systems to hire armed security guards to protect students. The Senate voted 21-0 Monday to go along with changes the House made to a school security bill sponsored by Republican Sen. Dick Brewbaker of Montgomery. The bill now goes to the governor for review. Some schools now have guards supplied by their local ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214642402/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:05:48 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214642402/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Nawaz Sharif, who is expected to resume is former post as Prime Minister, could have difficulty getting the military on his side. The army chief says he would only sit down with the Taliban if they 'unconditionally submit to the state, its constitution and the rule of law.' (K.M. Chaudary/Associated ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214641540/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:01:24 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214641540/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BEIRUT (AP) -- Hezbollah was pulled more deeply into Syria's civil war as 28 guerrillas from the Lebanese Shiite militant group were killed and dozens more wounded while fighting rebels, Syria activists said ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214641561/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:57:57 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214641561/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says despite tensions between the U.S. and Myanmar, President Thein Sein (tayn sayn) of Myanmar has shown leadership to move his country toward political and economic ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214641562/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:57:56 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214641562/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 - May 15, 2013: A car bomb goes off near a bus station in Baghdad's main Shiite district, the deadliest of explosions that killed at least 33 people ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214640171/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:13:41 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214640171/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; The Obama administration is calling on the Egyptian government to rein in prosecutions of political expression amid what it called a "growing trend" of efforts to punish and deter people from speaking their ... http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214640225/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:13:38 -0400 http://www.tuscaloosatimes.com/index.php/sid/214640225/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20