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  • Judge tosses ex-BP executives obstruction charge

    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 ...

  • Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb

    Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said ...

  • Questions linger in shooting of NY college student

    The godfather of a New York college student accidentally killed by a police bullet says the officer should have negotiated instead of firing as an armed intruder held the young woman ...

  • Tornado Hits 2 Schools Flattens Neighborhood in Moore

    Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was ...

  • Legislature approves bond issue for storm-damaged schools

    The bill provides $15 million for Mobile's Murphy High School, which was damaged by a tornado on Christmas Day. There is also money for five other schools damaged by tornadoes on April 27, 2011. Three schools in the Tuscaloosa area will benefit, with $3 million for Alberta City Elementary and $2.5 million each for University Place Elementary and Holt Elementary. Phil Campbell High School ...


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Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond

Liberal guilt movies are always a hard trick to pull off, especially when they mix didactic soapbox standing and action-adventure explosiveness with the randy zeal of Edward Zwick's Blood Diamond. There is an undeniable nobility to the film's desire to shed light on the little- ... ...

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  • Alabama auctions off broken BCS trophy

    A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its ...

  • Bond issue approved for Alabama schools

    The bill provides $15 million for Mobile's Murphy High School, which was damaged by a tornado on Christmas Day. There is also money for five other schools damaged by tornadoes on April 27, 2011. Three schools in the Tuscaloosa area will benefit, with $3 million for Alberta City Elementary and $2.5 million each for University Place Elementary and Holt Elementary. Phil Campbell High School ...

  • Inmate dies after stabbing in Ala. prison

    BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Department of Corrections officials are probing a fatal stabbing at the Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer. Officials say 54-year-old Anthony Jones was stabbed to death during a fight Sunday. Officials have identified 63-year-old Albert Evans as the suspect. Both were serving life sentences. The circumstances that led to the fight were unclear Monday. ...

  • Museum guard sentenced to prison for child pornography

    BIRMINGHAM - AL - 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 ...

  • Ex-security guard sentenced on child porn charges

    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 ...

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