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  • 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 ...

  • 4-Year-Old Shot In Driveby Shooting

    BESSEMER - AL - Bessemer Police investigating a shooting into an occupied vehicle, where a 4-year-old child was shot. Investigators say the shooting happened Sunday afternoon in the 3600 block of Jaybird Road in Brighton and continued onto Interstate 59 South into Bessemer. The child was taken to the hospital and listed in stable condition. Anyone with information should call the Bessemer ...

  • Alabama schools get authority to hire security

    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 ...


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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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  • Housekeeper gets 6 years in Pa. Ben bust theft

    NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A housekeeper has been sentenced to six years in federal prison in the theft of a Benjamin Franklin bust stolen in suburban Philadelphia and reportedly worth $3 million. Andrea Lawton, 47, of Mobile, Ala., was living in Philadelphia when the bust was taken Aug. 24 from a home where she had worked as a housecleaner. She fled to Alabama with the bust and was arrested Sept. ...

  • Portion of Highway 174 in St. Clair County washed away

    ST. CLAIR COUNTY - AL - A portion of Highway 174 between Pell City and Odenville was washed away over the weekend due to heavy rainfall. The road is closed between Mineral Springs Road and Bowman Circle. The Alabama Department of Transportation expects the highway to reopen Tuesday ...

  • Update Alabama House rejects Bentleys 2-year-delay Bentley responds

    The Alabama House has rejected Gov. Robert Bentley's proposal to delay private school tax credits for two years. The House voted 57-10 Monday to reject the governor's proposal. Now the proposal goes to the Senate on the last meeting day of the legislative session. The new Alabama Accountability Act provides state tax credits of about $3,500 for parents who enroll a child in a private ...

  • UA in the News May 18-20 2013

    Sneak peek: Set designer takes SummerStock production to next level Florence Times Daily - May 19 One of the most well-worn phrases concerning theater was originally spoken by Jaques in Shakespeare's "As You Like It." "All the world's a stage," Jaques says, starting a monologue that's a meditation on human existence. Turned on its head, the phrase might have ...

  • Senator Corporate contribution limits may end

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A key state senator says lawmakers are poised to strike down limits on corporate political contributions in Alabama ...

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