Get in line: Budget cuts take hold in troubled Alabama county; legislators work on solutionBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The first day of a major government cutback in Alabama’s most populous county has been marked by lengthy waits for routine courthouse business. In rural America, residents unable to access health care skeptical Congress’ reforms will helpWALSENBURG, Colo. — Don’t tell Dorothy J. Tenorio that Washington is nearing a deal to improve her health care. A look at government subsidies for flights in and out of rural communitiesMore than 100 communities in 32 states and Puerto Rico benefit from taxpayer-susidized air service. Costs of the program have spiraled to $175 million or more for the upcoming budget year. The subsidies can amount to hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars for each passenger ticket. Below are communities that benefit from the program, and the per ticket subsidy, in dollars, according to the Senate Appropriations Committee: Alabama’s most populous county braces for mass furloughs, service cuts amid financial crisisBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — As a government shutdown loomed, residents of Alabama’s most populous county lined up Friday to renew their car registrations and settle their tax bills. Vino no-no: Alabama ban of California wine with naked nymph on label becomes a marketing toolMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s ban on a wine that features a nude nymph on the label became a business opportunity for a California vintner who is preparing a marketing campaign to capitalize on being “Banned in Bama.” Ga. woman arrested and charged after police find pound of meth worth $13,000 in her braCROSSVILLE, Ala. — A 37-year-old Georgia woman was arrested and charged with padding her bra with methamphetamine. DeKalb County, Ala., Sheriff Jimmy Harris said the woman was arrested Tuesday and charged with trafficking in controlled substances. NASA engineers deny that human space flight program, Constellation, is too risky, expensiveHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Engineers designing NASA’s next moon rocket denied Wednesday that the human space flight program dubbed “Constellation” is too expensive, too risky and would unnecessarily delay man’s return to space. Jobless rates rise in 90 pct of metro areas from May to June; college towns feel a big hitWASHINGTON — More than 90 percent of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas saw their unemployment rates climb in June from the previous month. NASA engineers, managers defend rocket design to Obama space flight panel meeting in Ala.HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Engineers designing NASA’s next moon rocket are defending their work to a committee appointed by President Obama to review the nation’s human space flight plans. Panel reviewing NASA plans for human spaceflight holds public hearing at Ala. rocket centerHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The panel reviewing NASA’s future plans for human space flight is convening for a session in Alabama. Auburn University veterinary student studying in Japan vanishes during trip to ThailandAUBURN, Ala. — An Auburn University veterinary student has vanished during a sightseeing trip to Thailand, and officials from the Alabama school are in Tokyo trying to find him. Police defend using pepper spray, Taser on mentally disabled deaf man in Ala. store bathroomMOBILE, Ala. — Officers who used pepper spray and a Taser to remove a man from a store bathroom found out only later he was deaf and mentally disabled and didn’t understand they wanted him to open the door, police said Tuesday. Police in Ala. use pepper spray, Taser on mentally disabled deaf man who didn’t exit bathroomMOBILE, Ala. — Police in Mobile, Ala., used pepper spray and a Taser on a deaf, mentally disabled man who they said wouldn’t leave a store’s bathroom. Suspect in killing of Florida panhandle couple cleared for extradition from Ala.BREWTON, Ala. — A southern Alabama sheriff has told a newspaper that a man accused in the killing of a Florida panhandle couple has been cleared for extradition to Florida. Colonial BancGroup agrees to cease-and-desist order with regulators; shares fallMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Colonial BancGroup Inc. on Monday said it has agreed to a cease-and-desist order with federal and state regulators who are seeking to ensure the struggling bank holding company has adequate capital. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory completes 10th anniversaryWASHINGTON - NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has completed its 10th anniversary, ushering in an unprecedented decade of discovery for the high-energy universe. Ala. Sen. Jeff Sessions reaches decision on Sotomayor, but not ready to make choice publicNASHVILLE, Tenn. — The senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says he has made up his mind on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, but he’s not ready to make his decision public. Alabama liquor agency says no to nude nymph on widely distributed California wineMONTGOMERY, Ala. — A wine label showing a nude nymph is too racy for Alabama’s liquor control agency, which has told restaurants and stores not to sell the product. Pilgrim’s Pride idles chicken processing plants in Ala., Ga.ATHENS, Ala. — Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. said Friday it would idle two chicken processing plants that employ almost 1,000 people in Alabama and Georgia as it cuts cost while trying to emerge from bankruptcy protection. Earnings roundup: PepsiCo 2Q profit, sales drop; Eli Lilly earnings climb 21 percentAmong the earnings stories for Wednesday, July 22, from AP Financial News: Tenn. investigators: 2-state rampage targeted wife; others killed to clear way for attackFAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — A man accused of fatally stabbing and bludgeoning six people in Tennessee and Alabama was targeting his wife and first killed her father and brother so they couldn’t stop him, authorities said Tuesday. Georgia faces dire 3-year deadline to negotiate future water for bustling Atlanta regionATLANTA — Georgia faces the dire prospect of losing metropolitan Atlanta’s main water source if political leaders can’t broker a solution with Alabama and Florida over rights to a major reservoir within three years. Agents think 2-state rampage targeted wife, others killed to clear way for attack on herFAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — The man accused in a two-state rampage that left six dead was targeting his estranged wife and killed the others first so they couldn’t stop the attack on her, Tennessee authorities said Tuesday. Richard Scrushy bank accounts seized in effort to collect money owed HealthSouth stockholdersBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Richard Scrushy’s bank accounts have been seized in a bid to collect some of the $2.8 billion he was ordered to pay for a fraud that nearly bankrupted Alabama-based HealthSouth Corp. Ala. city plows hill beneath 1,000-year-old Indian site to get fill dirt for a Sam’s ClubOXFORD, Ala. — Bucket loaders and bulldozers are tearing apart a hill that researchers call the foundation of an ancient Native American site to provide fill dirt for a Sam’s Club store, a move that appalls preservationists. 2 Dems, 2 ways to raise funds for Ala. gov’s race: Davis seeks NY money, Sparks holds fish fryMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Artur Davis’ campaign to become Alabama’s first black governor is drawing notice as far off as New York, where a prominent attorney organized a top-dollar fundraiser at his swanky Manhattan penthouse. A rival Democrat, Ron Sparks, is also angling for funds far ahead of the party’s 2010 primary — by calling all donors to a fish fry. 5 stabbed multiple times in Tenn. during deadly rampage; another in Ala. beaten to deathFAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — A man accused in a bloody weekend rampage that killed six in two states was a quiet, burly drywaller who authorities say started the attacks by beating an acquaintance to death in Alabama. Police: Rampage that killed 6 in two states began with deadly beating in Huntsville, Ala.FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — The man accused in a rampage that killed six people first beat an acquaintance to death at an Alabama business before moving north into Tennessee to kill his wife, her family and a neighbor, an investigator said Monday. Friend: Slain Tenn. woman, husband accused in 6 killings had split; 4-year-old daughter unhurtFAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — A family friend said he’d seen fights between a slain southern Tennessee woman and the estranged husband accused of killing her and five other people. Tennessee man charged with killing wife, her brother, father, teen son, 2 others in 2 statesFAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — A southern Tennessee man faces homicide charges in the slayings of his wife, her father, brother and teenage son, along with two other people in two states, authorities said Sunday. |
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