Birmingham author tackles Gandhi’s path to martyrdom

by montgomeryadvertiser May 20, 2012

After his successful book on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Birmingham author Jim Douglass tackled a biographical account of another martyr – the Hindu statesman Mohandas Gandhi. In “Gandhi and the Unspeakable: His Final Experiment with Truth,” Dou

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Baldwin County school board votes to nix Foley janitorial contract

by Connie Baggett, Press-Register May 20, 2012

BAY MINETTE, Alabama — School board members voted Thursday to rescind a contract with a Pensacola company hired to do custodial work at Foley High earlier this year when the company raised its price by some $50,000.

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Alabama GOP selection of Madison County judge will occur in Montgomery, behind closed doors

by Brian Lawson, The Huntsville Times May 20, 2012

Alabama GOP Executive Director T.J. Maloney said the party wants to make the process as transparent as possible, with the candidate interviews – to be held in a Montgomery hotel – open to the public. He said the committee deliberations and votin…

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EDITORIAL: Alabama’s great big budget mess

by Mike Hollis, The Huntsville Times May 20, 2012

Worse still, the only plan now on the table to provide a meager General Fund budget would, if the voters approve, take the money out of the Alabama Trust Fund. But its revenues from natural gas royalties have fallen precipitously in the last sev…

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Shroud over Alabama covers more than unlikely bills

by John Archibald -- The Birmingham News May 20, 2012

We’re still fightin’ that war.

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Sizing up the session

by montgomeryadvertiser May 19, 2012

The surprise is not that the only acts the Legislature is mandated to pass – the state budgets – barely made it through as the clock ticked toward midnight and toward potential disaster on the final day of the regular session.

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Roy Moore tells Republican club that country is at a critical juncture in history

by Keith Clines, The Huntsville Times May 19, 2012

Republican nominee for Alabama Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore told fellow Republicans this morning that he will address budget issues in the state judicial system if elected, but mostly talked about the U.S. Constitution and federal issue…

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Mobile Mayor Sam Jones’ campaign finance documents riddled with inconsistencies

by Robert McClendon, Press-Register May 19, 2012

MOBILE, Alabama — A review of Mayor Sam Jones’ 2011 campaign finance documents shows unreported spending, mislabeled expenses and some checks bearing signatures that appear to be forged.

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Let’s blame Jim Carns for our occupational tax disaster (Comeback Town blog)

by David Sher, The Comeback Town May 19, 2012

Let’s blame Jim Carns for our occupational tax disaster.

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Sewell talks about spending Mother’s Day in Afghanistan

by montgomeryadvertiser May 18, 2012

For most women the ideal Mother’s Day trip wouldn’t involve flying 17 hours each way so they could spend the holiday in Afghanistan, but Congresswoman Terri A.

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