FBI director defends pace of IRS investigation
Source: USA Today
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 10:16:39 -0700 | political-news
FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday that more than a dozen agents have been dispatched to the criminal investigation into allegations that the IRS targeted conservative groups for closer scrutiny. Responding to criticism about the pace of the inquiry, Mueller...
Blood, spit and cops
Source: CNN
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 10:41:54 -0700 | political-news
Clair County, to the east, and Bibb County, to the southwest, flagged down motorists and steered them toward federal highway safety researchers. The researchers asked them a few questions about drinking and drug use and asked them for breath, saliva...
Blood, spit: Roadblocks raise eyebrows
Source: CNN
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 10:15:24 -0700 | political-news
Clair County, to the east, and Bibb County, to the southwest, flagged down motorists and steered them toward federal highway safety researchers. The researchers asked them a few questions about drinking and drug use and asked them for breath, saliva...
Estimate shows wages would drop under Senate immigration bill, despite economic uptick
Source: Fox News
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 14:06:04 -0700 | political-news
While supporters of the Senate immigration bill tout a new analysis that shows the legislation would boost the economy and trim the deficit, critics are seizing on another, less rosy stat -- the average American wage would drop, and not...
COST OF IMMIGRATION: American Wages Projected To Drop Under Senate Bill
Source: Fox
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 08:05:42 -0700 | political-news
While supporters of the Senate immigration bill tout a new analysis that shows the legislation would boost the economy and trim the deficit, critics are seizing on another, less rosy stat -- the average American wage would drop, and not...
Police say Alabama baby taken by teenage girl has been found safe in Dallas
Source: The Dallas Morning News
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 07:54:12 -0700 | political-news
Ten-month-old De'Anthony Dejuan Kelly was found safe late Tuesday. The Associated Press reports: Authorities have located a missing 10-month-old Alabama boy in Dallas with the 14-year-old girl accused of taking him from a home in Birmingham. The Alabama Department of...
Russell County Middle School on Alabama's failing school list
Source: Ledger-Enquirer
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 13:27:56 -0700 | technology-news
Russell County Middle School is the only local school among the 78 in Alabama considered "failing," according to a new state law. The schools on the Alabama Department of Education's failing list, which was released Tuesday, could lose students and...
Steel beam placement at I-65 Corridor X (I-22) interchange causing lane closures (photo gallery)
Source: The Birmingham News
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 14:45:57 -0700 | political-news
Work continues on Interstate 65 as part of the Alabama Department of Transportation's project to build an interchange to connect I-65 to Corridor X (future I-22) in Jefferson County. Steel beam placement began Tuesday June 18, 2013 just after 7...
Federal appeals court delays hearing on whether to reinstate Jefferson County sewer receiver
Source: The Birmingham News
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 14:45:57 -0700 | political-news
The Birmingham News In its order today, the appeals court stated that the county has entered into three plan support agreements with its largest sewer creditors that, if approved, "will ultimately moot this appeal." "The county is gratified that the...
Bessemer man serving life without parole for capital murder calls sentence unconstitutional, ...
Source: The Birmingham News
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 11:46:55 -0700 | political-news
A Bessemer man serving life without parole for a 1998 capital murder conviction this week requested a new sentencing hearing, arguing that his sentence is unconstitutional based on a 2012 U.S...Marcus Presley , now 34, was originally sentenced to death...
BSC students help Turkey Creek Preserve become more energy efficient (photo gallery)
Source: The Birmingham News
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 10:41:22 -0700 | green-news
The Birmingham News Students from Birmingham-Southern College got some hands-on experience with energy efficiency. As part of a service-learning project, they worked to modernize the visitor's center at the Turkey Creek Nature Preserve in Pinson by caulking windows, weatherstripping and...
Jefferson County mother charged with hindering prosecution in nephew's slaying
Source: The Birmingham News
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 10:41:28 -0700 | political-news
Authorities have arrested a Jefferson County woman after they say she withheld information from lawmen during the investigation into her nephew's murder . The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has charged Elizabeth Boyd, 48, with first-degree hindering prosecution.
Sticker shocked council members push back on Birmingham mayor's $130 million office lease pitch
Source: The Birmingham News
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 10:41:21 -0700 | political-news
A nearly $130 million dollar, multi-decade lease of a downtown office building endorsed by Birmingham Mayor William Bell makes the least financial sense of all expansion options for the city, according to an early analysis from one councilwoman.
Birmingham-based contractor Brasfield & Gorrie opens first office in Columbus
Source: Ledger-Enquirer
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 09:04:42 -0700 | political-news
Brasfield & Gorrie has been building things in the Columbus area since 1986. But the Birmingham, Ala.-based construction firm on Tuesday opened its first Columbus office at 1027 Front Ave. Keith Johnson, Brasfield & Gorries regional vice president, said in...
Grandmother of 10-month-old abducted boy who was found safe in Texas: "God does not fail."
Source: The Birmingham News
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 08:15:28 -0700 | political-news
One teen is charged with kidnapping and another could face charges through Jefferson County's Family Court after the pair was found in a Dallas hotel room Tuesday night with a missing 10-month-old boy from Birmingham. Federal lawmen in Texas found...
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