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Big plans are brewing in Montgomery this month. The Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature has placed Alabamians on notice that the 2012 session, which begins Tuesday, will be a fast-paced, productive affair. Expect progress, lawmakers have said all ...
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Changes loom for Alabama's 'strong' immigration law
Opelika Auburn News
Creating jobs in Alabama has been dubbed as lawmakers' top priority when the 2012 legislative session kicks off Tuesday in Montgomery, but the issue that continues to steal the headlines revolves around Alabama's controversial immigration law.
Ala. Legislature faces immigration law changes, budget problems in 2nd session ...The Republic
GOP in charge: Round 2Times Daily
Budget issues top priority for legislative sessionGadsden Times

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Former Alabama Senator 'Walking' Wendell Mitchell dies
Montgomery Advertiser
Mitchell also served as the dean emeritus of the Jones School of Law at Faulkner University in Montgomery. Mitchell earned his bachelor's degree at Auburn University and juris doctorate at the University of Alabama. He earned the nickname “Walking ...
Former Democratic state Sen. Wendell Mitchell diesGadsden Times

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46-year-old man shot multiple times, dies, in Montgomery's first homicide of 2012
al.com (blog)
By Bob Sims, al.com MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- A 46-year-old man was shot multiple times early this morning and died, police say. Capt. Mark Drinkard said police were called to 101 N. Haardt Drive where they found Gary Blackwell, 46, of 141 Turner Place, ...

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Auto production surges in South
Montgomery Advertiser
Team members work on the Sonata and Elantra at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing of Alabama on Jan. 19 in Montgomery. / AMANDA SOWARDS/ADVERTISER The automotive industry in surging in the Deep South, and Alabama is in the driver's seat.

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Coroner: Alabama gambling defendant's death from natural causes.
The Republic
PHILLIP RAWLS AP MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A defendant died from natural causes on the eve of his retrial in the gambling corruption case involving lawmakers and others at the Alabama Statehouse, a coroner said Friday. An autopsy and toxicology analysis by ...
Gambling trial defendant Crosby found deadMontgomery Advertiser
Defendant found dead; bingo trial delayedWetumpka Herald
Bingo Defendant Found Dead, Trial DelayedWKRG-TV
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SketchBook: News 'n' notes on Gulf Coast arts
al.com
By Press-Register staff MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts has appointed Jennifer Jankauskas as curator of art. Jankauskas has held posts as an independent and institutional curator, most recently at the John Michael Kohler Arts ...

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High Museum to feature folk artist Bill Traylor
CBS News
The exhibition, which opens Sunday, features 65 of Traylor's drawings pulled from the collections of the High and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in Alabama. The images were made in pencil, poster paint, charcoal and crayon, mostly on discarded ...
Reviews: 'The Art of Golf' and 'Bill Traylor' at High Museum of ArtAccess Atlanta

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Alabama's newly elected officials can raise money after taking office
al.com (blog)
By Kim Chandler -- The Birmingham News MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Newly elected public officials can hit up donors for thousands of dollars in campaign funds during their first weeks in office, under a decade-old interpretation of Alabama campaign finance ...

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Montgomery Zoo tiger picks New England Patriots to prevail in Super Bowl ...
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By Natalie Wade, al.com Enlarge Natalie Wade, al.com Kami, a 4-year-old Sumatran tiger at the Montgomery Zoo, picked the New England Patriots to win the Super Bowl against the New York Giants. He made his choice Feb. 2 by ripping to shreds the box ...

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AEA criticizes Bentley's video
Tuscaloosa News
By Dana Beyerle MONTGOMERY | A video sent by Gov. Robert Bentley to Alabama educators generated an inadvertent technology headache as well as an angry response from the Alabama Education Association. The state Department of Education on Monday sent a ...
Bentley video crashes serversGadsden Times
Education reform group StudentsFirst at work in Alabamaal.com (blog)
Commenters find little neutral ground in debate over school reformer Michelle ...The Birmingham News - al.com (blog)

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New Faulkner University head coach Brent Baker lands 1A Back of the Year
al.com
By al.com staff View full sizeDe'Marko Hall will play for Faulkner University in 2012 after having being a standout on offense and defense at Pickens County. (File) MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Head coach Brent Barker and Faulkner University believe the ...

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Alabama State signs 21; QB Darren Daniel is transfer from Stanford (video)
al.com
By Bob Sims, al.com View full size Alabama State head coach Reggie Barlow believes the 2012 signing class for the Hornets includes players who can help now, and some who will contribute later. (File) MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Alabama State University ...

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Can a tiger foretell the winner of the Super Bowl? Montgomery Zoo's Sumatran ...
al.com (blog)
By Natalie Wade, al.com A Sumatran tiger at the Montgomery Zoo will pick the winner of the Super Bowl tomorrow morning by ripping to shreds a box of tiger treats with a logo of one of the competing teams. According to the zoo, the box that is ripped ...
Tiger at Montgomery Zoo to predict winner of Sunday's Super Bowl gameThe Republic

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Growth in Alabama's Education Trust Fund slows
al.com (blog)
By David White -- The Birmingham News MONTGOMERY -- Tax collections for the state Education Trust Fund totaled $1.73 billion in October through January, an increase of $24.6 million -- or 1.4 percent --compared to the same period a year earlier, ...

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Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman asks Supreme Court to review conviction
Press-Register - al.com (blog)
By Kim Chandler -- The Birmingham News View full size Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman has turned to the US Supreme Court to review his 2006 federal corruption conviction. (The Birmingham News file) MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Former Gov.
Don Siegelman asks US Supreme Court to review bribery convictionMontgomery Advertiser
Siegelman file appeals with U.S. Supreme CourtTuscaloosa News
Former Ala. governor Siegelman files new appeal of corruption conviction to US ...The Republic

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Appeals court set to hear Alabama trademark suit
Fox News
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in the trademark infringement case between sports artist Daniel Moore and the University of Alabama, whose football program is portrayed in a number of his works.

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Alabama trademark lawsuit against artist heads to appeals court
CBSSports.com
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in the trademark infringement case between sports artist Daniel Moore and the University of Alabama, whose football program is portrayed in a number of his works.

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Alabama immigration law sponsor disagrees with study that finds 2011 bill ...
al.com (blog)
Kerry Rich, R-Albertville, and Micky Hammon, R-Decatur, after signing into law what critics and supporters are calling the strongest bill in the nation cracking down on illegal immigration, on Thursday June 9, 2011 at the state Capitol in Montgomery.
Economist: HB 56 may be costing Alabama billionsMontgomery Advertiser
Study: HB 56 Will Shrink Alabama's Economy by $2.3 BillionNew America Media
Report: Immigration law will cost Alabama billionsSunHerald.com
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Black History Month: Selma-to-Montgomery Marches
ABC News (blog)
The National Guard and the FBI looked on as the march proceeded to Montgomery. About 25000 people marched to the steps of the Alabama State Capitol Building in Montgomery March 25 when King delivered the speech “How Long, Not Long.

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