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November 21, 2009

Former Ala. bank manager pleads guilty

  Anita Fincher served as manager of a branch on Airport Boulevard. Under sentencing guidelines, she faces almost four years in prison for fraud and an additional two years for identity theft.

Riley spares ‘Clyde the Turkey’ from Ala. table

Friday marked the 60th time that an Alabama governor has pardoned a turkey.

Georgia water litigator to get $855 an hour

Governor Sonny Perdue’s office said Friday that Seth Waxman’s hourly rate is a 10 percent discount off his normal rate of $950 an hour.

Attorney: Police unfair to Latino kidnap victims

Nashville television stations reported this week that the woman accused in the kidnapping sent letters from jail claiming family members sold the baby to her for $25,000.

Ala. court: Minn. pilot death claims to be heard

  The court’s decision Friday also said a trial judge in Mobile wrongly dismissed strict-liability claims against Teledyne Continental Motors and Cirrus Industries in the crash in New Mexico that killed John Swanstrom Junior of Duluth.

Ala. court says woman can’t claim $41.8M jackpot

The court ruled Friday that an electronic bingo machine that showed Sherry Knowles had won $41.8 million obviously malfunctioned and that she was actually due no more than $2 from the operation in Macon County.

Blast kills 1, injures others at VT Halter Marine

Officials say at least one person was killed Friday in an explosion at the VT Halter Marine shipyard in the Mississippi coastal city of Moss Point.

Birmingham Police investigate murder

The victim, 21-year-old Derek Rich was found in the front passenger seat of a White Ford Crown Victoria with a gunshot wound to the head.

November 20, 2009

‘New Moon’ midnight showings earn record $26.3 mil

NEW YORK (AP) - “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” has set a box-office record for midnight screenings.

US Steel workers in Fairfield eligible for financial assistance

Approximately 2,900 workers in 7 states added to eligibility list

FAA says equipment outage caused 819 flight delays

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights.

Teen curfew law proposed in Tuscaloosa

A new law has been proposed to keep teens off the streets late at night and holding their parents responsible.

Video: Woman dead after struck by car at Fairfield middle school

One woman has died after she and nine children were struck by a car this afternoon near Forest Hills Middle School in Fairfield.

Alabama Supreme Court: woman can’t claim $41.8M jackpot

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Supreme Court says a woman who thought she had hit a jackpot worth almost $42 million at the Victoryland electronic bingo center will end up empty handed.

KKK plans to protest at Ole Miss over song, chant

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Ku Klux Klansmen say they’ll protest Saturday at the University of Mississippi.

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