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Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., stood all alone on Monday, talking about a bill he is introducing to change the way financial markets in the United States are regulated. The fact that no one stood with him is as telling as it is disturbing.
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The overly amended Constitution of Alabama is likely to have another amendment up for a vote in November, and this time, we approve.
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If a sixth-grader moved to Alabama from another state, her parents should be able to expect that she would do the same level of work in school. She should not have to daydream while her classmates absorb math concepts she learned in fourth grade. She should not doodle and yawn during the classroom discussion of a book she read the previous year.
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Hats off to Sylacauga student Gabrielle Krysiewski, who will be traveling to Washington, D.C., in October as a delegate to the People to People Leadership Forum. She was chosen for her “outstanding scholastic merit, civic involvement and leadership potential.”
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The Sylacauga Civitan Club has teamed up with the Autism Society of Alabama to host a 2-mile Walk for Autism April 17 at Noble Park in Sylacauga. Money raised will help families of people with autism.
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There’s nothing like bad weather to make one appreciate having a warm, dry home — or to exacerbate the misery of a cold, drafty one.
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Congratulations to all the elementary schools students who took part in the 2010 St. Clair County History Fair, an annual project of the St. Clair Historical Society.
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The town of Oak Grove premiered its new Web site, www.townofoakgrove.org, at the Town Council meeting this week and invited everyone else to have a look. We did, and we’re impressed.
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It’s hard not to feel sympathetic to Northrop Grumman and folks from Mobile. Last year they were jubilant when it was announced the company had won a $35 billion refueling tanker contract from the Air Force, and announced plans to assemble it in South Alabama.
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The excitement was palpable when Talladega College’s men’s basketball team won its semifinal game Thursday morning and headed for its second consecutive national title game. That excitement doubled later in the day when the women’s team also won the right to play for a national title.
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The country finally has seen one issue on which President Barack Obama and Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby can agree.
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Unemployment compensation is not meant to be permanent. It is not meant to replace a paycheck. It is meant to help those who lose their jobs until they find a new one. In this increasingly drawn out recession, it makes sense, at least to some of us, to extend those benefits for longer than usual.
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The judge hearing Sylacauga’s case against REEF Environmental wisely has hired an expert to sort through the technical questions and report on whether the wastewater processor’s practices are harmful to the surrounding community.
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If you think you haven’t seen any good national news lately, it could be because every silver lining has a dark cloud in front of it. Consider the spate of economic stories that the Associated Press offered Thursday. Every one appeared positive, and taken together, they offered hope that the economy warming up. But each typically went on to describe why the news was actually bad.
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What better way to honor the memory of a loved one than by fostering the interests and talents of children?
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We’ve checked the weather forecast, and Saturday should be sunny, clear and 58 degrees. On such a day, what could be better than a walk in the woods?
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For once we hope Alabama Sen. Roger Bedford, D-Russellville, is right.
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Talladega College’s national championship basketball team begins defending its title this morning in the first game of the U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament against Marygrove College of Detroit.
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As Gov. Bob Riley waits to find out if the state will receive a share of $4.3 billion in federal education stimulus funds, he is surely seething. Riley fears that when the finalists for the Race to the Top education improvement program are announced later this week, Alabama won’t be among them. Our chances would have been better, he contends, if the Legislature had not flunked its charter schools test last month.
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Talladega’s First United Methodist Church has been writing its history for 175 years. Church members have been collecting and organizing the details for a year. This Sunday, they celebrate the story.
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Alagasco is lowering its rates — again. The state’s largest gas company implemented one rate cut on Monday and announced that a second cut will take effect April 1.
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Down in Montgomery we are halfway through the annual session of the Alabama Legislature and nothing has been done on the budgets.
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Residents all across Talladega County should offer a word of thanks for a job well done by Pat Miller, who has just retired as executive director the American Red Cross in the county.
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