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All rights reserved. http://www.annistonstar.com/rss/images/as-logo_news.gif 14450 http://www.annistonstar.com/news/as-news.htm News en-us 20 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-local-0828-ncenegy-8h27w1147.htm State and local Republican Party officials formally introduced Anniston lawyer Brenda Stedham, their nominee for the Calhoun/Cleburne circuit presiding family court judge, at a press conference Wednesday at the Calhoun County Courthouse. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-local-0828-ncenegy-8h27w1147.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-local-0828-mnichols-8h27w2358.htm Mayor-elect Gene Robinson clearly dominated the polls on Tuesday in Anniston's largely black western neighborhoods, and he did so in part by paying two individuals to help him win over black voters. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-local-0828-mnichols-8h27w2358.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-local-0828-mbell-8h27w2451.htm WEAVER — Some residents are questioning if mayoral candidate Garry Bearden is qualified to lead this close-knit town after public records show he may live in another city. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-local-0828-mbell-8h27w2451.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-local-0828-mfaulk-8h27w1308.htm Tuesday night's elections were just the first round in 10 area races that will finally come to a head in runoffs Oct. 7. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-local-0828-mfaulk-8h27w1308.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-local-0828-dwhisenhunt-8h27w1115.htm Most of the Oxford City Council members elected Tuesday favor a vote on whether to split the city into districts or wards. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-local-0828-dwhisenhunt-8h27w1115.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-local-0828-gdmilldrum-8h27w1342.htm The Aug. 16 murder of Richard Elliot Massey, 30, of Greensboro, N.C., broke a nearly four-month lull in deadly violence. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-local-0828-gdmilldrum-8h27w1342.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-local-0828-gdmilldrum-8h27w1222.htm Two men were arrested by the top men of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Tuesday, according to a press release. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-local-0828-gdmilldrum-8h27w1222.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-state-0828-0-8h27w5106.htm MONTGOMERY -- Alabama officials began discussing emergency preparations Wednesday as Tropical Storm Gustav made its way toward the Gulf of Mexico, where forecasters warned it could grow into a Category 3 hurricane. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-state-0828-0-8h27w5106.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-state-0828-0-8h27w1414.htm DECATUR — The federal fraud trial of state Rep. Sue Schmitz, the first legislator to be tried in a corruption probe of the state's two-year college system, was delayed Wednesday until next week. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-state-0828-0-8h27w1414.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-state-0828-0-8h27x0819.htm HUNTSVILLE — Police are looking for a 22-year-old student from the University of Alabama in Huntsville who has not been seen on campus since Aug. 16 and has been reported missing. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-state-0828-0-8h27x0819.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-nation-0828-0-8h27x0657.htm DENVER — Barack Obama swept to the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday night, a transforming triumph that made him the first black American to lead a major party into the fall campaign for the White House. Thousands of national convention delegates stood and cheered as they made history. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-nation-0828-0-8h27x0657.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-nation-0828-0-8h27x0542.htm WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain isn't the same man who first ran for president in 2000. Rarely seen on the stump is the 'Happy Warrior' of eight years ago, the McCain who once likened battling members of his own party to 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker trying to escape the Death Star. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-nation-0828-0-8h27x0542.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-nation-0828-0-8h27w1248.htm WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is raising the stakes in a court fight that could change the balance of power between the White House and Congress. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-nation-0828-0-8h27w1248.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-nation-0828-0-8h27w2021.htm WASHINGTON — Despite a nationwide clamor against illegal immigration, only 55 of more than 18,000 police and law enforcement agencies nationwide have signed agreements to coordinate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-nation-0828-0-8h27w2021.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-nation-0828-0-8h27w5129.htm A government report Wednesday on July orders for big-ticket manufactured goods showed surprising strength — defying the gloom on the consumer side of the economy. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-nation-0828-0-8h27w5129.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-nation-0828-0-8h27w5039.htm NEW ORLEANS -- On the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary, a nervous New Orleans watched Wednesday as another storm threatened to test everything the city has rebuilt, and officials made preliminary plans to evacuate people, pets and hospitals in an attempt to avoid a Katrina-style chaos. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-nation-0828-0-8h27w5039.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-nation-0828-0-8h27w2051.htm Using a cocktail of proteins inserted directly into the bodies of diabetic mice, researchers have converted normal pancreas cells into insulin-producing cells using a procedure that could pave the way for treating intractable diseases and injuries using the patient's own abundant store of healthy tissue. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-nation-0828-0-8h27w2051.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-world-0828-0-8h27w5420.htm TBILISI, Georgia — Western leaders warned Russia on Wednesday to 'change course,' hoping to keep a conflict that already threatens a key nuclear pact and could affect the U.S. meat and poultry industry from broadening into a new Cold War. http://www.annistonstar.com/news/2008/as-world-0828-0-8h27w5420.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:02:21 CDT