AL News Digest: 02-04-10

Bill would let Alabama voters decide if bingo OK

02/04/10 MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A proposed constitutional amendment has been introduced in the Alabama House that would let Alabama voters decide if they want to legalize electronic bingo games at certain locations in the state.

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Pell City Council to vote on sales tax increase Monday

02/04/10 PELL CITY, AL (WBRC) - At their Thursday work session, the Pell City City Council took one final look at a proposal to increase the city's sales tax. The council will vote next week.

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Stillman grabs Rutledge, Miles as part of largest class ever

02/04/10 By Aaron Suttles and Andrew Carroll Sport Writers TUSCALOOSA | Quail Rutledge accomplished a lot during the 2009 football season. The 5-foot-9 Bibb County High senior running back set a state record for most points scored in a season (286) and finished seventh in state history for touchdowns in a season (42) on the way to Class 4A All-State honors.

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Alabama House passes bill to halt pay to teachers convicted of crimes

02/04/10 Bill filed in response to Washington County case in which teacher's pay continued after sex crime conviction

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Deatsville man arrested on sodomy charges

02/04/10 The Autauga County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday the arrest of a Deatsville man on numerous sodomy charges.

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2010 football signees for area colleges

02/04/10 Signees for Austin Peay, Memphis, Tennessee Tech and Western Kentucky

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Police dig for body of south Alabama man killed during robbery

02/04/10 Henry County officials are excavating a field on a sod farm in search of the body of Victor Cruz Sanchez, who is believed to have been killed during a robbery last March.

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2010 football signees for area colleges

02/04/10 Signees for Austin Peay, Memphis, Tennessee Tech and Western Kentucky

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Montevallo assistant, former Calera coach pass away

02/04/10 Montevallo High School assistant football coach Keith Adair and former Calera High School head football coach Mac Thompson each passed away overnight Feb. 3.

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Multi-car wreck backs up traffic on Interstate 59/20 near west Birmingham

02/04/10 At 12:30 p.m. traffic was at almost a standstill from Arkadelphia Road to the 20th Street Exit in Ensley.

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SEC football signees

02/04/10 Mississippi State Vick Ballard, rb, 5-11, 210, Miss. Gulf Coast CC, Pascagoula, Miss. Ferlando Bohanna, lb, 6-0, 230, Whitehaven HS, Memphis, Tenn. James Carmon, dl, 6-7, 360, Miss. Gulf Coast CC, Baltimore, Md. Michael Carr, ath, 6-1, 195, West Point (Miss.) HS Blaine Clausell, ol, 6-7, 310, Baker HS, Mobile, Ala. Paul Crawford, dl, 6-8, 235, Hebron HS, Lewisville, Texas Dillon Day, ol, 6-4 ...

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Police: Lee Co. inmate plotted murder from jail

02/04/10 An East Alabama woman faces charges after police say she tried to plot the murder of two people. The twist? According to investigators, she tried to put her plan in action from inside a Lee County jail.

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