12/12/09 Republicans and taxpayer watchdogs are railing against the thousands of earmarks included in the omnibus spending bill that passed the House Thursday and is awaiting a vote in the Senate. 12/12/09 Mark Ingram completed the trophy case at Alabama, delivering the first Heisman to a school that boasts one of the richest histories in college football 12/12/09 Timothy James "TJ" McNeeley, of Chunchula, was driving east on Moffett Road near Oak Hill Drive on Tuesday morning when his company pickup truck was struck by an oncoming truck. 12/12/09 By Dennis Sherer, Staff Writer The phones at travel agents' offices throughout northwest Alabama have rung almost nonstop this week with calls from Alabama fans planning trips to California to watch the Crimson Tide's quest for a 13th national football championship. 12/12/09 By Tom Smith, Senior Staff Writer Muscle Shoals Police Chief Robert Evans said any crime is too much, but people in the Shoals don't have to be afraid to walk outside after dark. 12/12/09 HUNTSVILLE -- A jetliner crashed in north Georgia in 1977, killing Mary Cummer's husband and 71 other people. She received a cash settlement and went on as best she could, dying at the age of 89 on the 31st anniversary of her husband's death. 12/12/09 Senate Democrats kill GOP bid to filibuster $1.1 trillion spending bill in rare Saturday vote 12/12/09 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -Prairie View A&M, a program once synonymous with football futility, is a conference champion for the first time in 45 years. 12/12/09 Hundreds of police vehicles lined Pittsburgh streets during the funeral procession for Officer Michael Crawshaw, who was killed while responding to a call in Penn Hills. 12/12/09 Let's go back a few years and see what was happening:60 Years AgoDick "Yogi" Young's three-yard off-tackle burst gave the Black Rock AC a 7-0 win over the Fairfield Tigers in semi-pro football. 12/12/09 It is prescribed under Sec. 5, Art. II of the Constitution of the state of Colorado that all elections shall be free and open. No power, civil or military, shall at any time interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage. "Suffrage" is the right to vote in all elections without interference by a civil authority or power. Assuming that the Colorado Constitution has application to ... 12/12/09 The Marshall County Sports Hall of Fame has selected nine individuals for induction into the class of 2010. The new inductees are Hut Thomas, Mark Farmer, Tonya Littleton, Henry Cribbs, Donald Smith, Gerry Ledbetter, Terry Fuell, Norman Rice and Phil Isom. | 
