Barons pitcher Hector Santiago promoted to the Chicago White Sox

06/26/11 HOOVER, Alabama -- Hector Santiago answered an important phone call Sunday morning. Birmingham manager Bobby Magallanes called Santiago about 9:30 under the guise of asking whether Santiago could throw a few innings that day. The Barons played 14 innings Saturday in their 2-1 win over Tennessee.

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Cash crops: From apples to oranges, farm subsidies put millions into local pockets

06/25/11 You won't find tobacco and cotton growing in sun-baked fields around Diane Huster's home, nestled in woods near Lake Cochichewick in North Andover. Yet Huster has collected small federal farm subsidies for both crops. She has also been paid subsidies for soybeans, corn and wheat, collecting a total of just over $2,000 since 2000.

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75 percent of nuke sites have leaked tritium

06/25/11 Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows. The number and severity of the leaks has been escalating, even as federal regulators extend the licenses of more and more reactors across the nation.

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Spokesman Manns leaving SU

06/24/11 SWAC Basketball Tournament Men's Most Valuable Player Peter Cipriano (left) gets a towel-waving high five from Southern Sports information direstor Kevin Manns after the 2006 SWAC Basketball Tournament championship game between Southern University men and Arkansas-Pine Bluff in Birmingham, Ala.

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Barons pitcher Terry Doyle moonlights as substitute teacher in offseason

06/24/11 HOOVER, Alabama -- Terry Doyle has an offseason job because of dermatitis. Well, in a sense. The disease, which causes skin to peel, appeared on the index and middle fingers on his right hand in 2007 during his junior season at Boston College.

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Tritium leaks found at nuke site on Delaware Bay, elsewhere

06/24/11 This file picture shows a cooling tower at the Salem nuclear power plant owned by the Public Service Energy Group and a building on a small farm in Lower Alloways Creek Township, N.J., in rural Salem County. One of the highest known tritium readings was discovered in 2002 at the Salem facility.

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Arab Spring Awards

06/21/11 The Arab Spring is nearly six months old. It is time to take stock, remember those who lost their lives and continue to fight, and hand out some well-deserved awards to the key players.

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Chamber golf outing

06/21/11 Jud Chappell tries to hole the ball with this putt while under the watchful eye of his playing partners, from left, Russ Sutherin, Russell Sutherin and Mike Nicotera during the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce Al Cleveland Memorial Golf Outing at Salem Hills Golf & Country Club Monday afternoon.

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COMMON PLEAS

06/21/11 Cynthia Flick, Salem, vs. Darlene McAllister, Lisbon, damaged in excess of $25,000 for June 2009 traffic accident. Cynthia and Bobby Claypool, vs. Buckeye Parks Management, damages in excess of $25,000 for injury accident in Aug. 2010.

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Hundreds of volunteers pitch in on 'Extreme Makeover' project

06/20/11 Angie Wrightstone arrived at the Keefer family home in Newberry Township Monday afternoon wearing a white hard hat and closed-toed shoes.

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Libya says 9 civilians killed in NATO airstrike

06/20/11 By: Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya and - Libya's and government said NATO warplanes struck a residential neighborhood and in the capital Sunday and killed nine civilians, including two and children. Hours later, NATO and confirmed one of its airstrikes went astray. The incident gave s...

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Burgan Bank announces names of the daily lucky winners of Yawmi Account

06/20/11 Kuwait City: Burgan Bank Burgan Bank amongst the leading and the most dynamic bank in the state of Kuwait announced the names of last week's Yawmi account winners at the bank's head office. Yawmi is the 1 st account in the country to give away cash prize every day.

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Mahoning County Court filings

06/20/11 courts MAHONING COUNTY Marriage licenses Kristopher J. Walsh, 28, Houston, Texas, and Julie A.

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Regional auto racing results

06/20/11 Modified Racing Series, 75 laps: 1, Mike Stefanik , Coventry, R.I.; 2, Rowan Pennink , Huntingdon Valley, Pa.; 3, Chris Pasteryak, Lisbon; 4, Steve Masse , Bellingham, Mass.; 5, Les Hinckley, Windsor Locks.

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Where are they now? Patti Gerckens of Old Tappan

06/14/11 As far as auditions go, Patti Gerckens was certain hers would be viewed a flop.

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Best advice your dad gave you?

06/13/11 My father taught me the importance of making my bed every morning. When I was six years old, he showed me how to complete the task Marine Corps-style and would inspect my work on a daily basis.

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Toyota TAPESTRY Grant Program Announces 2011 Award Recipients

06/13/11 A group of 50 U.S. science educators has been selected to receive $500,000 in grants through the Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers Program. Fully funded by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. , the program recognizes and provides support to educators who are making a difference by demonstrating excellence and creativity in science education.

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Barons move further ahead in Southern League standings with win over Mobile

06/12/11 HOOVER, Alabama -- Sunday seemed easy by comparison for Terry Doyle and Addison Reed. The Birmingham pitchers threw eight shutout innings in a 6-0 win over Mobile at Regions Park in front of 2,845 fans.

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Greenwaves Pate named Class 3A Coach of the Year

06/12/11 Jonathan Pate, who won his third AHSAA championship with the Gordo High School baseball team, has been named the AHSAA Class 3A Coach of the Year by the Alabama Sports Writers Association.

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Section's Heath McRae chosen honorable mention all-state baseball

06/12/11 Section's Heath McRae has been named a Class 2A All-State honorable mention by the Alabama Sports Writers Association.

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