Birmingham News latest RSS headlines - Birmingham Star.comProvides the latest RSS feeds for Birmingham News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home pageProgress continues for veterans- July 9, 2008 The nursing home committee of the State Board of Veterans Affairs met Tuesday to discuss progress on Alabama&039;s fourth veterans&039; home, which is being built in Pell City.http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16061338/ Siegelman lawyer wants review of recusal- July 9, 2008 BIRMINGHAM -- A lawyer said Tuesday he wants a Justice Department review of the prosecution of former Gov. Don Siegelman to focus partly on the reasons a federal prosecutor in Montgomery stepped aside...http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16061339/ Electric mower helps man cut gas- July 9, 2008 The Vietnam veteran grew tired of a lawn mower that drinks gas, clouds the atmosphere with its emissions and is so loud that he has to turn off his hearing aid.An advertisement in a military magazine ...http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16061340/ Talk Of New Curfew In Magic City- July 9, 2008 Efforts to make Birmingham&039;s curfew ordinance tougher are underway. This comes after seven homicides in four days. One of the shooters was a teenager out in the early hours of the morning. It used to...http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16055119/ Judge Refuses to Move Trial over Montgomery Police Killing- July 9, 2008 Mario Woodward had asked to have his capital murder trial moved from Montgomery because his lawyers said extensive pretrial publicity would make it impossible to get a fair trial.http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16053037/ Pastor For Sale on eBay!- July 8, 2008 Let the bidding wars begin! Up for sale on eBay, how about a Christian pastor and his family "We’re gotten quite a few emails just asking you know, &039;are you as crazy as we think you are&039; ...http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16049294/ Birmingham City Council Delays Vote On FY09 Budget Again- July 8, 2008 The Birmingham City Council again delayed a vote on the city&039;s FY09 budget. At Tuesday&039;s council meeting, council members explained that concerns over the city&039;s use of fund balance dollars to balance...http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16050054/ Female angler aiming for Classic- July 8, 2008 Kim Bain &039;s quest to become the first woman angler to compete in the Bassmaster Classic is on hold, but she&039;s trying not to sweat it.The Alabaster angler has led the Women&039;s Bassmaster Tour points rac...http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16044361/ Distance Learning Coming to All Alabama High Schools- July 8, 2008 All Alabama high schools will soon be outfitted with distance learning technology that makes classes available to students from one end of the state to the other.http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16043950/ Gaming May Be Part of Plan to Pay Jefferson County Debt- July 8, 2008 The commission will vote Tuesday whether to hire a new negotiating team to represent the county in talks with Wall Street banks and creditors on ways to restructure its debt and pay interest costs tha...http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16039679/ |