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 pageArthur, Group Try to Stop Execution- July 8, 2008 Arthur is set to die July 31 for a 1982 contract killing. But The Innocence Project hopes to persuade Gov. Bob Riley to issue a stay and order DNA testing that could exonerate Arthur.http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16039680/ Description Given by Nine-year-old Leads to Three Arrests- July 8, 2008 Madison County authorities say a nine-year-old girl home alone ducked into a bedroom closet when burglars broke into her family&039;s home. Then she used the phone to whisper a description that helped pol...http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16039681/ Authorities Arrest 23 in Marshall County Cockfighting Ring- July 8, 2008 Sheriff Scott Walls said his department had busted cockfighting operations before but none like this one. He said it was a well-organized operation that authorities believe has been going on for years...http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16039682/ Army wife accused of making meth- July 8, 2008 HUNTSVILLE -- An Army wife is facing federal drug charges after being accused of making methamphetamine with a man at Redstone Arsenal, authorities said Monday.http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16033205/ State taxes lowest again- July 8, 2008 New U.S. Census Bureau reports for fiscal 2006 show Alabama&039;s state, county and city governments collected $2,782 in taxes per person. The national median, with half the states below and half above, w...http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16033207/ Huntsville doc publishes poetry with medical touch- July 8, 2008 After years of penning verse mostly for himself, the 40-year-old family physician will soon have a national audience. The Journal of the American Medical Association, read by some 900,000 U.S. doctors...http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16033206/ Waiver plan blends transfer, tutoring options for troubled schools- July 8, 2008 Alabama students attending Title I schools designated as "needing improvement" for the first time will have the choice of transferring to a higher-performing school or staying and receiving free tutor...http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16033200/ Water system maps to be in database- July 8, 2008 The cost of the project was not disclosed, but Gov. Bob Riley said in a statement Monday that funding would come from federal, state and local sources.The state Office of Water Resources will use Glob...http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16033204/ Six killed on highways over holiday period- July 8, 2008 Alabama state troopers say at least six people died in accidents on Alabama&039;s roads over the Fourth of July weekend, including a truck driver who was killed when his rig crashed and burned on Intersta...http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16033203/ Continue reading "Dead motorist in Five Points West incident on Saturday identified"- July 8, 2008 Birmingham police have identified the motorist found shot in Five Points West on Saturday as Isiah Ford, 18, of Birmingham, said police spokesman Lt.http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0cd1f7701040892f/id/16031113/ |