Provides the latest RSS feeds for Birmingham News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Birmingham News.Net http://www.birminghamnews.net/ en-us Sat, 17 May 2008 13:06:36 -0400 Sat, 17 May 2008 13:06:36 -0400 30 ) said Saturday that the Saudis' modest increase in oil production is "something but it doesn't solve our problem" of soaring gas () prices. Taking note of the kingdom's recent decision to raise prod... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14895467&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 10:39:45 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14895467&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Cathay Pacific Airways might cut routes to help cope with surging fuel prices, its chief executive said.Tony Tyler said in an internal company newsletter, seen Saturday by The Associated Press, that t... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14895465&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 10:39:43 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14895465&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Spanish police have arrested five people suspected of hacking into or outright disabling thousands of Internet pages, some of them run by government agencies in the U.S., Latin America and Asia, autho... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14895466&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 10:39:44 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14895466&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Human rights activists "ethically and morally" condemned 24 European corporations on Friday, accusing them of environmental contamination, labor exploitation and selling dangerous pesticides in Latin ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14895470&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 10:39:43 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14895470&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Leaders of Lebanon's U.S.-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition met behind closed doors in Qatar on Saturday for the highest-level talks so far in the country's 18-month-long political cr... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14895469&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 10:39:42 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14895469&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Threats of assassination have derailed plans by Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to return home to campaign for the presidential runoff vote, a party spokesman said Saturday. Spokesman ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14895464&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 10:39:41 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14895464&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Pelosi has criticized the Bush administration's strategy of taking a "pause" before deciding whether a major drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq was warranted, advocating a faster troop withdrawal. http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14895468&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 10:39:40 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14895468&cat=0cd1f7701040892f After wrapping up a successful concert tour, you'd think Reba McEntire would want to take some time off to relax. Instead, the tireless country star is preparing for her 10th turn as host of the Acade... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14893908&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 08:04:50 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14893908&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Islamic insurgents in Somalia seized a major agricultural center overnight, sending hundreds of people fleeing, a human rights leader said Saturday. The attack underscored the government's vulnerabil... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14893907&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 08:04:48 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14893907&cat=0cd1f7701040892f A French navy ship carrying 1,000 tons of food idled near Myanmar's coast Saturday, awaiting permission from the uncooperative ruling military regime to dock in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta.... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14893910&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 08:04:47 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14893910&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of potential floods from a river blocked by landslides. Soldiers carried older people out of Beichuan town - on... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14893909&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 08:04:46 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14893909&cat=0cd1f7701040892f "They've told us to bring business cards and ideas to pitch to people, so they're definitely encouraging us to use this as a networking opportunity," said Godorecci, who earned a spot in this year's C... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14891115&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 06:15:39 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14891115&cat=0cd1f7701040892f WASHINGTON -- The political fortunes of Democrats down South once were so bad that people openly joked even Jesus Christ would lose by a double-digit margin if he ran for office on the party's ticket. http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14891114&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 06:15:38 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14891114&cat=0cd1f7701040892f On Monday, the final day of the 2008 legislative session, the Senate will decide whether to pass a bill that would more than double the amount of alcohol allowed in beer in Alabama.The bill is being p... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14891113&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 06:15:37 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14891113&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Several others, including Deshazo's wife, wrote letters to the prison warden in Wetumpka asking for clemency.It's a part of the story about the first Dothan police officer killed in the line of duty t... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14891112&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 06:15:37 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14891112&cat=0cd1f7701040892f COFFEEVILLE -- A small earthquake was reported Friday in rural Clarke County in southwest Alabama, but the shaking apparently caused little damage. http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14891111&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 06:15:36 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14891111&cat=0cd1f7701040892f As head of the deep-pocketed Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commission, New York Sen. Charles Schumer hand-picked his party's nominee to take on Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, the last Republican standing ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892332&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 05:21:07 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892332&cat=0cd1f7701040892f The giant Texas sinkhole that formed last week is now a lake big enough to become the home of an alligator. Area residents believe the reptile was washed into the 600-foot-diameter crater by water fr... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892331&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 05:21:07 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892331&cat=0cd1f7701040892f A series of clashes, airstrikes and bomb blasts left 10 militants and four civilians killed in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday. A roadside blast hit a vehicle in the eastern Paktia province Satu... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892334&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 05:21:05 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892334&cat=0cd1f7701040892f After nine months of turmoil that started with the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, Wall Street appears to be at a turning point of sorts.The data of the past few weeks have given investors s... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892346&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 05:21:02 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892346&cat=0cd1f7701040892f A minister from a Dallas-area Baptist megachurch was caught in an Internet sex sting and charged with online solicitation of a minor, police said Friday. Undercover officers posing as a 13-year-old g... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892337&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 05:21:01 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892337&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Being dead since 1940 hasn't kept Idaho U.S. Sen. William Borah from being inserted squarely into 2008 presidential politics after Democratic candidate Barack Obama ( http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892336&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 05:21:06 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892336&cat=0cd1f7701040892f The brother of Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan says the envoy has been released - three months after he was kidnapped near the border between the two countries.Tariq Azizuddin disappeared along F... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892341&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 05:20:59 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892341&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Police found three decomposing bodies with multiple stab wounds inside a northern New Jersey home Friday night, a prosecutor said. The bodies of an elderly man, an elderly woman - who were not relate... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892342&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 05:20:57 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892342&cat=0cd1f7701040892f ) is pivoting to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute, and he may well get a less glowing reception than he did in Israel earlier this week. Bush begins two days of talks Saturday with a string... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892347&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 05:21:03 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892347&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Three Mexican men held dozens of illegal immigrants in a squalid "drop house" in South Los Angeles, where one woman was raped and others say they were threatened with sexual assault, authorities said ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892338&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 05:20:54 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892338&cat=0cd1f7701040892f A German tourist and a 52-year-old man were rescued Saturday - nearly five days after being buried by a powerful earthquake that ravaged China's Sichuan province, state media reported. The news comes... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892344&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 05:21:03 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892344&cat=0cd1f7701040892f The Ohio Lottery says a winning Mega Millions ticket has been sold in Ohio.Lottery spokeswoman Marie Kilbane said Friday night that the ticket for the $196 million drawing was bought from Main Street ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892339&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 05:20:54 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892339&cat=0cd1f7701040892f On Thursday, he and City Attorney Dennis Herrera, whose office argued the case before the court, appeared victorious in a news conference, reveling in a deafening chorus of cheers from grateful suppor... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892335&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 05:20:53 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14892335&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mayor Phillip Howard said in Thursday night’s council meeting that the city lost power about two weeks ago due to a fire at the power plant, causing a loss of communication within the fire dep... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14889053&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 03:41:15 -0400 Daily Mountain Eagle http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14889053&cat=0cd1f7701040892f MANDY BLACKWOOD The Daily Mountain Eagle Published May 17, 2008 12:46 AM CDT Members of the Jasper First Church of the Nazarene are traveling on a mission trip this weekend, but they are not flyi... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14889052&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 03:41:15 -0400 Daily Mountain Eagle http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14889052&cat=0cd1f7701040892f President Leonel Fernandez declared victory early Saturday in the Dominican Republic's national election and pledged to continue pushing forward economic projects that have helped pull the island nati... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14890294&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 02:39:40 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14890294&cat=0cd1f7701040892f A carnival ride spinning with people collapsed at a county fair Friday night, injuring all 24 people aboard. The carnival ride, called the Yo-Yo, collapsed shortly after 6 p.m. Friday at the Calavera... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14890298&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 02:39:40 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14890298&cat=0cd1f7701040892f A bitter 80-day United Auto Workers strike against an auto parts maker that has crippled dozens of General Motors Corp. factories could be coming to an end soon with a tentative contract agreement rea... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14890296&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 02:39:39 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14890296&cat=0cd1f7701040892f A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergency crews rescued 163 people who had survived up to 100 improbab... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14890297&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 02:39:39 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14890297&cat=0cd1f7701040892f “We're just being good citizens” Posted by Val Walton -- Birmingham News May 16, 2008 6:14 AM A federal grand jury is investigating http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14887440&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 00:58:55 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14887440&cat=0cd1f7701040892f The official death toll nearly doubled to 78,000 from Myanmar's killer cyclone as heavy rains on Friday lashed much of the area stricken two weeks ago, further hampering relief efforts. Aid workers s... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14888162&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:38 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14888162&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Going potty without a partner can lead to punishment for students at a Burgaw elementary school, but parents want the policy flushed. The Star-News of Wilmington reported that students at Malpass Cor... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14888161&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:37 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14888161&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Police say DNA found on a half-eaten candy bar helped them zero in on a robbery suspect.Detective Jason Simpkins says Brian D. Bass' DNA matched the sample found on the bar left on the counter at Cato... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886364&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:37 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886364&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Canadian energy officials Friday scrapped development of a nuclear reactor project to produce radioactive isotopes for the diagnoses of cancer and other illnesses, citing costs of the program.The deci... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886358&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:31 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886358&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent. Aerial photos posted Friday at several celebrity Web sites, credited to the In... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886368&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:33 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886368&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Authorities said an 8-year-old Pontiac boy took a stolen car on a joy ride and caused a three-vehicle crash. Pontiac police said the boy sneaked out of his house Wednesday night and found an empty and... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886363&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:38 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886363&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Cable TV, phone and Internet service provider Charter Communications drew concern Friday from two congressmen and a privacy advocate over its plan to experiment with tracking its customers' Web use in... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886366&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:35 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886366&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Robert Mondavi, the pioneering vintner who helped put California wine country on the map, died at his Napa Valley home Friday. He was 94.Mondavi died peacefully at his home in Yountville, Robert Monda... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886361&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:30 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886361&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Salgado and other members of the tribe earlier this week accused deputies of using their land as a practice range and failing to give them the respect due to a sovereign nation. http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886360&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:29 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886360&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Federal law gives MySpace.com immunity from a lawsuit over the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl by a man she met on the social networking Web site, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The 5... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886359&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:28 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886359&cat=0cd1f7701040892f A hepatitis C outbreak affecting more than 80 people and exposing tens of thousands more was caused by workers reusing syringes at a Las Vegas () clinic, federal health officials said Friday. The Cen... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886352&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:26 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886352&cat=0cd1f7701040892f When Texas child welfare authorities released statistics showing nearly 60 percent of the teen girls taken from a polygamist sect's ranch were pregnant or had children, they seemed to prove what was a... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886362&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:39 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886362&cat=0cd1f7701040892f ) unveiled three new ads Friday in the upcoming primary states of Oregon and Kentucky, including one that pokes fun at Washington pundits fixated on the presidential horse race. Shrugging off rival B... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886356&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:26 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886356&cat=0cd1f7701040892f ) 's campaign is asking staff members to disclose all previous lobbying ties following the resignation of two officials linked to a firm that worked for Myanmar's military junta.A memo from McCain's c... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886365&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:36 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886365&cat=0cd1f7701040892f McCain acknowledged he has been no darling of gun-rights advocates, having pushed through signature campaign finance legislation gun supporters say has muzzled free speech. The Arizona senator has als... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886355&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:25 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886355&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Once a year bargain shoppers travel down Antique Alley. For more than 500 miles vendors set up shop along U.S. Highway 11. Myrtle Harris, a vendor at the festival, says "If you can't find it her... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886351&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:24 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886351&cat=0cd1f7701040892f "It really depends on the condition of the patient," said Dr. Irving "Jake" Jacoby of the University of California, San Diego. He heads a medical team that responded to the 1989 Loma Prieta quake in C... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886353&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:22 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14886353&cat=0cd1f7701040892f This is one of my favorite morning rituals...one that I have been doing on and off for over 10 years: Morning Pages.I found it in Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way, and I know she's talked about it in ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14882578&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 20:34:54 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14882578&cat=0cd1f7701040892f ) on Friday for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible," serving notice that he's ready to launch a full-throttle challenge to the Republican presidential contend... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884202&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:23 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884202&cat=0cd1f7701040892f A man who wrote hundreds of hateful letters to black and mixed race men seen with white women apparently was motivated by a girlfriend who left him for a black man, the FBI ( http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884201&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:22 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884201&cat=0cd1f7701040892f For the most part, the slowing economy didn't seem to take much of a bite. Cable companies added more double- and triple-play customers - people who bought two or three bundled services at lower rates... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884206&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:28 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884206&cat=0cd1f7701040892f White House press secretary Dana Perino said that may change over the last two days of the trip in Egypt. In fact, it would be a big surprise if it didn't. http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884210&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:21 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884210&cat=0cd1f7701040892f LaShonda Spigner has been found guilty of Criminally negligent Homicide in the burning death of her 3 year old son. It is a misdemeanor, but she faces a maximum sentence of 12 months. The incident h... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884218&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:18 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884218&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Classified ad Web site Craigslist is denying online auctioneer eBay's allegation that it unfairly diluted eBay's stake in it and says its board was acting to protect the company.Craigslist, based in S... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884208&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:29 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884208&cat=0cd1f7701040892f It's true: "Desperate Housewives" will flash-forward five years. Marcia Cross, who plays domestic goddess Bree on the ABC comedy-drama, told AP Radio in a recent phone interview that a flash-forward ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884221&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:16 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884221&cat=0cd1f7701040892f But for all the money and competitive zeal of the presidential contest, Democrats and Republicans are having difficulty financing and organizing the independent shock troops that would supply outside ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884204&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:25 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884204&cat=0cd1f7701040892f ) as irresolute and weak on national security. Determined to end the similarities there, Obama and his allies counterattacked Friday with a multi-pronged response that was as fast and fierce as Kerry... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884203&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:24 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884203&cat=0cd1f7701040892f ) to relieve skyrocketing American gas () prices Friday, a setback for the former Texas oilman who took office predicting he would jawbone oil-producing nations to help the U.S. Bush got a red-carpet... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884209&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:20 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884209&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Ellen DeGeneres and longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi are jumping at the chance to get married. DeGeneres announced their engagement during a Thursday taping of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," telling t... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884212&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:16 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884212&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Wall Street pulled off its lows to finished narrowly mixed Friday as investors squared concerns about rising oil prices with a surprise jump in home construction. The major indexes ended the week with... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884219&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:18 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884219&cat=0cd1f7701040892f ) diving to the floor because someone had aimed a gun at him. Hearing a loud noise and interrupting his speech, Huckabee said: "That was Barack Obama. He just tripped off a chair. He's getting ready ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884222&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:15 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884222&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Walking through the tumble of mud and chunks of concrete, steel and glass on what's left of Beichuan's streets were hundreds of soldiers and desperate relatives searching for family, some gripping bag... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884217&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:19 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884217&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation officials say records containing patient information have gone missing. Index cards with patients' names, social security numbers and birthd... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884215&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:14 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884215&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Gunshots were fired at two Shelby County sheriff's deputies late last night when they attempted to serve a felony arrest warrant on a woman wanted for violating probation. According to Sheriff Chris ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884213&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:13 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884213&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Renee Culverhouse is leaving Gadsden State Community College immediately instead of waiting until December 31 as originally planned. Culverhouse has been president of the northern Alabama school sinc... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884214&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:13 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884214&cat=0cd1f7701040892f A two-year effort to legalize some of the world's finest and most expensive beers in Alabama is coming to a head. The Alabama Senate meets Monday for the final day of the 2008 legislative session. On... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884211&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 18:33:12 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14884211&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Unless you're looking carefully, you'll likely miss the fact that the new Asylum Web site for young men is a creation of Time Warner Inc. s AOL. Same for WalletPop on personal finance, Spinner on indi... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881065&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:53 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881065&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Microtel Inn & Suites recently opened in Hoover, one of several new hotels in the busy Alabama 150 corridor. The 59-room hotel was developed by Birmingham's Oikon Hotels Hoover LLC and the Micro... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881179&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:49 -0400 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881179&cat=0cd1f7701040892f The shortage of workers at Ted Blair's three hotels near Yellowstone National Park is so severe that Blair himself might soon be busing tables and stripping beds. Less than a month before the start o... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881078&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:46 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881078&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Danielle Brown stands outside a South Side market at midnight, braving the spring chill for her first chance to buy groceries since her food stamps ran out nearly two weeks ago. For days, Brown said,... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881082&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:51 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881082&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Former Birmingham Police Chief Annetta Nunn has joined the YWCA Central Alabama as grant coordinator/advocate for a new domestic violence education program that has been awarded to the nonprofit organ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881181&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:46 -0400 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881181&cat=0cd1f7701040892f There are some early signs of success.According to traffic measurements by comScore Inc., AOL has had seven consecutive months of year-over-year growth in both unique visitors and page views.For the e... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881067&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:52 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881067&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Think twice before you sign up for an online service using a fake name or e-mail address. You could be committing a federal crime.Federal prosecutors turned to a novel interpretation of computer hacki... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881066&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:53 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881066&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for his part in a fake-check scheme. The sprinter hung his head as a judge imposed the sentence Friday in White Plains, ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881075&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:45 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881075&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Health regulators reiterated their warning Friday that organ transplant drugs from Roche and Novartis can cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant women. The Food and Drug Administr... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881068&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:43 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881068&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Iran angrily blamed the United States on Friday after at least three of its diplomats were wounded in a Baghdad shooting, saying the Americans are encouraging attacks on Iranians in Iraq ( http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881064&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:54 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881064&cat=0cd1f7701040892f In special elections recently, Democrats snatched away two congressional seats that Republicans had held for decades in Mississippi and Louisiana, the heart of the Bible Belt. Come November, more GOP ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881080&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:48 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881080&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Back in the day of chain gangs, Alabama passed a law that gave sheriffs $1.75 a day to feed each prisoner in their jails, and the sheriffs got to pocket anything that was left over. More than 80 year... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881076&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:45 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881076&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Birmingham Business Journal Publisher Melanie Dickinson is leaving the newspaper June 16 to become publisher of the South Florida Business Journal. Both publications are owned by http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881180&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:44 -0400 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881180&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Eva Longoria Parker gets to play dress-up at the Cannes Film Festival - and she doesn't even have to pack her own suitcase. "My bag is packed when I come because my stylist thinks about every event w... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881073&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:43 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881073&cat=0cd1f7701040892f LLC said its $11 million work on Mountain Brook High School is on track to be complete by the end of this year. Brasfield & Gorrie broke ground on the project in March, a collaboration between t... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881182&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:48 -0400 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881182&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that financial markets are "considerably calmer" now than they were two months ago. He predicted the economy will be rebounding by the second half of this ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881071&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:41 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881071&cat=0cd1f7701040892f ) for "dishonest and divisive" attacks in hinting that the Democratic presidential candidate would appease terrorists.Obama strongly responded Friday to the comments Bush made in Israel on Thursday an... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881069&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 15:40:39 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14881069&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Oil prices surged more than $3 Friday, shattering a previous record in a spike near $128 a barrel, as prices at the pump pushed to new highs of their own.The gains come 10 days before the Memorial Day... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877574&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 12:47:17 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877574&cat=0cd1f7701040892f The Saudis are investing in ways to increase oil production over time. Officials told Bush they are doing "everything they can do" for now to address a complicated market. http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877578&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 12:47:16 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877578&cat=0cd1f7701040892f has appointed John Papadopulos president of its retirement- and investment-products group, one of three businesses within Wachovia's capital-management division. Papadopulos succeeds Robert Reid, wh... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877725&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 12:47:17 -0400 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877725&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble Friday who had been buried for four days as a strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake. The first foreign r... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877575&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 12:47:18 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877575&cat=0cd1f7701040892f . Birmingham-based Daniel will manage MetLife's TownPark Commons, Midtown Heights and Georgia 400 Center starting in July. The transaction marks a 25-year relationship between the two companie... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877727&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 12:47:15 -0400 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877727&cat=0cd1f7701040892f The state's unemployment rate dropped slightly in April to 4 percent from 4.1 percent in March, but the rate is still higher than the much lower 3.7 percent recorded in February and 3.3 percent in... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877726&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 12:47:21 -0400 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877726&cat=0cd1f7701040892f The percentage of American consumers who reported feeling "severe anxiety" about their financial situations more than doubled from January to May this year, according to survey results relea... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877728&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 12:47:14 -0400 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877728&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Last year, the panel imposed the harshest punishment it could render against the two states after they scheduled primaries in January, even though they were instructed not to vote until Feb. 5 or late... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877584&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 12:47:14 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877584&cat=0cd1f7701040892f A judge has denied a motion from news organizations seeking immediate access to sealed court records and transcripts in the R. Kelly child pornography trial.Judge Vincent Gaughan (GAWN) also refused t... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877577&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 12:47:16 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877577&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Faced with drought and a jump in consumption, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has called for cleansing sewage for drinking water and imposing restrictions for watering lawns and washing driveways. The may... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877582&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 12:47:11 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877582&cat=0cd1f7701040892f General Electric Co. said Friday that it plans to sell or spin off its iconic appliance business, which has provided refrigerators, air conditioners and ovens for millions of U.S. homes.The industrial... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877581&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fri, 16 May 2008 12:47:11 -0400 ABC 33/40 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=14877581&cat=0cd1f7701040892f