May 24, 2013

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US News: Western Wildfires; Syria Problem; Cell Phone Thefts; Texas Plant Had Little Liability Insurance

Cooler weather aids fight against Calif. wildfire... Ore. wildfire threat eases, evacuees return home... Readying new Syria push, US feels out Russia again... Obama back in US after trip to Mexico, Costa Rica... New efforts to curb cellphone theft are nationwide... Atty: Texas plant that blew up only carried $1M liability policy... NRA, gun control advocates say fight far from over... E! Online's Twitter, texting accounts hacked... Low-level eruption at Alaska's Cleveland Volcano...

Ala Fla Ga News: "To Kill a Mockingbird" Author Claims Copyright Copped

'Mockingbird' author Lee sues over copyright in NY... 4-year-old Alabama boy remains hospitalized in critical condition after he was shot in the head while playing... authorities have cleared two coaches at Dale County High School of criminal wrongdoing... Officials: Teen bit by shark at Melbourne Beach... Elgin AFB remembers bomb technicians killed in line of duty... Florida Toddler set to go home after lawnmower accident... Ga Police: Baby slaying suspect had bullets in pocket... 3 killed when car collides with train in north Ga...

Sports Roundup: NASCAR, Kentucky Derby, Pro Sports Scores

Edwards to start from Talladega pole... Smith wins crash-filled Nationwide race... Orb circles field to win Run for the Roses... Guthrie's streak continues in KC...Nats and Cardinals pull off ninth inning rallies... Bulls advance to meet the Heat... Caps go up 2-0...B's lose at home... Pro Golf results...

Solar Plane Lands in Ariz., 1st Leg of Major Trip

...considered the world's most-advanced sun-powered plane... powered by about 12,000 photovoltaic cells that cover massive wings and charge its batteries....flies around 40 mph and can't go through clouds... weighs about as much as a car, making it vulnerable to bad weather....goal is to showcase the potential of solar power...

Day in History: 1961-Shepard 1st American in Space; 1973-Secretariat Wins Derby

Today in History Today is Sunday, May 5, the 125th day of 2013. There are 240 days left in the year. In 1862, Mexican troops defeated French occupying forces in the Battle of Puebla. (The Cinco de Mayo holiday commemorates Mexico's victory.) In 1925, schoolteacher John T. Scopes was charged in Tennessee with violating a state law that prohibited teaching the theory of evolution. (Scopes was found guilty, but his conviction was later set aside.) In 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America's first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight aboard Freedom 7, a Mercury capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. In 1973, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby, the first of its Triple Crown victories.

Two Ala. Coaches Cleared of Criminal Conduct

OZARK, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama authorities have cleared two coaches at Dale County High School of criminal wrongdoing after investigating allegations that the coaches had an inappropriate relationship with a student.

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Man and Woman Plead Guilty to Scamming Oil Spill Fund

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A man and woman have agreed to plead guilty in federal court in Birmingham to charges that they submitted false claims to receive payment from a fund set up to help Gulf Coast workers who suffered financially after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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Elba Nursing Home Sold

The Healthcare Authority of Elba sells its nursing home and the old Elba General hospital to a New York company.

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Ma-Chis Alabama Pow Wow

The three-day festival runs through this Sunday afternoon. The tribal grounds is located off the Boll Weevil Circle in Enterprise between Highway 27 and Bellwood Road.

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