August 16, 2007 RSS feed / Editorials

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Closing terrorists' loopholes

Report From Congress

After weeks of negotiations, the House and Senate passed a Republican proposal to close a loophole that allows foreign terrorists to avoid our intelligence network. By all accounts, we are in a period of increased risk of terrorist attack. More...

Mississippi judge's heart in right place to limit football practices

Temperatures have been over 100 degrees for the past week or so and the heat index has soared to 110 or better. This kind of extreme heat is dangerous and can kill people. More...

This Week In Alabama History

Dixie Bibb Graves was state's first female U.S. senator in '37

August 17, 1870: Spanish-American War hero Richmond Pearson Hobson is born in Greensboro. Hobson later represented Alabama in the U.S. Congress and was active in the prohibition movement. More...

Chancellor Byrne another Hitler, declares Joe Reed

Alabama Viewpoint

The battle over the two-year colleges has reached a new decibel level in Montgomery with AEA's Joe Reed comparing Bradley Byrne's actions as the system's new chancellor to Adolph Hitler. More...