We all should have expected $3 per gallon
      I don't know about most of you, but the price of gasoline jumping to $3 per gallon across the region doesn't really surprise me that much. For years I have watched as the price of this much depended on liquid has edged up higher and higher. In fact, I am actually surprised it took this long.
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It may be legal but it ain't right
Our Opinion
      The stench coming out of the Alabama two-year college system just won't go away. While some of the shennanigans have been illegal, a lot of the wrongdoing has been more along the lines of taking advantage of the system. Of course, that doesn't make it right. As the wise old sage observed, "It may ...
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Eyesores in downtown Jackson
     The renovated stretch of Commerce Street in downtown Jackson is a compliment to the city with nice landscaping and mostly wellkept stores.However, just off Commerce are these scenes- a boarded up and overgrown storefront on Kimball Avenue and the same on Carroll Street. The latter scene greets local...
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Monroeville residents honored in Washington
      Last week, one of south Alabama's most famous daughters, Nelle Harper Lee, of Monroeville, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush, for her outstanding contribution to American literature.
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Appeals court wants to know why Siegelman jailed so fast
      The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has again asked the judge who sentenced former Gov. Don Siegelman for a more detailed explanation of why he refused to let Siegelman remain free on bond while the former governor appeals his conviction.
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'Father of the Blues' born 134 years ago in Florence
      November 16, 1873: W. C. Handy is born in Florence, Alabama. Handy brought the sounds of African-American blues to mainstream culture when he composed a song in 1909 that became known as "The Memphis Blues." Handy, known as "Father of the Blues," had a long career that yielded many other blues hit...
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