Author: Jay Reeves
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Methodist bishop cited for gay wedding in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A retired United Methodist bishop who performed a wedding ceremony for two Alabama men after they were refused permission to marry in the church now faces formal complaints over the ceremony. A church statement said complaints had been filed against Bishop Melvin G. Talbert, who conducted the wedding ceremony for two…
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Sister: Deadly shooting was over Alabama football loss
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A woman charged with killing a fellow Alabama fan after the end of last weekend’s Iron Bowl football game was angry that the victim and others didn’t seem upset over the Crimson Tide’s loss to archrival Auburn, said the sister of the slain woman. Adrian Laroze Briskey, 28, was charged Monday with…
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Alabama boy charged in killing of girl found on rope
ASHVILLE, Ala. — Alabama authorities say a 14-year-old boy is charged with murder in the death of his half-sister who was found hanging from a tree. St. Clair County Sheriff Terry Surles says the victim, Katelynn Arnold, was 9 years old. Her body was discovered Thursday night outside her home in Ragland, a rural town…
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9-year-old girl dies after being forced to run for three hours
ATTALLA, Ala. — Savannah Hardin’s life was in turmoil long before police say the 9-year-old was run to death by her grandmother and stepmother for allegedly lying about some candy she ate. Divorce and custody documents filed in family court over a period of several years reflect a history of fractured family relationships, with Savannah’s…
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Crude hits Florida as Obama arrives; cap stopping some oil
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. — The smell of oil hangs heavy in the sea air. Children with plastic shovels scoop up clumps of goo in the waves. Beachcombers collect tarballs as if they were seashells. The BP catastrophe arrived with the tide on the Florida Panhandle’s white sands Friday as the company worked to adjust a…
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Sooie! Alabama college students eat BBQ for grades
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Four college students walk into a smoky restaurant, sit at a table under a blaring TV and order up their class work for the day – two slabs of spare ribs dripping with reddish sauce, white bread on the side.But this isn’t lunch. It’s writing about barbecue for an A.The four spent…
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Inventor floats wild idea
LEXINGTON, Ala. – Picture the Manhattan skyline filled with Nike swooshes. Or the golden arches of McDonald’s gently drifting over Los Angeles.A special effects entrepreneur from Alabama has come up with a way to fill the sky with foamy clouds as big as 4 feet across and shaped like corporate logos – Flogos, as he…