All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 15 2009 // The president of Mobile-based International Shipholding Corp., which manages the M/V Maersk Alabama for owner Maersk USA, said a multinational coalition must respond to Somali piracy.ISH President Erik L. Johnsen said one...
Apr 13 2009 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley has asked President Barack Obama to declare a major disaster area for 20 Alabama counties that received damage from recent heavy rain, winds and flooding. Riley said Friday the 20 counties in mostly...
Apr 10 2009 // U.S. warships stalked a drifting lifeboat where Somali pirates were holding their first American hostage on Friday, apparently hoping to win a promise of safe passage in exchange for the captive.Four pirates have been...
Apr 9 2009 // Somali pirates hijacked a U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned container ship on Wednesday with 20 American crew on board in a major escalation in attacks off the lawless Horn of Africa nation, officials said.The 17,000-tonne Maersk...
Apr 7 2009 // Seven Alabama counties will benefit from some $5.8 million in federal money for flood map modernization.Officials say the grant will come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and be routed through the state’s...
Mar 27 2009 // Ernst & Young LLP has agreed to pay $109 million to HealthSouth Corp. shareholders who sued the firm for failing to detect an accounting fraud involving more than a dozen executives.According to papers filed in...
Mar 12 2009 // Coastal insurance bills face a test in the Alabama Legislature.The House and Senate Banking and Insurance committees met in joint session on Wednesday to take up legislation aimed at providing relief to homeowners along...
Mar 6 2009 // D.C. Thornton knows that as well as anyone because he has been in the cab during one of those near collisions.“We’ve had instances where people had to slam on the brakes to keep from hitting us while we were...
Feb 26 2009 // The Alabama House has passed a bill that adds additional restrictions for some teenage drivers.The House voted 80-10 for the bill that requires some 16 and 17-year-old drivers to have a restricted license. The bill now...
Feb 24 2009 // The Alabama House has passed a bill that would prohibit motorists from sending or reading text messages on a cell phone while driving.The bill by Rep. Jim McClendon of Springville passed the House 92-4. It now goes to the...
Feb 20 2009 // A federal court jury in Montgomery has convicted Montgomery insurance executive John Goff. Jurors returned the verdict Tuesday morning in its second day of deliberations. Goff was found guilty of mail fraud, embezzlement...
Feb 17 2009 // Prosecutors told a federal jury Friday that Montgomery insurance executive John Goff stole millions to finance a lavish lifestyle.Defense attorneys said Goff was indicted for what was simply a business dispute with two...
Feb 2 2009 // The Alabama Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in a case where a jury ordered Mobile Gas Service Corp. to pay $3.9 million to the family of an elderly woman who died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning.The court...
Jan 30 2009 // State Farm’s withdrawal from Florida’s property insurance market hasn’t changed its Alabama coastal coverage.State Farm spokesman David Majors said the company will resume offering wind coverage in small...
Jan 26 2009 // Global chemical giant Ineos Phenol, stung by a $192 million jury verdict, has denied stealing a hazardous waste recycling idea from a Mobile chemist and said it would appeal a judge’s order upholding the award.Mobile...
Jan 14 2009 // Flood waters are still plaguing the west Alabama city of Demopolis following last week’s torrential rainfall.The Demopolis area and communities in neighboring Greene County have been inundated after the Black Warrior...
Jan 13 2009 // Witnesses testified that businessman and former Auburn University’s punter Tommy Lunceford Jr. was in a dispute with a couple leasing his Gulf Shores (Alabama) restaurant and faced foreclosure when the building...
Dec 18 2008 // A tax break that takes effect for many Alabama small businesses on Jan. 1 is being implemented by state tax officials to cover as many companies as possible. State Revenue Commissioner Tim Russell said his department is...
Dec 17 2008 // Officials say highway deaths in Alabama have significantly dropped this year thanks to stricter law enforcement and higher fuel costs that reduced traffic.The number of fatalities dropped 18 percent this year with 600...
Dec 8 2008 // The parents of a former north Alabama high school homecoming queen have filed a lawsuit seeking $100 million against the motel in Knoxville where she was killed, allegedly by a motel employee.Cynthia Senn and Michael...