‘People have voted’
March 25, 2010
“Let the people vote,” they are shouting. I say, “The people have voted and now let our representatives do their job of governing.” We, the
Gambling battle in Bessemer heats up; City Council divided on issue
March 25, 2010
Bessemer’s gambling battle is spreading to the circuit court system, and the city’s residents and general fund could be the biggest losers. For months, City
Gov.’s task force up for debate
March 25, 2010
While U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance was heading up a federal grand jury investigation of Attorney General (AG) Troy King, her husband, Jefferson County Circuit Judge
Evangelicals urge Congress to pass health care reform
March 25, 2010
WASHINGTON — Twenty-five evangelical and Catholic leaders wrote members of Congress on March 11 urging them not to let a dispute over abortion derail passage
Pledge is constitutional, federal court rules
March 25, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO — The Pledge of Allegiance, with its inclusion of the words “under God,” is constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled March 11, reversing
Hundreds of Christians in Nigeria murdered in overnight massacre
March 18, 2010
Hundreds of Christians were murdered in an overnight massacre by ethnic Fulani Muslims on March 7 in Nigeria’s Plateau state. Rampaging Fulani herdsmen used machetes
Riley, Tyson not going down easy after new ruling
March 18, 2010
Judge Robert Vance may have ordered Attorney General Troy King to take control of Gov. Bob Riley’s Task Force on Illegal Gambling, but Riley and
Attacks in Punjab similar to Orissa, report says
March 18, 2010
SECUNDERABAD, India — Attacks on Christians in February in Punjab state following protests against banners depicting Jesus drinking and smoking were eerily similar to the
