Governor holds first of many town hall meetings
March 5, 2009
It was standing room only Feb. 24 in the Pelham Civic Center’s Bronze Room as Gov. Bob Riley and other state and local officials rallied
St. Clair County citizens, state leaders gather to voice opposition to gambling
February 26, 2009
More than 300 people gathered Feb. 16 at Bethel Baptist Church, Moody, to stand against gambling in St. Clair County. Alabama Baptist leaders organized the
Greene County gambling bill ‘illegal’ move
February 26, 2009
For the second straight year, Rep. Artis McCampbell, D-Linden, and Sen. Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro, are asking state legislators to significantly expand electronic bingo gambling in
Legislators debate increasing beer’s alcohol content
February 26, 2009
Although similar legislation failed a year ago, current efforts to increase the alcohol content of both beer and wine available in Alabama have moved closer
Rulings on ‘game of bingo’
February 26, 2009
► In 1994, the state Supreme Court held that bingo is a form of lottery and thus illegal except where expressly authorized by a constitutional
AG’s findings blamed for state’s gambling expansion
February 26, 2009
Electronic bingo gambling has infiltrated Alabama, and some say the attorney general is to blame for the recent explosion of machines and facilities across the
Extremists beat Christians during baptism service
February 19, 2009
GANGAPUR DAM, India — Hindu extremists disrupted a baptism and thrashed believers at Gangapur Dam, Nashik district, in Maharashtra state Jan. 26. The Times of
Christian describes torture by Chinese officials
February 19, 2009
BEIJING — A Christian defender of human rights in China — whom authorities detained in early February — detailed state-sponsored torture he suffered in 2007
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