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          <title>Former Riley aid says Indians gave to campaign</title>
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A former member of Gov. Bob Riley&#8217;s Cabinet said Thursday that Riley received campaign contributions from Mississippi Indians who operate casinos, with the money intended to limit their competition in Alabama.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Smoot lawyer denies SEC claim of payments</title>
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A lawyer for Jefferson County Commissioner Shelia Smoot is denying government claims that she improperly directed payments from county bond deals to two small banking firms. 
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          <title>Artist wins court decision over University of Alabama</title>
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A federal judge has ruled that artist Daniel Moore did not violate trademark laws by painting scenes of University of Alabama football without licensing the work through the university. 
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          <title>Judge warns of layoffs in court system</title>
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The presiding judge in Jefferson County says a state budget shortfall will lead to layoffs in the court system and could halt some civil trials.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Kay Ivey: All indications point toward PACT fund&#8217;s positive flow</title>
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Last year&#8217;s worldwide economic collapse was the worst in 80 years. Few, if any, sectors of our economy were spared. In just over a year, $11 trillion of value disappeared from U.S. financial markets.           ]]></description>
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          <title>State&#8217;s two GOP senators back Strange for AG</title>
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Alabama&#8217;s two Republican U.S. senators are supporting Luther Strange in his campaign for attorney general against the GOP incumbent, Troy King.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Democrats: Riley must stop unbid computer contract</title>
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The state Senate Democratic Caucus is urging Republican Gov. Bob Riley to stop an unbid contract with a computer company that has no Web site.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Riley aide seeks chancellor&#8217;s job</title>
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One of Gov. Bob Riley&#8217;s Cabinet members has applied to become chancellor of Alabama&#8217;s two-year college system.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Riley to reveal ethics proposals in speech</title>
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Gov. Bob Riley plans to ask the Alabama Legislature to pass a number of bills aimed at making state government more ethical.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Davis outlines place to revise constitution</title>
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U.S. Rep. Artur Davis is in Huntsville to talk about how he would pursue constitutional revision if elected governor next year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>King endorsed by FOP</title>
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State Attorney General Troy King has picked up a campaign endorsement from the board of the Alabama Fraternal Order of Police.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Alabama prepaid tuition plan releases new data</title>
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Alabama&#8217;s prepaid college tuition plan ended the past fiscal year with $526 million in investments. That&#8217;s half of what it needs to meet its future obligations.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ala. Dems appoint dead man to party committee</title>
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Reynolds Smith Jr. was a stalwart Democratic voter in stark-red Alabama. But the Alabama Democratic Party overlooked another fact when it appointed Smith to an interim party panel: he died in November at age 83.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Davis discusses cost&#45;saving measures</title>
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Democratic candidate for governor Artur Davis says the next governor could cut waste and save more then $500 million by copying ideas that have worked in other states.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Schmitz appeal bond denied, must go to prison</title>
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A federal magistrate has denied former state Rep. Sue Schmitz&#8217;s request to stay out of prison while appealing her conviction on corruption charges.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Grimsley to seek state treasurer office</title>
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Former state Conservation Commissioner Charley Grimsley says he will run for state treasurer next year as a Democrat.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Wallace seeks state treasure&#8217;s post</title>
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Former State Treasurer George Wallace Jr. wants his old job back.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Ledbetter endorses Davis for governor</title>
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Lilly Ledbetter is supporting Democratic U.S. Rep. Artur Davis for governor of Alabama.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Ted Little: Need for new constitution arises yet again</title>
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Gov. Bob Riley called members of the Legislature into a special session on Aug. 10 to address economic concerns basically of just Jefferson County.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Norris endorses Roy Moore for governor</title>
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Actor and political activist Chuck Norris has endorsed Republican Roy Moore for governor of Alabama.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Wallace considers run for state treasurer</title>
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Former State Treasurer George Wallace Jr. is considering making a political comeback because he wants to help the state&#8217;s prepaid college tuition plan make a financial comeback.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Johnny Ford grieves loss of Kennedy</title>
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Former longtime Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford says he was ``deeply grieved&#8217;&#8216; when he received word of the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Riley becomes chairman of southern governors group</title>
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Alabama Gov. Bob Riley is the new chairman of the Southern Governor&#8217;s Association.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Sparks gambles on casinos</title>
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Democratic Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks has set himself apart from the other seven candidates for governor by advocating the legalization of Mississippi-style casinos throughout the state.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Kay Ivey: Columnist should get facts straight before writing</title>
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Mark Twain wrote, &#8220;Get your facts first. Then you can distort them as you please.&#8221;           ]]></description>
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          <title>Rove repeats denial of Siegelman involvement</title>
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Former White House adviser Karl Rove has repeated his denials &#8212; this time under oath &#8212; that he was involved in the federal prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Alabama Legislature seals handgun records</title>
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&nbsp;  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) &#8212; The Alabama Legislature has decided the identities of people with permits to carry concealed handguns or stow them in their cars should be secret. The Alabama Senate voted 24-0 Friday to give final approval to a bill pushed by the National Rifle Association. The House passed the bill 102-0 in February. It now goes to the governor.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Artur Davis to announce Ala. gubernatorial bid</title>
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 Congressman Artur Davis is ready to announce his plans for the 2010 governor&#8217;s race. Davis will become the first black person to make a serious bid for governor of Alabama.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Attorney General pushes for statewide vote on electronic gambling</title>
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DOTHAN - Attorney General Troy King said confusing legal language has helped muddy the debate on electronic bingo in Alabama and said the best way to resolve the issue is to put it to a statewide vote.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Brace Yourselves for human resources &#8220;CHANGE!&#8221;</title>
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The election of Barack Obama has some Alabama employers quaking in their boots. 
Look into the crystal ball and prepare for dramatic changes in employment law and labor activity from unions to sick leave to ergonomics. 
Employers can expect to see more new workplace regulations now than during any time in the last two decades.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Voters wait for hours to cast ballots</title>
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Lines stretched around buildings and crossed city blocks as people waited to cast ballots in the historic presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain. Touchscreen voting machines malfunctioned in some precincts, yet voting Tuesday appeared to go smoothly overall.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lee County Voting Locations</title>
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Lee County Voting Locations           ]]></description>
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          <title>Finally ... decision day arrives</title>
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While the campaigning up to Tuesday&#8217;s General Election could be described as a catfight, Lee County voters will also have local decisions to make, such as &#8220;yes or no&#8221; votes on amendments and questions, including one about stray cats.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Obama, McCain battle across campaign&#8217;s closing day.</title>
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The presidential candidates are capping a history-making campaign with a dash from Florida through a half-dozen other crucial states as John McCain tries for an upset over Barack Obama.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fuller, Patricia Jones, Gray, Lazenby winners in Opelika&#8217;s election; Cannon, Motley in runoff</title>
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Gary Fuller, Patricia Jones, Larry Gray, William D. Lazenby won their races  in Opelika&#8217;s election. Lucinda Samford Cannon and Joey Motley are in a runoff for Place 4           ]]></description>
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          <title>Crawley, Heard, Maxwell, Motley winners in Lanett&#8217;s election; Duskin, Looser runoff in District 4</title>
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Incumbent Oscar Crawley won the mayoral race in Lanett&#8217;s municipal elections Tuesday, which saw an estimated 39 percent voter turnout, according to the city clerk&#8217;s office.
&#8220;I congratulate Oscar,&#8221; said opponent Bill Owens, who came in third with 14.7 percent. &#8220;He&#8217;s got four more years.&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:22:01 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Georgians forced to clean South Ossetia streets</title>
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Russian troops and their allies forced Georgian men at gunpoint to clean the streets of South Ossetia&#8217;s bombed-out capital Saturday, avenging Georgia&#8217;s attack on the breakaway province a week ago.           ]]></description>
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          <title>2 dead, 2 missing in Caribbean as Fay targets Cuba</title>
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Flooding from Tropical Storm Fay killed two people and left two children missing in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, authorities said Saturday as the cyclone spun toward Cuba.

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U.S.-led coalition soldiers killed more than 30 militants during three days of fighting in southern Afghanistan, the coalition said Saturday           ]]></description>
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          <title>June trade deficit shrinks to $56.8 billion</title>
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The Commerce Department reported Tuesday the trade imbalance dropped to $56.8 billion in June, down by 4.1 percent from a revised May deficit of $59.2 billion. It was the smallest deficit in three months and much better than the $61.5 billion deficit Wall Street had been expecting.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON &#8212; Two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005, according to a new report from Congress.
The study by the Government Accountability Office, expected to be released Tuesday, said about 68 percent of foreign companies doing business in the U.S. avoided corporate taxes over the same period.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Russia&#8217;s Medvedev halts military action in Georgia after five days of conflict</title>
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks that took Russian forces deep into its small U.S.-allied neighbor in the Caucasus.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ted Little: Time to locate problems and find solutions</title>
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With summer in full swing, I&#8217;ve had the good fortune of joining groups throughout my district in productive discussion and hometown celebration. I believe that East Alabama is the brightest and most progressive region in Alabama.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Obama promotes foreign policy agenda; McCain promises education improvement</title>
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Democrat Barack Obama pressed ahead with attempts to burnish his foreign policy credentials, appearing with two party heavyweights and potential vice presidential picks for an exhaustive outline of his plans to keep America safe           ]]></description>
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          <title>Bush trumps Congress; Moves first on drilling</title>
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Putting pressure on congressional Democrats to back more exploration for oil, President Bush on Monday lifted an executive ban on offshore drilling that has stood since his father was president           ]]></description>
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          <title>Low turnout forecast for Alabama&#8217;s Tuesday primary</title>
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Poll workers should have plenty of time to chat during Alabama&#8217;s runoff election Tuesday, but they may have to do it among themselves rather than with voters           ]]></description>
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Democrat Barack Obama batted away conservative criticism Friday over a comment he made about Americans&#8217; lack of foreign language skills.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Obama shares fundraisers with Clinton</title>
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is sharing one his most valuable assets &#8212; his top fundraisers &#8212; with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton to help her pay off her debt, the latest effort to heal the wounds of a bruising primary campaign           ]]></description>
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          <title>Clinton ending candidacy, supporting Obama</title>
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Hillary Rodham Clinton will end on Saturday her historic bid to become the first woman president but Barack Obama said he won&#8217;t be hurried into a decision on whether to make her his running mate.
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          <title>Obama gains fresh Democratic support</title>
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Barack Obama picked up fresh support Wednesday from fellow Democrats eager for party unity after a bruising battle for the presidential nomination, at the same time he criticized Republican rival John McCain for supporting a &#8220;plan for staying, not a plan for victory&#8221; in Iraq           ]]></description>
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          <title>Clinton: No Decision Tonight</title>
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Hillary Rodham Clinton says she won&#8217;t decide her political fate tonight            ]]></description>
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Candidate bios for Tuesday&#8217;s primary           ]]></description>
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          <title>Obama picks up superdelegates; undecideds moving his way</title>
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Barack Obama&#8217;s march toward the Democratic presidential nomination picked up support from four more superdelegates Wednesday           ]]></description>
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          <title>Senate panel OKs bill to remove state sales tax on groceries</title>
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MONTGOMERY &#8212; A prooposed constitutional amendment to remove the state sales tax from groceries has cleared another legislative hurdle. The Senate Finance and Taxation Committee voted 7-0 Tuesday to approve the proposed amenmdent, which passed the House earlier.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Bridges tells House members to keep &#8216;grimy hands off machine&#8217;</title>
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&#8220;Keep your little, grimy hands off of my machine.&#8221; That&#8217;s the message legislator DuWayne Bridges, R-Valley, gave fellow House of Representatives members from the Statehouse floor Monday morning. Bridges&#8217; voting machine was used by another lawmaker last week to support a proposed constitutional amendment that would repeal grocery taxes. Bridges, who said he was on an industry-hunting trip to Asia last week, said he never would have voted for the legislation.           ]]></description>
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain will visit heavily Democratic west Alabama today to kick off his national &#8220;Time for Action Tour,&#8220; but he will end up in Birmingham, where Republicans traditionally go to raise money in Alabama.
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          <title>Auburn Police Division Releases Statement on AU Student Death</title>
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Auburn Police Division Releases Statement on AU Student Death

Auburn, Ala. - On Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at approximately 9:08 p.m., Auburn Police responded to a call of an injured female on Alabama Highway 147 (North College Street). Upon arrival, officers found a female, later identified as 18 year old Lauren A. Burk, an Auburn University student, suffering from a single gunshot wound. Ms. Burk was transported by EMS to the East Alabama Medical Center where she succombed to her injuries.           ]]></description>
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To say Alabama is on a roll when it comes to creating new jobs would be a gross understatement.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Joe Turnham: Stronger policies must be made to protect state&#8217;s resources</title>
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By any measure, the State of Alabama is an environmental wonder. Besides our unusual and diverse geological features, Alabama is home to one-twelfth of the lower 48 states&#8217; fresh water.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Republican legislative agenda deserves day in the sun</title>
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With the 2008 regular legislative session set to begin this week, the Alabama House Republican Caucus recently announced the bills and measures it considers the highest priorities. From tax cuts to ethics to public safety, our package was crafted to address some of the most serious issues currently affecting our state.           ]]></description>
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Legislative leaders in the Alabama House and Senate have made it clear they want to work with Republicans and the governor to solve the real problems that confront Alabama families in 2008.           ]]></description>
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