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          <title>UPDATE: Jones murder case goes to jury</title>
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The capital murder case against Barry Lee Jones will go to a Lee County jury Friday afternoon.
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          <title>Officials reiterate assurances that PACT will be saved at local meeting</title>
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Officials reiterate assurances that PACT will be saved at local meeting
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          <title>Tearful testimony continues in Opelika capital murder trial</title>
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Carol Moore sobbed and covered her eyes as she saw a photograph of the injuries to her 7-month-old son, Kevin Christopher Jones.
As the 25-year-old described the events of the morning of Dec. 11, 2007 &#8212; the day Kevin died &#8212; her voice cracked and tears rolled down her face with every utterance of the baby&#8217;s name.           ]]></description>
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AU lab offers captive-bred saltwater fish for sale           ]]></description>
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          <title>One&#45;eyed Army soldier graduates officer program</title>
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Peter Sprenger lost his right eye to shrapnel from an exploding car bomb during his first combat tour in Iraq, but the Army infantryman never let the wound dim his focus on staying in the fight.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Forensic sciences takes center stage in Jones trial</title>
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The jury in the capital murder case of Barry Lee Jones got a lesson in forensic sciences Thursday morning in Lee County court.
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          <title>OHS show choirs to perform Sunday, Monday</title>
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OHS show choirs to perform Sunday, Monday           ]]></description>
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          <title>Hitting the road: More drivers expected to be out next week</title>
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Hitting the road: More drivers expected to be out next week           ]]></description>
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          <title>Employee cites unequal pay as reasoning behind complaints against AU</title>
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Employee cites unequal pay as reasoning behind complaints against AU           ]]></description>
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          <title>Program aims to deliver Christmas, companionship to seniors</title>
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Program aims to deliver Christmas, companionship to seniors           ]]></description>
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          <title>Civil rights leader to be honored</title>
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Civil rights leader to be honored           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ala. school clinics to offer H1N1 vaccine</title>
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Ala. school clinics to offer H1N1 vaccine            ]]></description>
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          <title>Emotional day on the stand</title>
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Testimony in Opelika capital murder case begins           ]]></description>
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          <title>United Way struggles to meet budget</title>
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United Way struggles to meet budget           ]]></description>
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Testimony started Wednesday morning in the capital murder case against an Opelika man accused of killing his infant son nearly two years.
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Auburn to lease space to Boys &amp; Girl&#8217;s Club           ]]></description>
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          <title>Jury picked in Jones case</title>
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It took more than two days, but a jury was seated late Tuesday to hear the capital murder case against the Opelika man accused of killing his infant son nearly two years ago.
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          <title>Gryphon Trio performance canceled</title>
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Tonight&#8217;s performance by the Canadian Gryphon Trio at Auburn University has been cancelled and will be rescheduled later in the Auburn Chamber Music Society&#8217;s 2009-2010 season.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Opelika City Council honors 14 police officers</title>
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Opelika City Council honors 14 police officers           ]]></description>
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          <title>AU reviews employee complaints of pay disparity</title>
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Auburn University is reviewing complaints by a group of employees alleging they are paid less than co-workers of a different race who perform the same job.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Third sought in burglary, robbery</title>
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Third sought in burglary, robbery           ]]></description>
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          <title>Gov. Riley tours Auburn recycling facility</title>
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Gov. Bob Riley was in Auburn Tuesday to praise the partnership forged earlier this year between Auburn, Opelika, Lee County and Auburn University to promote recycling.           ]]></description>
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          <title>King seeks DA&#8217;s input on bingo in Alabama</title>
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Attorney General Troy King is seeking input from district attorneys as he weighs an Alabama Supreme Court ruling on electronic bingo machines in the state           ]]></description>
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          <title>State seeks execution date for Thomas Whisenhant</title>
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The state Attorney General&#8217;s Office is seeking an execution date for Alabama&#8217;s longest serving death row inmate, Thomas Whisenhant           ]]></description>
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          <title>PREP BLITZ: Watch the Prep Blitz Weekly Update from Buffalo Connection</title>
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Be sure to watch the latest Prep Blitz Weekly Update filmed at Buffalo Connection!           ]]></description>
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          <title>Auburn council to meet tonight</title>
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Auburn council to meet tonight            ]]></description>
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Opelika to recognize police at council meeting           ]]></description>
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          <title>Unique sand sculpture on display at Village Mall</title>
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Unique sand sculpture on display at Village Mall           ]]></description>
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          <title>EAMC campuses to go tobacco free; Auburn, Opelika participate in Great American Smokeout</title>
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          <title>Local, national officials say number of Americans struggling with hunger on the rise</title>
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Locally, Martha Henk, director of the Food Bank of East Alabama, said more and more people are in need of food.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen right at a 30 percent increase in the last three months (a 30 percent increase in request for assistance),&#8221; Henk said. &#8220;It&#8217;s been scary actually.&#8220;
The food bank serves about 13,800 people a month, she said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>West Point Kia plant starts production</title>
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2011 Sorento CUV is first vehicle built at the plant           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ala. governor: No more video bingo machines</title>
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Gov. Bob Riley has urged gaming commissions in seven states to make sure the gambling machine manufacturers they regulate cease all illegal activity in Alabama           ]]></description>
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          <title>Alabama ag department converts to propane cars</title>
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The state Agriculture Department has converted 11 vehicles to propane and will conduct a three-year study to compare them to other department vehicles that use gasoline.           ]]></description>
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          <title>H1N1 vaccination clinic set for Tuesday</title>
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There will be a walk-in H1N1 Vaccination Clinic from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the Lee County Health Department, 1801 Corporate Drive, Opelika. 
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Auburn University mechanical engineering professor Sushil Bhavnani took some time away from the classroom Sunday, but not away from teaching when he presented the lecture &#8220;Sun Power: Thermal and Photovoltaic&#8221; at the Auburn Meeting Room in downtown Auburn.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Auburn Chamber Music Society kicks off season</title>
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The Auburn Chamber Music Society will open its 2009-2010 season Wednesday night with a performance by the Gryphon Trio.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Young virtuoso to play Thursday in Opelika</title>
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Audience members will be in for a treat when Ji-Yong Kim takes the stage Thursday as part of the Arts Association of East Alabama&#8217;s Performance Series.           ]]></description>
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Iran&#8217;s embattled opposition leaders accused the government of becoming more brutal than the shah&#8217;s regime in Web statements Saturday, and authorities announced a new Internet crackdown aimed at choking off the reform movement&#8217;s last real means of keeping its campaign alive.
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The European Union has battled long and hard for this moment: the imminent choice of its first president.
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The Dutch government plans to bring the polluter-pays principle into the home garage.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Few call Venice home, but it&#8217;s not history, either</title>
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A dozen gondolas snaked down the Grand Canal on Saturday in a mock funeral procession bemoaning Venice&#8217;s approach to the dreaded status of living museum, with a population now below 60,000.
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Leslie Farrington enjoyed being able to sit back and watch two of her sons play baseball while her other son went on a hayride with other families.           ]]></description>
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LOS ANGELES &#8212; It turns out there&#8217;s lots of water on the moon &#8212; at least near the lunar south pole.
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MONTGOMERY &#8212; Former Alabama Secretary of State Nancy Worley is again facing felony charges.
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A visiting scholar remains in critical condition a week after being struck by an Auburn University student on West Magnolia Avenue as she crossed the street.
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TOKYO &#8212; President Barack Obama declared Saturday that an era of American disengagement in the globe&#8217;s fastest-growing region is over and warned that the U.S. and its Asian partners &#8220;will not be cowed&#8221; by North Korea&#8217;s continued defiance over its nuclear weapons and other provocations.           ]]></description>
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The Alabama Supreme Court has dealt electronic bingo games a setback           ]]></description>
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MONTGOMERY  &#8212; Teachers and other education employees could have to pay more for their retirement and health insurance benefits under a financial plan proposed Thursday by the Alabama Board of Education.           ]]></description>
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The sentencing for the former chancellor of Alabama&#8217;s two-year college system, who pleaded guilty to 15 federal charges last year, has been delayed again.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Students honor memory of classmate</title>
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Auburn University band members gathered on their practice field Thursday night, leaning into each other with arms crossed against the chill of fall and loss.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Electronic recycling, document shredding offered at Auburn Chamber Friday</title>
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A free, secure document shredding and electronics recycling day will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday in the parking lot of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce, 714 E. Glenn Ave.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Legendary coach, educator passes away</title>
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T.C. Britton coached Smiths Station&#8217;s first football team in 1956, then oversaw considerable building improvements as Lee County Schools superintendent for 24 years.
Thursday morning, he died at 77.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ala. board suggests teachers pay more for benefits</title>
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The Alabama Board of Education has proposed a financial plan that could require teachers and other education employees to pay more for the retirement and health insurance benefits.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Board approves $290k salary for new chancellor</title>
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The State Board of Education has approved a salary of nearly $290,000 a year for Alabama&#8217;s new two-year college chancellor, Freida Hill.            ]]></description>
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Sarah Anderson was considered &#8220;the model band member.&#8221; Late Tuesday night, the 19-year-old Auburn sophomore and piccoloist from Robertsdale was killed in an accident on Interstate 85 near Mount Meigs when the 2006 Chevrolet Equinox she was traveling in overturned on the rain-slick highway. 
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          <title>Forever Family Festival Friday at Storybook Farm</title>
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Storybook Farm, the equestrian-based program that offers free therapeutic care to children with chronic or terminal illnesses and disabilities, will celebrate the institution that is perhaps the cornerstone of their ministry &#8212; the family.           ]]></description>
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The family of Randy Royer may have attended Auburn&#8217;s annual Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday, but their minds were elsewhere.
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          <title>National Weather Service: Ida dumps nearly 10 inches on East Alabama</title>
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Forecasters said the storm dumped 9.8 inches of rain on Opelika for the period ending 7 a.m. Wednesday.That&#8217;s the greatest rainfall amount reported so far in Alabama and seven other states from the storm.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Matthew Goodwin: People need to understand true plight of Haitians</title>
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Many of life&#8217;s greatest opportunities lay hidden, disguised as changing plans and unexpected situations.           ]]></description>
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          <title>UPDATE: AU student killed in single&#45;vehicle accident</title>
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An Auburn University student was killed and another injured in traffic accident on U.S. Interstate 85 Tuesday night near Montgomery.           ]]></description>
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          <title>St. Michael&#8217;s celebrates center blessing</title>
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St. Michael&#8217;s celebrates center           ]]></description>
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Tropical Storm Ida may be past Alabama, but not before she left a little more than six inches of rain on Lee County Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Garner case is pending; pedestrian struck Friday remains in ICU</title>
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The case against the man Auburn police believe to be responsible for hitting cyclist Ty Garner is pending with the Lee County District Attorney.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Singers set to shine in city&#8217;s first Auburn Idol</title>
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Singers set to shine in city&#8217;s first Auburn Idol           ]]></description>
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          <title>Flooding forces closure of Lee Road 318</title>
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The Lee County Highway Department has temporarily closed Lee Road 318, approximately 0.6 miles north of its intersection with Lee Road 298, due to flooding at a bridge structure.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ida weakens to a depression, heads east to Fla.</title>
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Tropical Storm Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds Tuesday before weakening to a depression, leaving weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents largely unscathed           ]]></description>
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          <title>Emilyn Gipson: Gratitudes come in many ways, means</title>
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The character word for the month in the Opelika schools is &#8220;gratitude.&#8221; To whom do you owe a debt of gratitude? Who are the people that have positively impacted your thinking and helped you to become a better person?           ]]></description>
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          <title>Jeffrey A. Tucker: GDP growth shaky, Mises growth solid</title>
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The GDP figures now show &#8220;economic growth.&#8221; But consider the source: those numbers were generated through a series of tricks that range from the silly (tax credits to give a temporary puff to housing) to deeply destructive (you can&#8217;t create wealth by destroying old cars).           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ida rainfall 3.11 inches locally</title>
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Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds before losing its tropical storm strength Tuesday, leaving weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents largely unscathed.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Furlough program ends for Valley</title>
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Furlough program ends for Valley           ]]></description>
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Both Opelika and Auburn will celebrate Veterans&#8217; Day on Wednesday with ceremonies to honor the men and women who have risked and given their lives for our 
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          <title>Lee County recognizes employee achievements</title>
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Lee County&#8217;s Emergency Management Agency is being led by one of only a few EMA directors in Alabama with credentials from the emergency managers&#8217; international association.
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          <title>Pedestrian remains hospitalized</title>
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Auburn woman struck by vehicle remains in critical condition           ]]></description>
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          <title>Two suspects sought in jewelry heist</title>
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The Auburn Police Division is seeking the public&#8217;s help in identifying two people wanted for questioning in connection with a theft of three wrist watches stolen Saturday, November 7           ]]></description>
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Gulf Coast residents hunkered down at home and in shelters Monday as a rare late-season tropical storm headed their way, bringing with it the potential for high winds, flooding and up to 8 inches of rain in some places.           ]]></description>
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State health officials said Monday that they are planning to offer swine flu vaccinations in schools the week of Nov. 30.           ]]></description>
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The number of state employees in Alabama has declined for the first time in five years           ]]></description>
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Schools closed, residents of low-lying areas sought shelter and Florida&#8217;s governor declared a state of emergency Monday as a late-season tropical storm churned toward the Gulf Coast.           ]]></description>
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Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges.            ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON  &#8212; In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.           ]]></description>
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Local photographer host food drive with Santa
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No further information released on pedestrian struck by car            ]]></description>
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Annual Ag Roundup draws hungry crowds           ]]></description>
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St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church to dedicate new student center           ]]></description>
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Auburn University students who qualify academically will be able to complete both a bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degree in four years, starting next semester.           ]]></description>
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Two face multiple charges in area burglaries           ]]></description>
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Gov. Bob Riley has directed flags on state government buildings to be flown at half-staff until sunset Tuesday as a tribute to those killed at Fort Hood, Texas           ]]></description>
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The battle over an unbid $13 million computer contract is beginning to have an impact on how other state contracts are awarded.           ]]></description>
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A former member of Gov. Bob Riley&#8217;s Cabinet claimed 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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Days after the doors to Opelika&#8217;s BFGoodrich tire manufacturing plant closed for good, those at Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia opened up indefinitely.           ]]></description>
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Friends and family gathered at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home Thursday to pay tribute to Adrian L. Avila, 19, who died Oct. 29 of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related accident while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom in Kuwait.           ]]></description>
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Auburn isn&#8217;t the only city interested in providing a variety of cable companies for its residents.           ]]></description>
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Alabama Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Ron Sparks has extended a two-year-old order banning the sale of untested fish from Vietnam and China in Alabama.            ]]></description>
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The battle over an unbid $13 million computer contract is beginning to have an impact on how other state contracts are awarded.            ]]></description>
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A second Tuskegee University police officer has been indicted in connection with the alleged October rape of a 15-year-old girl.           ]]></description>
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One of Auburn University&#8217;s most ardent football fans once loved the Crimson Tide.           ]]></description>
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MONTGOMERY &#8212; The board that oversees Alabama&#8217;s Prepaid Affordable College Tuition plan is switching from politicians to non-politicians to try to negotiate a solution to the program&#8217;s $346 million deficit.           ]]></description>
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MONTGOMERY &#8212; The Alabama Republican Party has a new campaign video filled with lots of Democrats &#8212; the convicted kind.           ]]></description>
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As a photographer for more than 30 years, focusing on his subjects has always been part of the job for Charlie Jernigan, owner of Jernigan Photography.
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