Monday 12/25/2006 DAILY NEWS DIGEST

http://www.al.com/opinion/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/116704187431640.xml&coll=2The New York Sun’s response to Virginia O’Hanlon’s question of whether there is a Santa Claus.  Merry Christmas!!

http://www.politicalparlor.net/sanders-senate-sketches/senate-sketches-1021/- Sen. Hank Sanders’ weekly column for his constitutents.

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/116704190331640.xml&coll=2 – Article profiles efforts of DOT Director Joe McInnes to improve state’s highways.

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/116704172231640.xml&coll=2 – Hoover police clerk, himself an immigrant, develops Spanish Training for the Workplace.

http://www.gadsdentimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061225/NEWS/612250301/1050/OPINIONThe Gadsden Times celebrates that a proposed settlement has been reached in Goodyear strike.

http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061225/NEWS/612250303/1016/OPINIONS02 – Dana Beyerle’s weekly political roundup for the NYTimes regional papers.

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