Daily Headlines, Friday, 8/29/2008

Birmingham News – Gov. Bob Riley to meet today with Wall Street banks to discuss Jefferson County’s sewer debt crisis

Birmingham News – Judge holds hearing today on Jefferson County Commissioner George Bowman’s 68-signature short petition to be on the November ballot

Birmingham News – Alabama residents travel to Denver to be part of history

Birmingham News – Calera wants to know what Justice Department wants

Birmingham News – Departing DHR chief to bring new effort to South

Birmingham News – Alabama Democratic Conference chief Reed reverses course, urges support for Obama

Birmingham News – Superintendent says schools could be devastated by 2010 if amendment fails

Birmingham News – Birmingham Board of Education members leave themselves open to criticism and suspicion when their close relatives get contracts from the school system they serve.

Birmingham News – State education officials promise they’ll use sex offender Web sites to track down convicted teachers they can’t find

Press-Register – Gustav leaves death in its wake as it roars toward Gulf

Press-Register – Mardi Gras group faces bias suit

Press-Register – Southern Dems celebrate Obama nomination

Press-Register – Chastang returns to commission

Press-Register – Most Labor Day events are canceled

Huntsville Times – Helping strangers because they care

Huntsville Times – ‘This is watching history unfold’

Huntsville Times – Will bankruptcy affect entire state?

Huntsville Times – A day of reckoning

Montgomery Advertiser – Alabama delegates delighted

Montgomery Advertiser – Radio duo have kept Selma informed on local elections

Montgomery Advertiser – Some parts of state now free from drought

Montgomery Advertiser – School funds threatened by slow growth

Montgomery Advertiser – Spring’s economic rebound unlikely to last

Montgomery Advertiser – Gustav likely to push up prices for gas for Labor Day holiday

Montgomery Advertiser – Real work of governing comes next

Tuscaloosa News – A theo-political question: Whose side is God on?

Tuscaloosa News – Convention observations

Tuscaloosa News – Karl Rove’s dirty strategies must be curbed

Tuscaloosa News – Gustav may rain on GOP party

Anniston Star – How to respond to success: The effect of budget cuts

Anniston Star – Phillip Tutor: Our elections’ aftermath

Anniston Star – Paul Rilling: Elections, donations and the news

Opelika-Auburn News – Alabama’s flagship crops suffer with drought

Opelika-Auburn News – Fay improves drought situation

Associated Press – Gustav could be perfect political spin storm

Associated Press – As Gustav nears, Gulf Coast begins moving on plans

Associated Press – Board OKs plan to evaluate Ala. college presidents

Washington Post – So Many Miles From Selma