Daily Headlines, Friday, 11/7/2008

Birmingham NewsBettye Fine Collins’ reorganization will take Jim Carns off some key committees

Birmingham NewsAuburn native Robert Gibbs expected to be named Obama press secretary

Birmingham NewsBlacks, liberals key to Obama win in Jefferson County

Birmingham NewsUAB students uncover links to Obama speech used to commit fraud

Birmingham NewsNational Conference of Christians and Jews renamed Unbound Alabama: Building Open-Minded Communities

Birmingham NewsJefferson County faces swap payment of as much as $439 million on Nov. 17

Birmingham NewsThe Scientist magazine ranks UAB as the fifth-best place to work in the nation

Birmingham NewsAlabama, Federal Reserve intervene with Birmingham’s CapitalSouth Bancorp on oversight, operations

Birmingham NewsU.S. Steel delays Black Belt project

Birmingham NewsThe early signs for the fiscal year suggest the rainy-day funds voters approved Tuesday are desperately needed to avoid spending cuts in schools and state agencies

Birmingham NewsA grand jury indicted an architect who plied Alabama’s former two-year college chancellor with assorted favors

Press-RegisterBayou sales tax a bad idea

Press-RegisterJudges should gag on nasty court races

Huntsville TimesTVA weed cutbacks anger lake residents

Huntsville TimesWrite-innumber shows discord

Huntsville TimesOlder foster children need extra help, expert says

Huntsville TimesGreat day for voters

Montgomery AdvertiserDavis still considering gubernatorial run

Montgomery AdvertiserState voters OK tax for Limestone County

Montgomery AdvertiserMontgomery sales tax revenue drops

Montgomery AdvertiserYouth turnout shatters perception of political apathy

Montgomery AdvertiserState tourism agency earns awards

Tuscaloosa NewsYellow Dogs howled Tuesday

Tuscaloosa NewsBetter selection process needed

Anniston StarRacial divide? Yes, but …

Anniston StarTheir opportunity

Anniston StarHitting bottom

Anniston StarJames L. Evans: The audacity of hope

Decatur Daily Elections long, ugly, but best in the world

Decatur Daily Secret deals erode public’s confidence

Opelika-Auburn NewsEditorial: Pressure now on shoulders of Democratic Party

1 comment to Daily Headlines, Friday, 11/7/2008

  • walt moffett

    A gentle steer to Dr. Browder’s Alabama’s New Racial Order Part Three and an essay on Obama’s victory.

    The theme is stealth politics or how in the 70s,80s and 90s, much progress was made in “…quiet, practical biracial leadership. Relatively progressive, somewhat secretive, sometimes uncomfortable, often less than noble, …”

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