Daily Headlines, Thursday, 7/2/2009

Birmingham News – Former Birmingham, Alabama county commissioner John Katopodis found guilty in charity fraud trial

Birmingham News – One in three people in Alabama are obese, according to report

Birmingham News – Sen. Rodger Smitherman to ask Alabama to advance $25 million-$30 million for Jefferson County

Birmingham News – Anniston architect Julian Jenkins pleads guilty in 2-year college case to get charge reduced from bribery to aiding and abetting

Birmingham News – Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb decides against run for governorship

Birmingham News – High-stakes Birmingham bingo hits another delay

Birmingham News – Jefferson County circuit judge temporarily blocks budget cuts to sheriff’s office

Birmingham News – July 4th tea parties to take aim at big government

Birmingham News – Electric vehicle maker eyeing Alabama for U.S. operations

Birmingham News – Four Alabama-built vehicles post sales gains in June

Birmingham News – SCOTT STANTIS: A Katopodis Quorum!

Birmingham News – OUR VIEW: U.S. Supreme Court ruling underscores the need for a federal agency to oversee and improve scientific methods used in criminal cases

Press-Register – Mobile-area Democrats back Vicki Davis for U.S. attorney job

Press-Register – Former Bayou La Batre Councilman Henry Barnes charged with arson

Press-Register – Walkers for peace pass through Mobile

Press-Register – Expert says clearer water would revitalize Mobile Bay’s grass beds

Press-Register – Coastal Alabama oyster reef project gets federal grant

Huntsville Times – Site to help Alabamians monitor Internet speed

Huntsville Times – State’s beach tags beat ‘God Bless’

Montgomery Advertiser – Pack of dogs tied to Alabama man’s mauling destroyed

Montgomery Advertiser – Alabama state troopers to be out in force July 4th weekend

Montgomery Advertiser – In wake of May floods, few homeowners seek out flood insurance

Montgomery Advertiser – Montgomery Board of Education has contentious 4-3 vote along racial lines

Montgomery Advertiser – DIR surveys state’s green job market

Tuscaloosa News – Birmingham lawyer to run for state treasurer

Tuscaloosa News – UA law professor announces bid for Legislature

Tuscaloosa News – Alabama program for troubled youths spared

Tuscaloosa News – Ala. schools well prepared for disasters

Anniston Star – How to protect our climate: Senate’s turn on cap-and-trade

Gadsden Times – King seeks undercover tape from Planned Parenthood

Gadsden Times – Treasurer candidate seeks to honor PACT contracts

Opelika-Auburn News – Briggs & Stratton to close Jefferson, Wisconsin plant

Opelika-Auburn News – Alabama late paying tax refunds due to recession

Senate Sketches – Sen. Hank Sanders writes a weekly column for his constituents.