Alabama on Wednesday November 04, 2009

AL: State GOP targets Democrats on ethics
By Sebastian Kitchen , Montgomery Advertiser
The Alabama Republican Party is placing the conviction of those former Democratic offi?cials at the top of its list of why voters should put the GOP in control of the Legislature and in other offices a year from now in the 2010 general election.
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AL: Democrat Elaine Beech wins House District 65 seat
By George Altman , Mobile Register
Democrat Elaine Beech won a special election for the House of Representatives today, according to unofficial returns.
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AL: Tea Party rally against health care bill scheduled for Wednesday
By Shelly Haskins , The Huntsville Times
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Huntsville's Tea Party movement is planning another rally Wednesday to protest proposed government-run health care.
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AL: Riley blasts claim of impending Indian casino bingo monopoly
By George R. Altman, Mobile Register
The suggestion that Gov. Bob Riley's efforts to prohibit electronic bingo could leave Indian casinos with a statewide monopoly on the machines is a "baldfaced lie," Riley wrote in a letter to lawmakers last week.
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AL: 3-state delegation sends letter to Water War govs
By The Associated Press, Tuscaloosa News
Members of Congress from Alabama, Florida and Georgia have sent a letter to the governors of the three states urging them to act quickly in resolving the ongoing water dispute.
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AL: Sparks -- banned substance found in imported fish
By The Associated Press, Tuscaloosa News
Alabama Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Ron Sparks says some fish being imported into Alabama have tested positive for a banned substance.
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AL: PSC approves Alabama Power rate cut for small businesses
By Phillip Rawls, The Associated Press, Montgomery Advertiser
Thousands of small businesses that rely on Alabama Power Co. will get a break on their electric bills in the new year. Savings for other customers may also be ahead.
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AL: UA loses trademark case against football game painter
By The Associated Press, Montgomery Advertiser
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- A federal judge has ruled that artist Daniel Moore did not violate trademark laws by painting scenes of some of the most famous plays in Universi?ty of Alabama football history without licensing the work through the university.
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