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    Update: 2 confirmed dead in Halter Marine shipyard explosion

    By April M. Havens

    November 20, 2009, 6:13PM
    ESCATAWPA, Miss. -- Authorities say two people died in an explosion at VT Halter Marine's Trinity Drive shipyard in the Escatawpa community. Full story »

    Alabama high court: Mobile judge wrong to dismiss pilot death case, Teledyne can be taken to task

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    By The Associated Press

    November 20, 2009, 4:01PM
    MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that negligence claims against two aircraft firms in the 2002 death of a Minnesota pilot were wrongly thrown out. Full story »

    Mayor Tommy Battle plugs "Shop Huntsville First" campaign for the holidays

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    By Steve Doyle

    November 20, 2009, 11:50AM
    He also urged people to "get away from Internet shopping" and spend their money in brick-and-mortar stores across the city. Full story »

    About 166 Gulf Coast properties to be auctioned Saturday in Biloxi

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    By The Associated Press

    November 20, 2009, 11:45AM
    BILOXI, Miss. -- About 166 properties -- many of them on the Mississippi Gulf Coast -- will be auctioned Saturday at Treasure Bay Casino in Biloxi. They are part of the going-out-of-business auction for Planetta Custom Homes through J.P. King Auction Co. Full story »
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    Madison County's jobless rate for October remains at 7.5 percent

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    By Marian H. Accardi

    November 20, 2009, 9:36AM
    HUNTSVILLE -- Madison County's jobless rate for October was 7.5 percent, unchanged from September, according to preliminary figures released today by the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations. Alabama's October unemployment rate was 10.9 percent, up from September's rate of 10.7 percent.  Full story »

    Century Plaza could find new life, but not as mall, experts say

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    By Michael Tomberlin -- The Birmingham News

    November 20, 2009, 9:01AM
    Other dead malls have returned as community colleges and nursing homes Full story »

    Alabama jobless rate rises in October to 10.9%

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    By Jerry Underwood -- The Birmingham News

    November 20, 2009, 8:40AM
    Wilcox County's rate hits 25.1%; Jefferson's at 10.3% Full story »

    Independence completes acceptance trials; now 1 step closer to delivery

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    By Kaija Wilkinson

    November 20, 2009, 8:24AM
    MOBILE, Ala. -- The littoral combat ship Independence this week successfully completed acceptance trials, the last set of tests before the vessel is handed over to the U.S. Navy, the Navy said Thursday. Full story »

    Alabama forest industry group opposes timber theft regulation changes

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    By Press-Register staff

    November 20, 2009, 8:15AM
    MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Forestry Commission is considering upgrading 5 regulations against timber theft, but the forest industry group says regulations can be changed only by the Legislature, not an administrative panel, the Gadsden Times reports. Full story »

    The money shuffler: Former RBC Bank manager admits shifting nearly $1 million

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    By Brendan Kirby

    November 20, 2009, 6:04AM
    A former RBC Bank manager on Thursday admitted that she shuffled nearly $1 million among customers' accounts, with some of the money ending up in the accounts of her relatives. Full story »

    ThyssenKrupp cranes, terminal unique in North America, world

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    By Kaija Wilkinson

    November 20, 2009, 6:00AM
    The ThyssenKrupp steel-slab terminal on Pinto Island has features that make it unique in North America and the world, according to the Alabama State Port Authority, which brought the terminals three magnetic cranes dockside in Mobile Thursday. Full story »

    Pascagoula Mississippi Phosphates plant ordered to correct environmental violations

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    By April M. Havens

    November 20, 2009, 5:13AM
    PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- It will likely cost about $2.5 million to correct environmental violations cited at the Pascagoula Mississippi Phosphates plant this summer, company leaders said Thursday during a third-quarter conference call. Full story »

    Boise Inc. investors net $82.5 million from stock sale

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    By Jeff Amy

    November 19, 2009, 8:00PM
    Boise Inc. said that a stock sale will raise about $82.5 million for two of the company's large stakeholders, Boise Cascade LLC and Boise Inc. director Jason Weiss. Boise Inc. owns a paper mill in Jackson, Ala., that employs about 585 people.  Full story »
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