• 2 more kudos for city's outlook
Publications expect 'boomtown' here, job growth in future

• A&M will eliminate 45 positions
School eyes other cost-saving moves as funding shrinks

• Board OKs $35.3M pact for new Lee High School
The Huntsville school board on Thursday approved a $35.3 million contract to build the new Lee High School.

• Community helps bring family's dream to life
After being diagnosed with stage four cancer in August 2008, Athens mom LeAnna Bennett was immediately surrounded by friends, church members and co-workers who wanted to help.

• 'Death of a Salesman' to be staged
RAINSVILLE - Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Death of a Salesman," will be performed at Northeast Alabama Community College today at 7 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m.

• Driver hits 10 children, adult near a Fairfield middle school
Woman tried to avoid kids playing

• Fabius residents oppose mine, cite narrow road
SCOTTSBORO - Some residents in the Sand Mountain community of Fabius near Stevenson are opposing a proposed coal mine, saying it would endanger motorists traveling on narrow, two-lane Jackson County Road 81.

• Homeless to get holiday meal today
More than 200 homeless men and women will get an early Thanksgiving feast today.

• 'Invest back' by shopping here
Local attractions' $1,000 drawing promotes tourism

• Local doctors to rally against new health bill
Group in favor of reform proposal will counterprotest

• Ruling involving $600,000 loan overturned
State high court says papers lacked authentication

• Utility OKs Madison well
Reversal shows 2 cities' 'spirit of cooperation,' landowner says

• Bus crash report released
NTSB finds teen driver lost control while trying to pass

• City looks at buyout possibility
Employee interest, savings must be gauged, mayor says

• Corrections
Corrections

• County gets $475K to fight drugs
MONTGOMERY - Madison County is the recipient of $475,000 in federal economic stimulus money to combat drug-related crimes, it was announced Thursday.

• Did complaint get him demoted?
Sergeant says someone called Army after school meeting on uniforms

• Fellowship is best part of meal for these diners
A week before Thanksgiving, and the turkey and dressing are already being served at the Historic Huntsville Depot Roundhouse.

• Heading to VBC? Be ready to dodge construction work
If you're heading to the Von Braun Center this weekend to see Broadway Theatre League's opening show, "Mamma Mia!," be ready to dance around some construction.

• Jackson may add to court security
Officials consider putting two more officers on staff

• Jefferson County judge will hear no-bid contract lawsuit
MONTGOMERY - Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb on Thursday appointed a Jefferson County judge to hear a lawsuit filed by a legislative committee trying to block a $13 million no-bid computer contract.

• Kids all smiles when riding new tricycles
Companies help pay for specialized rides for those with special needs

• Madison panel urges city to let MEDS buy Paradise
Paradise Apartments in Madison could have a new owner by Monday night.

• 'Open dialogue' airs Madison views on tax issue for school
MADISON - Kristin Mitchell knows what overcrowding can do to a school system.

• Soldiers' letters home hold heart, soul - then and now
Merrimack Hall this weekend presents "Letters Home," a drama about soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan told through their letters home. The Times asked Soldier's Diary columnist Maj. Ken Arnold, recently returned from Afghanistan, to write about how soldier's correspondence home has changed over the years.

• Visit 4 local attractions for chance to win $1,000
Check out Santa's Village, Sci-Quest, Burritt, art museum

• Albertville board seeks water-rate increase to pay for improvements
ALBERTVILLE - The Albertville Municipal Utilities Board wants to raise residents' monthly water rates by 18 percent over three years to pay for improvements.

• Browns Ferry calendar has a warning
Warning sirens will be tested at 9:15 on first Mondays

• Citizens Action Program opposes gambling, too
Group supports stance of Riley, Alabama Baptists

• Do Lowe Mill residents approve of Housing Authority's plans?
On Friday, the question came from the Huntsville Housing Authority board itself: Did the neighbors in the Lowe Mill area support the demolition of Brookside Apartments?

• Festival of Trees will open Sunday
GUNTERSVILLE - The Guntersville Museum will open its Festival of Trees exhibit Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m.

• Kids crazy for 'New Moon'
HT writers discuss appeal of 'Twilight' novel series, release of second movie

• Lee crash report due today
NTSB's official verdict on cause comes a day before 3rd anniversary

• Low enrollment may close Paint Rock school
Jackson officials note high cost ofeducating students

• Mammogram delay proposal draws broad fire
Fed agency chief joins advocates, doctors to reject

• Manna House needs help to feed pets
Not only people are in need of food during these hard economic times.

• Outside expert for work on VBC?
City Council expectedto OK contract with Birmingham firm

• Save Alabama PACT meeting set Monday
Area owners of Prepaid Affordable College Tuition plans are invited to a special Save Alabama PACT meeting here Monday night.

• Showers suggests buyouts for city
Council will explore the idea at a work session today

• Students' nasal mist vaccine coming the week of Nov. 30
250,000 in state in K-3 are eligiblewith parents' OK

• Volunteer as a family at Saturday event
HandsOn Greater Huntsville will celebrate Family Volunteer Day Saturday by offering opportunities for local families to give back to their community.

• '50s-era party-goers say, 'Thanks for the memories'
Madison Villageresidents look backon teenage times

• Amateur radio grants help Bob Jones set up station
8 teachers attend training classes on wireless tech

• Arts Council seeking grant applications
Deadline is Jan. 16;guidelines airedfor organizations

• As expected, sales tax is talk of town
Council meeting hears residents on school funding plan

• Columbia students connect geology to space at Sci-Quest event
Moon dust was their aim, and Columbia Elementary School students also found a connection between geology and space at "Let's Kick Up Some Moon Dust."

• Doctors plan rally against health bill
Local doctors will hold a rally Saturday to coincide with other events across the country to protest further government involvement in health care.

• Fans get to pose with BCS football trophy
Crystal award made stop at Kroger on promotional tour

• Hospital classes prep on abandoned child law
Shirl Moyers hopes parents never walk into the Athens-Limestone Hospital so distressed and distraught that the only solution to their troubles is to hand over an infant son or daughter.

• Hospital finally has a timetable
Groundbreaking set Dec. 8 for 60-bed facility off U.S. 72

• Limestone calendar
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• Madison calendar
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• Madison Spirit ?In brief
Hartlex Antique holds art sale

• Medical clinic hires new chief, 'won't miss a beat'
Huntsville Hospital's St. Jude Clinic for childhood cancer and blood disease patients has a new director.

• Mom sees St. Jude as 'saving grace'
5-year-old leukemia patient has a walk team for fundraiser

• Sale will benefit clinic
A plea market rummage sale to benefit the low-cost North Alabama Spay Neuter clinic will be Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Jaycees Building on Airport Road.

• School fund efforts praised
The Madison City School system had to dip into its reserves this year, but it wasn't as bad as it could have been thanks to careful planning by its financial department and superintendent's office.

• School leaders push property tax
MADISON - Madison City Schools officials hope to get a property tax referendum on the ballot next year to help repay the $36 million stimulus loan for the new high school.

• Schools recognized for technology use
Madison City Schools received first-place honors in the sixth annual Digital School Districts Survey.

• Sign up to speak up for Medicare for all
Do you support a Medicare-for-all approach to health care but don't know how to persuade others that it's the right thing to do?

• Students salute veterans with special school projects
Stars and stripes demanded more meaning for many students in Madison City Schools during the week of Veterans Day.

• True's book recalls early years in 'primitive' school here
In her book "My Life from Wagons to Rockets," Gladys McFarlen True described her first few years in school at Trenton. The conditions that she called "primitive" would also have largely applied in Madison of the time.

• Veterans take their bows at Madison event
Ceremony in park honors those who served their country

• Albertville OKs 10 new police cars
Mayor wanted 6 more; 5 others possible in spring

• Candidate to hold meeting today
State Legislature candidate Republican Bill Holtzclaw of Madison will hold a meet and greet at the Valley Event Center, 22335 U.S. 72, east of Athens near Lindsay Lane, today, 5:30 to 7 p.m.

• Commission gives county workers another day off
The Madison County Commission voted Monday to close county offices on Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving.

• Corrrections
CorrectionA story on page A3 Friday about the hiring of a new two-year college chancellor should have said that Joan Davis, the state school board's chief legal counsel, is to be paid an additional $35,600 for the six months she served as interim chancellor. That represents the difference in her present salary of $155,250 and the interim chancellor salary of $225,000, prorated based on six months of service.

• End of line here for Valley Honor Flight
Jan. 31 deadline for veteransto apply for trip to Washington

• 'Flawless, beautiful,' says astronaut's kin
Huntsville cousin ofDr. Satcher watcheslaunch of Atlantis

• India wants a space center, too
Ambassador notes cooperation vital for exploration

• Madison cuts Paradise list to 2 finalists
One firm started as faith-based group, other is nonprofit

• Madison Utilities, Triana reach deal on water service for development
MADISON - It took about two years, but Madison Utilities finally has a deal with the Town of Triana to provide services to the Villages of Wheeler development in Triana.

• Mojo will go to great heights to help kids
104-hour fundraiser to benefit Toys for Tots' Bikes or Bust

• No-bid contract lawsuit on hold
Officials can't find company or CEO to serve complaint

• Redstone chief looks to schools
UAH education summit takes on BRAC challenges

• Tax issue dead for county schools?
Revenue lack limits access to interest-free federal loans

• UAH residence requirement stirs controversy on campus
Faculty Senate to eye vote of censure against university president

• Alabama last state to OK rabies shots every 3 years
Vaccine that lasts 36 months has been available for decades

• Atlantis launch looking all clear
11-day missionlikely to blast offin Florida today

• Back to real life after this commercial break
What's the reason for all this ridiculous advertising?

• Destination? Graduation
Butler High program sets a goal for seniors to pass state exam

• Fair demonstrates the science of things
Local high-tech industry opens up to young minds

• For best post-game party, you can't beat Fifth Quarter
All are welcomeat Christian-basedevent with bands

• Jones Valley 'much better prepared'
By Steve Campbell

• JROTC champions
JROTC champions

• Old man's game? Now I'm teed off
If you think golf is so easy, grab a driver and step right up, shankapotomus

• 'Pain's always there,' injured survivor says
For Sandy McDonald, Sundays' tornado remembrances were a chance to reach for the healing she's been seeking for 20 years.

• Radio flaw linked to system lockup
Local emergency responders believe they have solved a problem that caused the countywide tornado warning siren network to fail last spring.

• Rate cut on utility deposits
Recession slashes interest paid from 5% to just 0.4%

• Soldier welcomed into U.S. citizen ranks
It is amazing to think that when America goes to war, among the ranks of the military are individuals who are not, in fact, American.

• Some old wives' tales aren't valid
As dangerous as they are, tornadoes can become even more deadly if decisions are made using bad information.

• Speaking English opens doors to world
Take time to appreciate power of spoken word; don't be a Neanderthal

• Steer clear of zombies if you're waltzing
It's amazing what you can learn at a Halloween party

• This group applies right kind of peer pressure
Red ribbons, skits and graphic videos stress our drug-free message

• Top dogs in K-9 units have 4 legs
Highly trained canines sniff out narcotics and bombs, catch criminals

• We'd love to chat more, but gotta run
Legacy teachers share their love with fast-growing club

• Workshop to offer infoon special-needs services
The Huntsville City Schools Health Services Department is sponsoring a Partnerships in Service workshop Tuesday for parents, educators and health care providers.

• Writing that novel tries team approach
Group members take on project, get pep talks, shoot for 50,000 words

• Children's Clinic can be lifesaver
Facility located at New Hope School having fundraiser

• Dress for weather, wear a life jacket
Fall great time to hit water; be prepared for longer stay

• Golf, peek at film part of fundraiser
Big donor to WWII veterans' trips throws a party

• Madison continues sales tax debate
Opinions seem to depend on whether their kids in school

• Research on '89 damage continues
Officials hope new findings help stop complacency

• Tornado memento: A baby
Mary Gage has more than a memory of the tornado that took out a swath of Huntsville 20 years ago today.

• You, too, can be a scientist, girls told
Special day at UAH reaches out to young students

• 2nd public forum on sales tax set today
Resident warns that vote on property hike would be DOA

• Albertville band seeks help going to 2011 Roses parade
$360,000 needed to pay for unit's trip to Pasadena

• Author's wife donates books to Snead State
Former art teacher Martha Huie gives nearly 200 works

• Ballet raises $6,000 in 1 week for show
Group 'confident' of reaching goal for Military Night

• City to mark 1989 tornado
Service and citywide moment of silenceto remember victims

• Corrections
A Thursday story about Big Spring Partners move into the old Regions Bank building should have said that Big Spring Partners owns the Holiday Inn downtown and the City of Huntsville owns the land the hotel sits on.

• Drummond site off list
Housing Authority forgoes purchase of foreclosed house

• Moon water may be boon for Marshall
Similar missions run here could go to asteroids or Mars

• Operation Stand Down puts vets on better path
Homeless get legal, social, medical services at event

• P.E. aide faces sodomy charges
Michael Horton is on paid leave from Providence School

• Rights group pushes for prison death records
Court has ordered release of Farron Barksdale report

• She found her purpose aiding abandoned boys
When Polly Ricks signed up for a mercy mission trip to Peru in 1998, she had no idea what a hold that South American country - and young boys who have been abandoned there - would have on her heart.

• State appeals court reinstates5 felony charges against Worley
Accused of trying to influence votes of her employees

• Towles faces sentencing on Dec. 18
GADSDEN - An Etowah County man convicted of killing his girlfriend's 5-year-old son is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 18.