ALABAMA NEWS

• Harris' 3 scores lead East Carolina past UAB 37-21 11/21/2009, 5:51 p.m. CST
(AP) — GREENVILLE, N.C. - Dwayne Harris caught eight passes for 108 yard and two touchdowns, including a kickoff return for a score, to lead East Carolina to a 37-21 win over Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday.

• Arenas' 7th punt return for TD sets SEC record 11/21/2009, 12:28 p.m. CST
(AP) — TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - No. 2 Alabama's Javier Arenas set a Southeastern Conference record with his seventh punt return for a touchdown.

• College Basketball Schedule 11/20/2009, 11:22 p.m. CST
(AP) — Florida Atlantic at American U., Noon

• Thursday's Scores 11/20/2009, 9:30 p.m. CST
(AP) — Abbeville 58, Rehobeth 53

• Unemployment rate rises to 10.9 percent in Alabama 11/20/2009, 8:51 a.m. CST
(AP) — MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The unemployment rate in Alabama has risen to its highest rate in more than 25 years.

• Thursday's Scores 11/19/2009, 9:28 p.m. CST
(AP) — Birmingham Holy Family 85, Jefferson Christian Academy 34

• College Basketball Schedule 11/19/2009, 6:16 p.m. CST
(AP) — Robert Morris vs. Detroit at SEFCU Arena, Albany, N.Y., 5 p.m.

• Women's College Basketball Schedule 11/19/2009, 4:38 p.m. CST
(AP) — St. Francis, N.Y. at Albany, N.Y., 7 p.m.

• NTSB cites car in deadly Ala. school bus wreck 11/19/2009, 2:10 p.m. CST
(AP) — MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A new federal report says a passing car that went out of control caused an Alabama school bus wreck that killed four students in 2006.

• 6 Ala. judges recuse themselves from Paragon suit 11/18/2009, 6:39 p.m. CST
(AP) — MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The six circuit judges in Montgomery County have disqualified themselves from hearing a lawsuit filed by a legislative oversight committee seeking to stop a $13 million no-bid computer contract.

• Women's College Basketball Schedule 11/18/2009, 6:13 p.m. CST
(AP) — Niagara at St. Bonaventure, Noon

• College Basketball Schedule 11/18/2009, 6:12 p.m. CST
(AP) — Buffalo at Navy, 7 p.m.

• FACT CHECK: Stimulus money to 'phantom' districts? 11/18/2009, 2:14 p.m. CST
(AP) — WASHINGTON - Did the Obama administration really pump billions of dollars into "phantom" congressional districts?

• Ex-crewmen: Company wouldn't rename targeted ship 11/18/2009, 2:03 p.m. CST
(AP) — PHILADELPHIA - The company that owns the Maersk Alabama, a freighter targeted by pirates twice in seven months, did not heed a request to rename, repaint or reroute the ship after the first attack off the coast of Africa in the spring, former crew members say.

• MMA prof: Somali pirates a 'scourge' 11/18/2009, 9:46 a.m. CST
(AP) — BOSTON - A Massachusetts Maritime Academy professor whose son was on the Maersk Alabama when it was attacked last spring says he's not surprised Somali pirates tried again.

• Pirates again attack US-flagged Maersk Alabama 11/18/2009, 4:33 a.m. CST
(AP) — NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months on Wednesday, but guards on board the U.S.-flagged cargo ship repelled the takeover attempt, the EU's naval force said.

• Sentencing postponed for MI teen in AL boy's death 11/18/2009, 3:01 a.m. CST
(AP) — PONTIAC, Mich. - A sentencing hearing for a Michigan teen who police say shot and killed a 14-year-old from Alabama outside a church has been pushed back to next week.

• UAB knocks off Jacksonville State 87-62 11/17/2009, 10:30 p.m. CST
(AP) — JACKSONVILLE, Ala. - Elijah Millsap scored 18 points and had 11 rebounds to lead five Blazers in double figures as Alabama-Birmingham defeated Jacksonville State 87-62 on Tuesday night.

• Thursday's Scores 11/17/2009, 9:29 p.m. CST
(AP) — Asbury 75, Paint Rock Valley 23

• Women's College Basketball Schedule 11/17/2009, 6:18 p.m. CST
(AP) — Fairleigh Dickinson at Lehigh, 5 p.m.

• College Basketball Schedule 11/17/2009, 4:57 p.m. CST
(AP) — Harvard at Army, 7 p.m.

• College Basketball Schedule 11/17/2009, 4:57 p.m. CST
(AP) — Bucknell at Delaware, 7 p.m.

• College Basketball Power Index 11/17/2009, 4:18 p.m. CST
(AP) — The Power Index is a numerical value indicating the relative strength of each team based on this season's performance, changes in personnel, coaching, strength of schedule and current form. The Index is purely a statistical and historical rating and does not take into account emotional factors. Add three points to the home team's rating.

• Auburn's Washington adapts quickly to new roles 11/17/2009, 12:12 p.m. CST
(AP) — AUBURN, Ala. - Two weeks ago, Auburn's Demond Washington was a backup cornerback.

• Ex-HealthSouth CEO's house, lots to be auctioned 11/17/2009, 8:31 a.m. CST
(AP) — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A $4 million estate in central Alabama that belonged to former HealthSouth chief executive Richard Scrushy is going to be auctioned next month.