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Suspect Holding Child Hostage In Alabama Killed, Child Safe

Rich Denison — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:45:45 +0000

MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Officials say they stormed a bunker in Alabama to rescue a 5-year-old child being held hostage there after his abductor was seen with a gun.

Steve Richardson with the FBI's office in Mobile said at a news conference Monday afternoon that negotiations deteriorated and that 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes had been seen with a gun

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Santorum Wins Alabama, Mississippi

Associated Press — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:44:29 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — A resurgent Rick Santorum swept primaries in Alabama and Mississippi Tuesday night, upending the race for the Republican presidential nomination yet again and nudging Newt Gingrich toward the sidelines

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Voting In Alabama, Mississippi Could Clarify Race

Associated Press — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:42:37 +0000

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Deep South primaries today could answer questions for all three Republican presidential candidates.

Polls are open in Alabama and Mississippi as Mitt Romney tries to make a southern breakthrough

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Alabama Twister Hits Prison

Associated Press — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:11:08 +0000

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A state corrections official says a reported tornado in northern Alabama hit a state prison but there was no immediate word on damages or injuries.

Corrections spokesman Brian Corbette said Friday a tornado hit the Limestone Correctional Facility, a prison in Limestone County

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