Alabama

The experts say Obama’s 4 to 12% poll lead over McCain will diminish into a neck and neck race. But non experts feel the typical swing from party to party with each decade, each war, each up and down of economy, each generation. This post baby boomer candidate reflects the internet saavy telegenic skills of this google you tube face book new world. Two party politics seen to change little over time. Suggestions of a new era of independent candidates free of typical party extremes are but a dream, but we do have two independent minded candidate McCain and Obama willing to go against their own party babble. The dream ticket for us long time swing voters would be Obama and McCain on the same ticket.

(Read the full post about ‘The Obama Nation with a Twist’…)

The PBS tv essay on the heels of our family vacation brought back the memories of trips to grandma in tha family station wagon, or to exciting far away destinations that are only very faint memories, like a lucky rabbit foot from an Indian reservation from some state some where. A family trapped in a car for days on the interstate and in tiny double double bed motel rooms is a reflection of life at home growing up under one roof, you get along because you must, and fights and laughs alternate like summer thunderstorms rain and sunshine. Nothing is as comforting to parents and as painful to kids in the back seat.

(Read the full post about ‘The Great American Road Trip’…)

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Baseball great Hank Aaron has endorsed
state Sen. Vivian Davis Figures’ bid for the U.S. Senate at a news
conference and fundraiser for the Mobile Democrat.

Figures opposes Republican incumbent Sen. Jeff Sessions in the
Nov. 4 general election.

In Birmingham, Aaron said Thursday he has told Figures not to
let anything stand in the way of her election goal, comparing her
quest to his own baseball career.

The Atlanta Braves hall of famer said he didn’t listen to those
who told him many times that he couldn’t surpass Babe Ruth’s mark
of 714 home runs. (Read the full post about ‘Hank Aaron Goes To Bat For Vivian Davis Figures’…)

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge in Mobile has sentenced a
man to 25 years in prison for child pornography that included
graphic computer images, and he still faces state charges of child
rape and sodomy.
Prosecutors say 30-year-old Matthew Joseph Viva moved to Mobile
from Minnesota and is accused of having sex with the 13-year-old
daughter of an acquaintance who had helped him find a job.
U.S. District Judge Kristi DuBose heard evidence that Viva, who
pleaded guilty in November, sent some of those sex images to the
girl and persuaded her to have sex with him. (Read the full post about ‘Child Porn Suspect Gets 25 Year Sentence’…)

A judge denied bond Friday for four men charged with attempted murder in the shooting of a six-year-old boy.

Six-year-old A.J. Ezell was hit by three bullets Monday night when someone opened fire on Gloria York Avenue in Toulminville. A.J. and his mother, Sherrell Allen, were sitting at a stop sign when the bullets started flying.

23-year-old Tyrone Smith, who was sitting in another car, was hit in the face and upper chest.

Police arrested three men in connection with the shooting on Wednesday. A fourth suspect, 25-year-old Kendun Buchanan, was booked into Mobile Metro Jail just before 1:00 a.m. (Read the full post about ‘6-Year-Old Boy Shot, Suspects Denied Bond’…)

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Tropical Storm Boris has formed in the east
Pacific.
Miami’s National Hurricane Center says the storm doesn’t
threaten land.
It is located about 550 miles (890 kilometers) southwest of
Manzanillo, Mexico, and has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65
kph).
Forecasters say the storm is moving west out to sea at 9 mph (15
kph).

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WKRG.com Related Resources Lightning Strikes Pensacola Posted: 2 weeks, 12 minutes ago Lightning has damaged at least two homes and a business in Pensacola. (Read the full post about ‘Tropical Storm In The Pacific’…)

CYBERSPACE (AP) - It’s the end of an era: the Bill Gates era at
Microsoft. Today is the final day that he will be the day-to-day
leader of the software giant. His company has posted a parody of
what his last day will be like. You can check it out on the
Internet. Microsoft parody video of Bill Gates’ last day

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WKRG.com Related Resources Yahoo board may face shareholder mutiny at annual meeting Posted: 1 month, 3 weeks, 2 days, 6 minutes ago After fending off months of threats by Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc.’s directors still will have to fight… » Yahoo board may face shareholder… Yahoo stock slips as buyout talks end Google may be winner Posted: 1 month, 3 weeks, 3 days, 3 hours, 47 minutes ago Yahoo Inc.’s stock took a beating Monday after Microsoft Corp. (Read the full post about ‘Bill Gates Goodbye’…)

Birmingham-based BE&K Inc. has sold its communications subsidiary, the company announced Saturday.

Today’s National Weather Service forecast calls for isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. It will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 92. The wind will be out of the west between 5 and 15 mph, and the chance of precipitation is 20 percent.