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All rights reserved. http://www.annistonstar.com/rss/images/as-logo.gif 14450 http://www.annistonstar.com/as-index.htm Newspapers en-us 20 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:15 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-localupdate-0107-0-9a07o5853.htm OXFORD — The $6.15 million Freshman Academy at Oxford High opened today, with 325 students roaming bigger hallways, enjoying state-of-the-art computer and science labs and learning through tech-savvy devices that cater to today's student. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-localupdate-0107-0-9a07o5853.htm Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:15 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07n3401.htm MONTGOMERY -- Heavy rains have caused Alabama Power Co. to open spillway gates at most of its dams on the Coosa River. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07n3401.htm Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:15 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07n3431.htm WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday that reforming massive government entitlement programs -- such as Social Security and Medicare -- would be 'a central part' of his effort to control federal spending. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07n3431.htm Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:15 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-localupdate-0107-0-9a07m0057.htm Straight line winds estimated at 85 mph destroyed one mobile home and damaged dozens of roofs on buildings Tuesday near the intersection of U.S. 78 and U.S. 431, according to the National Weather Service. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-localupdate-0107-0-9a07m0057.htm Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:15 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07l5331.htm WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all U.S. presidents as an extraordinary event on Wednesday as the current occupant, President George W. Bush, reminded his predecessors and successor that the office 'transcends the individual.' http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07l5331.htm Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:15 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07j3915.htm GAZA CITY, Gaza — Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rockets resumed after a brief pause Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach Palestinian civilians in Gaza, where an Israeli warplane dropped leaflets urging some residents to flee because of imminent attacks. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07j3915.htm Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:15 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07l5210.htm WASHINGTON -- The federal budget deficit will hit an unprecedented $1.2 trillion for the 2009 budget year, according to grim new Congressional Budget Office figures. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07l5210.htm Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:15 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07l5242.htm NEW YORK -- Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff and his wife sent at least 16 watches, a jade necklace and a diamond bracelet to family and relatives, proving he will continue to dissipate what little is left from his $50 billion fraud, a prosecutor told a judge in arguing that Madoff be jailed. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07l5242.htm Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:15 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07l5142.htm MOBILE -- Federal agents have arrested and charged former Auburn University punter Tommy Lunceford Jr. with arson, obstruction of justice and intimidating law enforcement officers in a fire that destroyed his restaurant building in Gulf Shores. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07l5142.htm Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:15 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07j4218.htm MONTGOMERY — As skies cleared Wednesday, parts of Alabama struggled with scattered flooding from heavy rains and wind damage, a lengthy deluge that led to rescue operations when cars were engulfed in water. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07j4218.htm Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:15 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07j4104.htm WASHINGTON — The federal budget deficit will hit an unparalleled $1.2 trillion for the 2009 budget year, according to a Capitol Hill aide briefed on new Congressional Budget Office figures. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07j4104.htm Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:15 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07j4002.htm NEW DELHI — 'We have three foreigners, including women,' the gunman said into the phone. The response was brutally simple: 'Kill them.' Gunshots then rang out inside the Mumbai hotel, followed by cheering that could be heard over the phone. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-wireupdate-0107-0-9a07j4002.htm Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:14:15 CST