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A Correct Anthropological Theory: How Conservatives and Liberals evolved!Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunter/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter. The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. Beer required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just...

Dish Network has lost control of their equipment. US Postal Service to be blamed.

Mary Norman, president of Auburn (AL) Heritage Association, said she was at her family's burial plot in Pine Hill Cemetery when Councilman Arthur Dowdell removed the small Confederate flag from her great-grandfather's grave Thursday afternoon. "He pulled up the flag, snapped it in two and put it in his car," said Norman, who is white.

Published February 28. 2005 6:53PM Chelsea (Alabama, Shelby County) man shoots armed intruder to death after being tied The Associated Press An armed, masked intruder was shot to death by a Chelsea man who managed to free himself after he was tied up and his wife held at gunpoint during a robbery in their home, Shelby County authorities said. Sheriff Chris Curry said a female accomplice was arrested while attempting to flee the scene. Sheriff's officers did not immediately release the name of the man who killed the intruder during the home invasion about 2 a.m. Sunday. The suspected burglar...

Published February 19. 2005 6:01AM Train, SUV collide at 12th Street crossing A 16-year-old boy was slightly injured Friday night when the Ford Explorer he was driving struck a train at the railroad crossing on 12th Street near Meighan Boulevard. It appears the SUV struck the train about midway in the line of about a dozen rail cars as the westbound train crossed through the intersection, said Gadsden, Alabama Fire Department Commander Tony Franklin. The SUV hung on the train and was dragged about 150 feet from the intersection, Franklin said.The boy was able to get out of the SUV,...

02/18/05 Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The sponsor of a legislative bill that would have required public schools to weigh students and list their body mass indices on their report cards says she's dropping the idea. Rep. Stephanie Stuckey Benfield, D-Atlanta, said calls and e-mails to her office were running heavily against the proposal. ``I've heard from people loud and clear,'' she said. Benfield said she still hopes to do something to help with childhood obesity, ``but not with this bill.'' The measure would have required public schools to weigh students, calculate their weight in proportion to height and list...

Stolen SUV ends up in water Deputy injured in chase.By Cindy West and Darrell Norman A stolen sport utility vehicle ended up in the water after a chase that spanned three counties Thursday. Boaz, Alabama Police Chief Terry Davis said that his department got a call around 11 a.m. from OnStar, the company that provides security and information services for automobiles using global positioning system satellite and cellular technology. Over the next two hours, the chase continued at speeds sometimes reaching 120 miles per hour through parts of Etowah, DeKalb and Marshall counties, during which time the Yukon collided with...

FORT PAYNE, Alabama - A DeKalb County, Alabama man told investigators that he stabbed his wife to death on Valentine's Day because she had left him and refused to return. Israel Carreon Ortiz, 33, 337 Long Hollow Circle, Fort Payne, has been charged with murder in the death of his wife, Maria Garcia, 34. Ortiz has been denied bond. Sheriff Cecil Reed said the couple had lived with their two children in the Lebanon area until Garcia left with the children and went to live with her two brothers near Sylvania. About 8:30 a.m. Monday, Ortiz picked up Garcia and...

MONTGOMERY- A powerful state senator turned himself in to Marion County law enforcement authorities Friday morning after being indicted on felony and misdemeanor extortion charges related to a proposed land deal involving a friend. Sen. Roger Bedford, D-Russellville, turned himself in about 8:45 a.m., was booked and released on $5,000 bond, Sheriff Bud Purser said. A special Marion County grand jury indicted Bedford on Dec. 6 on a charge of second-degree extortion, a Class C felony, and second-degree attempted extortion, a Class A misdemeanor, officials said. The case was presented to the grand jury by Attorney General Bill Pryor's staff. ...

Send a message to Washington By Steven Stiefel Times-Journal Staff Writer When I think about the Caribbean Basin Trade Initiative (CBI), I recall seeing dead American marines dragged naked through the streets of Haiti after a flawed military raid on warlords. The CBI gives Haiti and other countries in the Caribbean basin (Honduras, Guatemala, Jamaica, etc.) the same free trade status currently enjoyed by Mexico and Canada under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Currently this agreement does not cover socks, which means socks imported from these countries must have a 17 percent tariff added to their price. A ...

As I approached him on the highway, I was traveling about 60 mph. I was going north, he was walking south. I saw that he stopped and simply stood motionless at my approach, as if he knew from experience that it was useless to fight the wind lash from passing vehicles. As I passed him, I looked directly at him and saw an old man with wind blown grey hair, grey mustache, wearing a pair of green shorts, a blue and white shirt, and walking shoes. As I passed him, I looked in the rear view mirror as he continued ...

First reported on WBRC AM radio out of Birmingham, repeated on affiliate carrier, WAAX, AM 570 out of Gadsden, AL. This alledged to have occurred in Huntsville, AL. The NAACP is paying a $3.00 per head bounty on new voter registration. Each new registrant is required to be briefed on differences between political parties, before bounty is paid. Alabama Attorney General states that the bounty may not be illegal, but certainly presents a wrong impression. Others quoted as calling it "sleaze" on the part of NAACP.