Courthouse security
      Monday was a routine docket call day for Clarke County Circuit Court. Judges Tom Baxter and Stuart DuBose heard cases in their new courtrooms of the new courthouse annex. For the first time ever, three Clarke County judges were able to hold court in separate courtrooms at the same time.
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What Others Say
'Restore reasonableness'
By David G. Bronner Retirement Systems of Alabama
      I must voice my opinion on justice in Alabama, especially after seeing on the national level Scooter Libby's 30-month sentence commuted by President Bush. I am not a buddy of former Governor Don Siegelman's staff, who did their best to harm the RSA and me. I also have no pity for former HealthSou...
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Protests too loud and strong
Alabama View
      The protests from the U. S. Attorney's office in Montgomery are loud and strong in denying that politics influenced the prosecution of Don Siegelman... almost too loud and too strong. In a lengthy and detailed statement, Leura G. Canary, the U. S.
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Where does Alabama fit in?
Inside the Statehouse
      The dynamics of the 2008 Presidential Race have changed dramatically over the past six months due to the avalanche of large and more populous states changing their presidential preference primaries to Feb. 5.
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Farm bill contains massive tax increases
Congress Reports
      After months of bipartisan work in the House Agriculture Committee, the House last week passed H.R. 2419, the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007.
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Who moved the tree?
By Autumn Mott Calvert
      My mom and dad were advocates of children playing outside. Because of this, my sister, Allison, and I had plenty of outside toys with which to play. We had bikes, big wheels, water games, and a swing set. This swing set was our favorite. Though the swing set is probably now in the city dump, at on...
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Pictures From The Past
     Here's one of the photos that didn't make it into the Old Photo Contest issue. Walter Davis of Jackson submitted this one of Navy Seaman Horace Y. Bolen and others made in Jackson in the early 1940s. Bolen was about 38-years-old when he joined the Navy and served in World War II.
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