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Obama to honor troops as Iraq combat mission ends
WASHINGTON -As President Barack Obama prepares to officially end the lengthy and divisive U.S. combat operation in Iraq, he’ll personally thank some of the soldiers who fought there for their service to a mission he forcefully opposed from the start Continue reading
US troops unlikely to resume combat duties in Iraq
WASHINGTON -It would take “a complete failure” of the Iraqi security forces for the U.S. to resume combat operations there, the top American commander in Iraq said as the final U.S Continue reading
Discovery Middle School Shooting Suspect Moved
WAAY 31 News has confirmed that Hammad Memon, the 15 year old boy accused in the shooting death of Todd Brown at Discovery Middle School, is no longer in the Madison County Jail. According to our sources at the Madison County Sheriff’s Department, Memon was transferred from the jail to a mental health facility in Tuscaloosa on Wednesday. The move isn’t a surprise Continue reading
College football coming to Phenix City
Jetliner crashes on Colombian island; 1 killed
BOGOTA, Colombia -A Boeing 737 jetliner with 131 passengers aboard crashed on landing and broke into three pieces at a Colombian island in the Caribbean early Monday. Continue reading
White House: US on track to end Iraq combat role
WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama is satisfied that the United States can safely end its combat role in Iraq at the end of this month and meet the deadline for removing all U.S. troops from the country by the end of 2011, White House officials said Wednesday. Obama was briefed on the status of the withdrawal from Iraq by his national security team and the top U.S Continue reading
Teen Charged With Murder In May Wreck
Huntsville Police announced Tuesday they’ve arrested and charged 19 year old Isaac Lewis Holdsambeck with one count of Reckless Murder and three counts of Third Degree Assault. According to police, Holdsambeck was driving while under the influence of alcohol and marijuana when he wrecked his car on Hampton Cove Way in the early morning hours of May 2nd. Four people inside the car were ejected Continue reading
Woman’s SUV crashes into side of vet hospital
CHAMBERS COUNTY, AL (WTVM) – Continue reading
US aircraft carrier leads drills with South Korea
ABOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON -A nuclear-powered U.S. Continue reading
Gulf oil to keep flowing while cap is analyzed
NEW ORLEANS -The plan to start choking off oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico was suddenly halted as government officials and BP said further analysis must be done Wednesday before critical tests could proceed. Continue reading
64 die in bomb attacks in Uganda during World Cup
KAMPALA, Uganda -In simultaneous bombings bearing the hallmarks of international terrorists, two explosions ripped through crowds watching the World Cup final in two places in Uganda’s capital late Sunday, killing 64 people, police said. Americans were among the casualties. The deadliest attack occurred at a rugby club as people watched the game between Spain and the Netherlands on a large-screen TV outdoors Continue reading
6 US troops, 12 civilians killed in Afghan attacks
KABUL, Afghanistan -Six American service members and at least a dozen civilians died in attacks Saturday in Afghanistan’s volatile east and south, adding to a summer of escalating violence as Taliban militants push back against stepped-up operations by international and Afghan forces. NATO said four U.S. service members died in the east: One as a result of small-arms fire, another by a roadside bomb, a third during an insurgent attack and the last in an accidental explosion Continue reading
Cautious Optimism at Oil Leak Site
THEODORE, Ala. (AP) – The leader of the oil spill relief effort says it’s possible a well being drilled to Continue reading
Officials: 3 arrested in Norway al-Qaida bomb plot
OSLO -Three suspected al-Qaida members were arrested Thursday morning in what Norwegian and U.S. officials said was a terrorist plot linked to similar plans in New York and England. Continue reading
Petraeus: ‘We are in this to win’ in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -Gen. Continue reading
AP Source: Obama ousts Afghan commander McChrystal
WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama ousted Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top U.S Continue reading
You Tell Us : Griffith Says Smoking Worse Than BP Oil Spill
Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith raised some eyebrows on Thursday morning when he tried to downplay the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, saying that smoking was worse than the spill. Below is an unedited transcript of Griffith’s remarks, courtesy of CQ Transcripts : “Thank you, Mr. Continue reading
Obama walk in sand is prelude to primetime speech
PENSACOLA, Fla. -Laying the groundwork for an evening speech to the nation, President Barack Obama walked a pristine stretch of sand on Florida’s shoreline Tuesday and pledged to “fight back with everything we’ve got” against the spreading oil lurking offshore. In a speech at Pensacola’s Naval Air Station, Obama took note of the painful contrasts around him: “The sand is white. Continue reading