http://www.annistonstar.com/as-index.htm Breaking news headlines from The Anniston Star. StarScraper 1.45 Copyright (c)2008 Consolidated Publishing. 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 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:21:44 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25q1627.htm MONTGOMERY -- A federal appeals court has been asked to appoint a special master to investigate e-mails purportedly sent between two jurors in the trial of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and ex-HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy, including one calling politicians 'scum.' http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25q1627.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:21:44 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25q1532.htm BIRMINGHAM -- Sarah McFarland realized her two grandsons were dead even before a police officer told her no one got out of the burning house they shared with their mother and stepfather. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25q1532.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:21:44 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25q1713.htm WASHINGTON -- Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico seem to be implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25q1713.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:21:44 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25m4126.htm MOBILE -- Prosecutors urged the Alabama Supreme Court to deny Thomas Arthur's request for DNA testing of trial evidence for a 1982 murder, calling that a delaying tactic ahead of the inmate's planned execution. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25m4126.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:21:44 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25k2511.htm PARIS — Democrat Barack Obama said Friday that Iran should promptly accept an international call to freeze its uranium enrichment program, which some nations see as a potential step toward obtaining nuclear weapons, and not wait for the next U.S. president. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25k2511.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:21:44 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25k3615.htm WASHINGTON — The Senate has cleared the last hurdle to passing a massive housing rescue bill. An 80-13 test vote showed broad support for the package and put it on track to pass the Senate by Saturday. The White House says President Bush will sign it. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25k3615.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:21:44 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25k3448.htm WASHINGTON -- President Bush signed an executive order on Friday to expand sanctions against individuals and organizations in Zimbabwe associated with what he calls the 'illegitimate' regime of President Robert Mugabe. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25k3448.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:21:44 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25k3527.htm BEIJING -- Thousands of eager fans who had waited for up to two days swarmed sales windows Friday for the final batch of tickets to next month's Olympic Games, knocking people to the ground and bending metal barricades in the chaotic crush. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25k3527.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:21:44 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25k2426.htm NEW YORK -- The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, according to data released Friday. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25k2426.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:21:44 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25k2350.htm BIRMINGHAM -- Gas prices appear to be heading in the right direction -- downward. Prices at the pumps are down about a nickel for the week. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-wireupdate-0725-0-8g25k2350.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:21:44 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-localupdate-0725-0-8g25j4123.htm HOOVER -- Florida was the media pick to win the East Division and overall Southeastern Conference title, and Auburn was the pick to win the West Division, the league announced this morning. http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2008/as-localupdate-0725-0-8g25j4123.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:21:44 CDT