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MONTGOMERY, Alabama --- The Alabama Senate passed a bill today that would allow for free, lifetime permits to carry pistols in vehicles and that would make other changes to state gun laws. The bill passed after hours of debate and a parade of amendments, some of which were approved. It now moves to the House of Representatives. Those who received a permit to carry in their vehicles would have to undergo a background check and the permits would be revocable if, for example, the permit holder committed a crime, said Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, the bill’s sponsor. Under current law,...

House Panel to Ask for NSA Spying Probe A congressional panel will ask the National Security Agency's internal watchdog to investigate whether the super-secret spy agency eavesdropped without warrants on a Muslim scholar and later hid that evidence in a 2005 terror prosecution that got him a life sentence.The House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel and the judge overseeing the case want the NSA's inspector general to find out if the government failed to disclose evidence that might have cleared the name of a Northern Virginia spiritual leader Ali al-Timimi, Rep. Rush Holt (D- New Jersey) told the New York Times.That...

Explains how Al Jazeera English is violating U.S. law by not registering as "Foreign Agent"

This week the Department of the Interior grandly announced plans for its March oil and gas lease sale in the Central Gulf of Mexico, off Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The announcement might have been more fitting for Groundhog Day. DOI: 38 Million Acres in Gulf of Mexico Up for Grabs To follow through with President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy production, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that the upcoming Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 227 will offer 38.6 million acres offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama for oil and gas exploration and development. … “The...

A female clerk at Pump and Go on Forrest Avenue on Saturday scared away a potential robber, according to a news release from the Gadsden Police Department.

"Investigate Al Jazeera Now" Press Conference TUESDAY FEB. 5, 2013 at the NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, WASHINGTON, DC. From the Press Release, "Come hear Cliff Kincaid, president of America's Survival, Inc., call on Congress to investigate the controversial sale of Al Gore's Current TV to "Terror TV" channel Al Jazeera. "While Americans are packing theaters to watch the movie 'Zero Dark Thirty' and celebrate the death of terrorist Osama bin Laden, the former al Qaeda's leader's favorite TV channel is coming to 40-50 million American homes," Kincaid said. "Al Jazeera should be exposed as a homeland security threat that already has...

Infamous hoaxster Tawana Brawley — whose outrageous rape lie 25 years ago inflamed racial tensions nationwide — yesterday was finally slapped with a court order to settle a hefty defamation case against her. “For at least 25 years, she has been living a major lie,” said former Dutchess County prosecutor Steven Pagones, who was falsely accused of raping Brawley in 1987 and finally tracked her down, thanks to The Post. “To me, this has always been about responsibility and accountability,’’ added the former ADA, who won the $190,000 defamation lawsuit against Brawley, 40, now a nurse in Virginia, more than...

MONTGOMERY, AL (RNN) - Gun control opponents at an Alabama rally said their struggle is less about the constitutional right to self-defense than having the ability to join an armed revolt against the United States government. Whether or not the Second Amendment guarantees that right is at the center of the divisive national debate. On Jan. 19, thousands rallied in various state capitals for "Gun Appreciation Day" to speak out against gun control. Political Media, Inc, which coordinated the events, is a Republican-affiliated public relations group based in Washington, D.C. The rallies featured speakers ridiculing gun control as supporters waved...

CALERA, AL (WBRC) - Calera police are investigating a home invasion in which shots were fired Thursday morning. Calera Police Chief Sean Lemley says two armed Hispanic males broke into a home in the 300 block of Pilgreen Drive just before 9 a.m. A Hispanic family of four, including a couple and two children ages 9 years old and four months, were inside at the time of the invasion. Police say the victim was also armed and fired three or four shots during the home invasion. The family is OK and no one was hurt, officials say.

Authorities say that a 23-year-old suspected shooter has been questioned and released. Lt. Kip Hart says that investigators have reason to believe the shooting happened in self-defense. Three other suspects in the case have been arrested and charged. Their exact role in the shooting is unclear as the investigation continues.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama lawmaker is again pushing legislation that would let employees take handguns to work. The Montgomery Advertiser reported Friday that state Sen. Roger Bedford, D-Russellville, said the bill is aimed at increasing personal safety.

Prosecutors in Mobile argue immigrant's prior deportation warrants jail, but judge says time served. MOBILE, Alabama -– An illegal immigrant from Mexico who admitted to using fraudulently obtained identification to work for a manufacturer in Satsuma received the same time served sentence this morning that three of his co-workers got. Federal prosecutors argued that Jose Angel Cortez-Aguilar deserved somewhat harsher punishment -– three months in jail -– because he was the only one of the four who previously had been deported from the United States. “This individual is not similarly situated,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Bodnar said. But Chief U.S....

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Police arrested 21-year-old Dylan Ransom Stanfield after he ran from an attempted burglary around 6:50 p.m. Thursday, according to a report from the Huntsville Police Department. Police said the victim was inside her apartment in the 4000 block of Bonnell Drive when she heard someone try to come through her front door. After going to get her gun, she went inside her living room when the offender kicked the door open and entered the apartment. Police said she confronted the offender and he ran from the apartment. Officers were able to locate Stanfield shortly after running from...

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in a statement on an Islamist website, urged Somalia's al Shabaab insurgents to fight back against what he called "crusader invaders" after Kenyan forces forced them out of their last urban bastion. Backed by African Union (AU) peacekeepers, government forces have pushed the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents out of the main urban areas they took over in their five-year-old revolt, spurring many Somalis to return to rebuild their country. But the capital Mogadishu remains vulnerable to militant attacks. "Show them the fire of jihad (Islamic holy struggle) and its heat. Chase them with guerrilla...

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - A burglar got more than he bargained for when he targeted the wrong house in Jefferson County. The woman he was trying to steal from fought back and shot him. "I was awakened with a gun in my face hollering 'give me all yo money and give me all yo jewelry' and I screamed 'I don't have any money and I don't have any jewelry,'" the victim, who does not want to be identified, said. "That didn't satisfy [him]. Then he asked me about everyone in my house during this time I'm fumbling to get my...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama - Two men suspected of trying to steal a car near Forestdale were taken into custody after a Jefferson County man held them at gunpoint until sheriff's deputies arrived and took over. On Wednesday afternoon, a woman got word from a friend that a tow truck was at her home on Republic Road near Forestdale loading up her car. She and her friends went to investigate and indeed caught two thieves in the act, said Jefferson County sheriff's Chief Deputy Randy Christian. One of the friends pulled out his gun and ordered the pair to leave everything...

An Albertville man accused of shooting into unoccupied vehicles, who later was shot by a homeowner and then crashed his car while trying to flee, is in the Marshall County Jail, according to a release from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office. ---------------------------cut-------------------------- While en route, deputies received a report that the suspect was kicking the front door and trying to enter the home. According to the release, the homeowner shot through the door with a firearm and wounded the suspect in the left arm. He left the scene, headed toward Guntersville, but crashed his car at the intersection of Pleasant...

Moody police say that a teenage girl who has been missing since Friday has been found safe.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Mexican government is reviewing a labor union's complaint that Alabama's crackdown on illegal immigrants violates an international trade agreement