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Officials say Alabamians should be on the lookout for packages of “unsolicited” seeds arriving through the mail. The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) has announced it recently received reports of the seeds being delivered to residents across the state through the United States Postal Service.

<p>Exposing the strain of a 22-day budget impasse, Gov. Gray Davis' finance director exploded in a crowded Capitol hallway Tuesday, accusing "extreme forces" in the Legislature of thwarting approval of a state spending plan.</p> <p>"We need a budget! Send us a budget!" Steve Peace bellowed at Republican Assemblyman John Campbell, confronting him outside a briefing room as a GOP news conference came to a close.</p>