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          <title>Dothan residents object to group home</title>
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The future inhabitants of a ranch-style house in an established neighborhood in north Dothan stirred a fuss during a recent zoning meeting at city hall. And they weren&#8217;t even there.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Peanut Festival parade a family tradition for Wiregrass natives</title>
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The throngs of people gathered on Main Street at 9 a.m. Saturday were as interested in each other as the numerous floats and cars that drove by.
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          <title>Fallen Dothan pilot remembered as good father, soldier</title>
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April Lyons believes her husband likely died saving the lives of others after the helicopter he was flying crashed in western Afghanistan.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Local writer finalist in screenplay competition</title>
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HARTFORD &#8212; It took just one conversation with a shooting victim in college to let Donna Monroe know what she wasn&#8217;t supposed to do with her life.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Library Board votes to move on property</title>
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The Dothan Library Committee unanimously approved a proposal to recommend the purchase of three properties east of the Houston-Love Memorial Library for an expansion to the library complex.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Video of Saturday&#8217;s demolition derby</title>
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A man who has been mudslinging since he was 11 has grown into a 27-year-old demolition derby expert with full intentions to win first place.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fire destroys building at home in Lovetown</title>
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Fire units quickly knocked down a blaze at a building near a residence in Lovetown on Friday morning.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Dothan soldier among those wounded in Fort Hood rampage</title>
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U.S. flags and stars adorn the porch and front door of a local family affected by a national tragedy at an Army post in Texas.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Country Crossing liquor licenses up for approval</title>
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The Houston County Commission is moving forward with proposals to grant liquor licenses to Country Crossing businesses.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:25:38 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Log House stands out among Peanut Festival attractions</title>
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It&#8217;s not often you get the chance to walk through a tree.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Jessie James taking stage at National Peanut Festival on Friday</title>
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Sexy, edgy and bold describe country music diva Jessie James, the talented newcomer from Georgia who is the headline act Friday night at the National Peanut Festival.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:22:29 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Gov. candidate Bill Johnson believes Riley influenced by Miss. casino owners</title>
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A Republican candidate for governor accused Gov. Bob Riley of being influenced by gaming interests in Mississippi.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:13:54 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sheriff: Mother, aunt conspired to remove Chipley baby from home</title>
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CHIPLEY, Fla. &#8212; Hours after a missing Chipley baby was located underneath a bed and inside a small cedar chest in the home of her aunt, authorities and family members are still trying to figure out why the baby&#8217;s mother and aunt would conspire to hide the child, then concoct a fake story about her disappearance.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:09:24 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Evidence found in Ga. of Spanish explorer&#8217;s trail</title>
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ATLANTA (AP) &#8212; An archaeologist says excavations in southern Georgia have turned up beads, metal tools and other artifacts that may pinpoint part of the elusive trail of the 16th-century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Missing Chipley baby found alive in baby sitter&#8217;s home</title>
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CHIPLEY, Fla. &#8212; Florida authorities have found a missing baby alive under her baby sitter&#8217;s bed and say they&#8217;re planning to charge the baby sitter, her husband and the child&#8217;s mother.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Gubernatorial candidate to call out Riley on bingo issue</title>
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Johnson will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. Thursday to discuss the legal issues surrounding electronic bingo at Country Crossing.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Dothan&#45;based bluegrass band brings entertainment&#45;packed show</title>
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If you mix a little bit of rock n&#8217; roll with a few country tunes rolled into some gospel you get Pure &amp; Simple Bluegrass.

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          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:54:17 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Peanut Festival brings odd sights</title>
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Step right up, folks, and take in the sights of Black Jack the Giant Steer and Hercules the Giant Horse. Or, sneak a peek at the World&#8217;s Smallest Horse, but don&#8217;t touch &#8212; he bites.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Dothan joins Georgia&#45;based water group</title>
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No doubt about it, Dothan has a stake in the future use of the Chattahoochee River.           ]]></description>
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          <title>City board allows electronic sign</title>
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ReMax Realty receives a variance for its &#8220;illegal&#8221; electronic sign at the intersection of West Main and Honeysuckle.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Houston County Commission to meet Thursday</title>
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County officials will consider several liquor license applications for Country Crossing Thursday during their 10 a.m. meeting on the third floor of the Houston County Administative Building located on North Oates Street.

Also on the agenda are several requests to fill vacant positions.           ]]></description>
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          <title>See our coverage of the National Peanut Festival</title>
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If you haven&#8217;t been out to the National Peanut Festival fairgrounds yet, you are missing some cool stuff. Need to see more before you go? We&#8217;ve got you covered.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Hartford teen recovering after being hit by car</title>
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Hartford police say a 13-year-old girl remains hospitalized after she was injured earlier this week in a bicycle accident on Alabama Highway 52.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:34:23 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Headland apartment fire extinguished quickly</title>
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The Headland Fire Department responded to a call on Boynton Street on Wednesday where they found mattresses on fire inside of an apartment.           ]]></description>
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          <title>I&#45;10, 231 Toll road projects &#8216;in holding pattern&#8217;</title>
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Hopes of toll roads connecting highways 231 and 431 with Interstate 10 are on hold for the time being.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:10:30 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Ozark council holds off police truck bid, approves Flowers renovations</title>
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OZARK &#8212; Confiscated drug money has been filtering out of an illegal economy and into police vehicles that help keep more drug dealers off the street, according to authorities.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:06:31 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Bowling a way of life for some Wiregrass residents</title>
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ENTERPRISE - A doctor gave 77-year-old Clara Hicks just two days to live after complications with ovarian cancer. About four weeks have passed since then, but Hicks won&#8217;t be found in a doctor&#8217;s office or cemetery.           ]]></description>
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          <title>&#8216;Second&#45;chance seminars&#8217; show Wiregrass employers benefits of high&#45;risk employees</title>
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The Alfred Saliba Family Services Center is trying to encourage local businesses to give people a second chance at life.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:47:13 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Samson native Shane Owens brings country tradition to Peanut Festival</title>
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Growing up in Samson, Shane Owens always saw a future on the gridiron rather than on a stage.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Dothan proposes ban on brown bagging alcohol</title>
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A state agency is urging Dothan officials to prohibit brown bagging in order to give the Alabama Beverage Control Board some jurisdictional right to shut down drinkers gone wild.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Farley to test system Thursday</title>
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The Southern Nuclear Company in conjunction with the Dothan/Houston County Emergency Management Agency, will be conducting testing of the Farley Nuclear Plant Prompt Notification System, Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. Central Time.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Greased pig, calf scramble fills peanut festival arena</title>
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Pamplona&#8217;s got bulls, Dothan&#8217;s got calves, pigs and kids.

National Peanut Festival attendees filled the festival arena Monday night to watch the festival&#8217;s annual Greased Pig and Heifer Scramble.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Newville man killed in house fire</title>
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A Newville man died over the weekend from injuries he suffered in a fire at his Henry County home.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Assistant DA Jason Smith remembered as hard worker</title>
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&#8220;You never saw Jason when he was not positive,&#8221; District Attorney Doug Valeska said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Sun, fun for Sunday at National Peanut Festival</title>
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The crowd was large throughout the day and into the evening as the National Peanut Festival kicked into high gear Sunday           ]]></description>
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Saturday&#8217;s Southern Regional Open World Yoshukai Karate Tournament was a celebration of discipline and honor.           ]]></description>
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Lady Antebellum won Top New Duo or Group last year at the Academy of Country Music Awards as well as New Artist of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards. They received 2009 Grammy nominations for Best New Artist and Best Performance by a Duo or Group with vocals.
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FORT RUCKER &#8212; A single event of &#8220;intense personal sacrifice&#8221; threatened the life of retired Command Sgt. Maj. Benjamin Lee Reynolds and others in Vietnam in 1968.
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Coming off a major tour with Taylor Swift and gearing up for performances with Alan Jackson, the country music foursome Gloriana is on an exciting ride.
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ENTERPRISE &#8212; Enterprise residents filled &#8220;The Hole&#8221; one last time Friday night to watch their Wildcats play what was likely their last game in the much-beloved Bates Memorial Stadium.           ]]></description>
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A former Farley Nuclear Plant security guard who authorities say was caught drinking on the job has been banned from working in nuclear plants for three years.
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          <title>Peanut Festival not an ordinary fair</title>
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On the surface, the National Peanut Festival may look like any other fair.
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Jesse Lee recently lost his neighbor. But Lee said he lost more than a neighbor. He lost a friend when Niall Lyons recently died from the injuries he suffered in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.            ]]></description>
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A Florida man died Thursday morning in a single vehicle crash near Slocomb.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Country Crossing workers reporting soon</title>
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Job training will begin mid-month for Country Crossing workers.           ]]></description>
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Riley said Friday that his staff has been making phone calls to make sure that &#8220;gaming commissions and the people who make the machines know it&#8217;s illegal to bring the machines into Alabama.&#8221;
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          <title>Country Crossing rally draws big crowd</title>
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Hundreds of Country Crossing workers and local residents in favor of the project attended a rally in support of it Friday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Press conference to rally support for Country Crossing</title>
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The Houston County Commission and other community leaders will hold a press conference Friday morning at 11 on site at Country Crossing, the entertainment development being constructed south of Dothan.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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          <title>Workers prepare for start of Peanut Festival</title>
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While thousands of people will attend the 66th National Peanut Festival, starting today, it took a lot of work from many people to get the festival ready for primetime.
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          <title>Dothan mayor delivers first state of the city address</title>
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Dothan&#8217;s new mayor sees jobs as the top priority of his administration.
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          <title>National Peanut Festival calendar of events</title>
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Events for the 66th annual National Peanut Festival, Oct. 30-Nov. 8.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:45:17 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Developers: Riley trying to block shipment of bingo machines</title>
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A member of the governor&#8217;s staff has reportedly attempted to stop the shipment of 1,703 electronic bingo machines bound for the Country Crossing development south of Dothan.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:45:53 CST</pubDate>
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          <title>Dothan police chief candidate list cut in half</title>
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The personnel department for the City of Dothan recently cut the list of possible Dothan police chief candidates by more than half.           ]]></description>
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His consistent presence at one of the busiest intersections in Dothan seemed to encourage a slowing down.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Suit filed in Alabama to stop $13 million contract</title>
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MONTGOMERY &#8212; A legislative oversight committee has gone to court to stop a $13 million no-bid computer contract between Gov. Bob Riley&#8217;s administration and a company with no listed business phone number and no Web page.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Newton remembers Donald Clark</title>
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NEWTON &#8212; Lee Suiter said he was skin and bones after his confinement during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II,&nbsp; where he survived four and a half months on poorly made soup and dark German bread before his rescue.
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          <title>New gentlemen&#8217;s club to open near Country Crossing</title>
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A new gentlemen&#8217;s club is set to open near Country Crossing, but thanks to a new law, it will not be allowed to serve or allow people to drink alcohol.

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          <title>Farley plant manager focused on task, not gender</title>
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Cheri Collins believes the sign above the entrance to her office at Farley Nuclear Plant is the key to everything.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Clock ticks on construction at Country Crossing</title>
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It was, for all practical purposes, an improbable construction deadline, but you couldn&#8217;t tell that to anyone involved in the Country Crossing project on U.S. 231 South.           ]]></description>
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Traffic was described as &#8220;steady, but not crazy&#8221; Wednesday morning as Wiregrass health departments began vaccinating residents for the swine flu.           ]]></description>
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County health departments throughout the Wiregrass will begin distributing limited supplies of swine flu vaccine to priority patients on Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Country Crossing: Bingo machines will involve active player participation</title>
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Country Crossing officials remain confident that the constitutional amendment allowing the development to operate electronic bingo would pass any legal tests, despite two adverse rulings to electronic bingo in other counties on Monday.           ]]></description>
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Wiregrass towns have set the officials hours for trick or treating.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Limited distribution of swine flu vaccine to begin</title>
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Health departments throughout the Wiregrass will begin distributing limited supplies of swine flu vaccine to priority patients on Wednesday.
Manufacturer delays have slowed the schedule for distributing the swine flu vaccine, but the state intends to make available  55,000 doses of the vaccine beginning Wednesday.            ]]></description>
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After Dwight Grooms watched a fellow police officer get shot to death during a gun battle in Headland he second guessed his chosen career path as a law enforcement officer.            ]]></description>
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A specially assigned circuit judge has ruled that electronic bingo machines in Walker County are illegal and must be shut down because the machines do not fit the intent of the law as it was originally passed.           ]]></description>
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Houston County officials are considering out-sourcing lawn care at various county buildings and parks.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Section of Brannon Stand to be resurfaced</title>
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Sometime in the early spring, the county will begin resurfacing a 2-mile stretch of Brannon Stand Road, from Highway 52 to north of Fortner Street, as part of a 100 percent stimulus-funded project.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Bikers raising money Saturday for Angel Tree program</title>
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The forces of good and evil are crossing paths this weekend, by way of a trick-or-treating event which is actually a Christmas benefit for local needy kids.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Judge rules Walker electronic bingo halls illegal</title>
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JASPER (AP) &#8212; A judge ruled Monday that bingo halls in Walker County that use electronic player stations are illegal and has ordered the halls to shut down immediately.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Things to Do in the Wiregrass: Restaurants</title>
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Are you hungry for something different? Do you have a barbecue, blood drive or theater production coming up?&nbsp; List it for free. Movies? Events? We&#8217;ve got you covered. Check out Things to Do in the Wiregrass.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Five Ala. women named to black women&#8217;s hall of fame</title>
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TUSCALOOSA (AP) &#8212; Five Alabama women, including Judson College artist-in-residence Billie Jean Young, will be inducted into the Southern Rural Black Women&#8217;s Hall of Fame next month.           ]]></description>
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In an interview with the Dothan Eagle, Ozark City Schools Superintendent Mike Lenhart laid out initial and future objectives for the system, including how the system plans to work through proration and build a new high school.           ]]></description>
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About 400 more Dale county residents are eligible for an enhanced food program in the state than currently enrolled, according to officials.           ]]></description>
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Working with a personal trainer seemed like a good idea for Jack Haley when he was offered a free session and then a contract with the company for which the trainer worked.
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OZARK - Barrels were removed and traffic was moving smoothly after the completion of road work at two Ozark intersections, according to officials.
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Dothan&#8217;s traffic signals will soon burn a little brighter in the minds and pocketbooks of those traveling in or through the city.           ]]></description>
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A committee tasked with finding the best possible site for a new Dothan library is prepared to recommend a renovation and expansion of the current site, transforming it into a library campus that comprises an entire city block.           ]]></description>
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Country music artist Kellie Pickler will headline the first concert event for Country Crossing on Dec. 12.           ]]></description>
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Even before the long-awaited Alabama Supreme Court ruling involving electronic bingo in St. Clair County, opposing camps already disagree on what the ruling will mean.           ]]></description>
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A spokesperson for Congressman Bobby Bright reiterated Bright&#8217;s opposition to a health care reform public option on Thursday, a day after a Democratic Web site listed him as supporting the public option.
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Officials at Dothan Regional Airport were not surprised to hear that Southwest Airlines will be locating at the new international airport at Panama City, Fla., but they are hopeful the discount carrier will help lower prices in Dothan.           ]]></description>
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Pumpkin day in the Wiregrass will likely be a day to remember for 5-year-old Zachary McFarland.            ]]></description>
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The town of Cowarts is applying for a $100,000 grant to build an access road for a new industrial project and wants the county to provide a required financial match by helping build an access road.           ]]></description>
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PELL CITY (AP) &#8212; Area officials agree education is the key toward combating animal cruelty through neglect.           ]]></description>
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BIRMINGHAM &#8212; Jefferson County&#8217;s district attorney says about 30 Birmingham-area electronic bingo halls must shut down or face legal action.            ]]></description>
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More Americans are without jobs now than in 26 years, and many reside in the Wiregrass.
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FORT RUCKER &#8212; Rabbi Lynne Goldsmith carefully removed the plush covering from the Torah scroll underneath.

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Mayor Mike Schmitz called for negotiation between a property owner and city officials Tuesday over a right-of-way acquisition issue, with both sides saying they are willing to reopen discussions on a dispute over additional frontage the city wants donated and for which the property owner expects payment.           ]]></description>
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Dothan Planning Commissioners approved a 120-day extension on Wednesday for the redevelopment project at Northside Mall.           ]]></description>
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Members of the Dothan Planning Commission approved development plans Wednesday for a new Super Canton Restaurant at the former Mexican Connection location at 4185 Montgomery Highway.           ]]></description>
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OZARK - Ozark City council members unanimously approved amending the city&#8217;s grass ordinance on Tuesday in order to shorten the process in keeping the city clean.           ]]></description>
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James Reading came back to the city commission seat he vacated four years ago, with a pocketful of suggestions.           ]]></description>
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At promptly 10 a.m., the first meeting of the new fiscal year for the Dothan City Commission was called to order with a declaration.           ]]></description>
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The Country Crossing restaurant management and human resources team will be conducting interviews at the Wiregrass Rehabilitation Center Wednesday through Friday. 
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Alabama Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ron Sparks came to the Wiregrass on Monday, and told local residents that the state has a serious problem that is generating a serious need and he has a simple solution.           ]]></description>
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The decision to send armed military policemen from Fort Rucker in response to the mass murders in Samson on March 10 was a violation of federal law, an Army investigation concluded.           ]]></description>
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HUNTSVILLE (AP) &#8212; U.S. Rep. Artur Davis is calling for a constitutional convention to rewrite Alabama&#8217;s constitution.

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Doctors at Surgery Center South, formerly American Surgery Center, held an open house to show off an expanded multi-specialty state-of-the-art outpatient surgery center Sunday afternoon.           ]]></description>
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