Thu, 10/14/2010 - 03:17 by Prince damin
Washington -- Attorneys general from every state but Alabama said Wednesday they would investigate foreclosures in the wake of paperwork scandals surfacing in courtrooms.
The investigation comes on the heels of an increasing number of foreclosures marred by paperwork allegedly notarized improperly by electronic signatures or by people rushing through the documents -- not reading them in some cases, media reports say.
CNNMoney.com reported Wednesday that an increasing number of lenders had suspended their foreclosure activities to perform their own reviews of their procedures.
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Tue, 09/14/2010 - 04:10 by Prince damin
Mclean, Va. -- Alabama remains the No. 1 college football team in the country but there are five new teams in the USA Today Coaches' Top 25 released Monday.
Alabama again pulled in 55 of the 59 first-place votes, with the other four going to No. 2 Ohio State.
The season is only two weeks old but the poll was given a strong shake-up with Stanford, Michigan, Houston, California and Missouri joining the rankings. Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Georgia and Brigham Young dropped from the Top 25.
All of the ranked teams are 2-0, except for No. 3 Boise State (1-0), which didn't play last week; No. 17 Miami (Fla.) (1-1), which lost to Ohio State; and No. 20 Penn State (1-1), which was beaten by Alabama.
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Thu, 09/09/2010 - 01:01 by Prince damin
Tuscaloosa, Ala. -- Heisman Trophy-winning running back Mark Ingram will probably miss No. 1 Alabama's second game of the season, a match Saturday against No. 14-Penn State.
Ingram, who won the Heisman last year after his sophomore season, missed the Crimson Tide's season-opening 48-3 win over San Jose State because of a knee injury.
He injured his left knee during practice Aug. 30 and underwent arthroscopic surgery the following day. Alabama officials now say he is more likely to make his 2010 debut Sept. 18 against Duke rather than Saturday versus Penn State.
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Wed, 09/08/2010 - 05:40 by Prince damin
Mclean, Va. -- Alabama remained No. 1 but Boise State and Texas Christian made important moves in the USA Today Top 25 Coaches' football poll released Tuesday.
Alabama took 55 of the 59 first-place votes from the panel of coaches and Ohio State received the other four. Those figures were the same as the pre-season poll and the Crimson Tide and Buckeyes are still the Top 2 teams in the country.
All teams in the Top 25 are 1-0 with the exception of Virginia Tech, which is 0-1.
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Fri, 09/03/2010 - 10:01 by Prince damin
Tuscaloosa, Ala. -- The NCAA announced Thursday Alabama defensive end Marcell Dareus would be ineligible for two games this season because of dealings with a sports agent.
The announcement said Dareus must repay the benefits he received before he can play again. Those benefits amounted to $1,787.17, stemming from two trips he made to Miami.
Dareus will miss top-ranked Alabama's season-opener Saturday against San Jose State and a Sept. 11 game against Penn State.
He led the Southeastern Conference in sacks with 6 1/2 as a sophomore in 2009.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Wed, 09/01/2010 - 02:04 by Prince damin
Tuscaloosa, Ala. -- Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram had knee surgery Tuesday and will miss No. 1-ranked Alabama's opening game Saturday.
Alabama Coach Nick Saban said Ingram, a junior running back, injured his left knee during Monday's practice. Saban said Ingram is considered to be on a week-to-week basis but will miss Saturday's opener against San Jose State. The Crimson Tide play No. 14 Penn State on Sept. 11 in a key early season game.
Saban said Ingram had arthroscopic surgery Tuesday and the procedure was considered successful.
"This is not an injury that will affect Mark's future ability to make a full recovery in a relatively short time frame," Saban said.
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Wed, 08/18/2010 - 00:45 by Prince damin
Gadsden, Ala. -- An Alabama man said his class ring, which he lost 14 years ago, was returned to him by his mail carrier, who discovered the item while mowing grass.
Michael Amberson of Gadsden said he lost the ring in 1996 while he was a freshman at Jacksonville State University and the fate of the ring was unknown until mail carrier Chad West found it in the grass while mowing a lawn in the Alabama City/Walnut Park neighborhood, the Gadsden Times reported Tuesday.
West said he was able to return the ring Wednesday after recognizing Amberson's name on a piece of mail he was delivering.
"He knew it was me," Amberson said, "but I have no clue how it got from the dorm at JSU to Walnut Park."
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Thu, 07/08/2010 - 23:11 by Pankaj Damin
Troy, Ala. -- Authorities in Alabama said they arrested a man who allegedly concealed marijuana in a Chinese food container and attempted to smuggle it into a jail.
The Pike County Sheriff's Office said Edward Ridley, 41, of Cordele, Ga., entered the Pike County Jail Saturday with a Styrofoam container filled with Chinese food for prisoner Vincent Thomas, the Dothan (Ala.) Eagle reported Thursday.
A jail worker searched through the rice and shrimp with a fork and discovered the bag of marijuana, the sheriff's office said.
Ridley was charged with felony promoting prison contraband, which bears a prison sentence of 1 to 10 years. He was held in lieu of $7,500 bond.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Wed, 02/03/2010 - 15:02 by Ishita Sood
New York, February 3 -- President Barack Obama's recent decision to include private companies for NASA space missions has created more uproar than before, particularly in Huntsville, Alabama. According to recent reports, scientists feel the program will curb jobs that depend on “lunar trips.”
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Mon, 12/07/2009 - 20:36 by Inderjit Singh
Mclean -- Alabama, No. 1 on 54 ballots and second on the other five, claimed the top spot in the USA Today Coaches' football poll.
The poll is one of two combined with a series of computer rankings to used determine the Bowl Championship Series finalists and helped put the Crimson Tide (13-0) in the BCS title game against No. 2 Texas (13-0).
Texas pulled in four first-place votes, 45 second-place, nine thirds and one fourth-place vote in Sunday's polling of college football coaches and is second overall in the USA Today poll.
Texas Christian (12-0) is third followed by Cincinnati (12-0), which got the other first place vote (submitted by Cincinnati Coach Brian Kelly).
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Mon, 11/30/2009 - 10:44 by shalini.bahadur
Irving, Texas -- Florida and Alabama held onto the 1-2 spots Sunday in college football's BCS poll.
The two teams will face each other Saturday in the SEC title game in Atlanta.
Florida (12-0) compiled a .9868 average, based on computer rankings and percentage totals in the Harris Interactive and USA Today polls.
The Crimson Tide (12-0) had a .9513 average.
Texas, (12-0), which plays Nebraska in the Big 12 Conference championship game Saturday in San Antonio, was next at .9282.
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Mon, 10/12/2009 - 17:48 by shalini.bahadur
Mclean, Va., Oct. 12 Alabama narrowed the distance between itself and No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Texas in the USA Today Coaches college football poll.S
The Crimson Tide (6-0) increased its first-place mentions to five ballots in the poll released Monday, four more than last week but Alabama remained ranked No. 3. All of those first-place votes came from Florida (5-0), which lost the votes despite a win over former No. 4 Louisiana State.
Florida has 53 of the 59 first-place votes. Texas (5-0), for the third consecutive week, is No. 1 on one ballot.
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