News Headlines for Akron, Alabama

Alabama likely site of new VW plant: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Alabama will be the likely home of a new Volkswagen manufacturing plant, beating two other states, German industry newsletter Automobilwoche said on Saturday, citing senior company sources.

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Alabama likely site of new VW plant: paper (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. State of Alabama will be the likely home of a new Volkswagen manufacturing plant, beating two other states, German industry newsletter Automobilwoche said on Saturday, citing senior company sources.

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Northwest Alabama Regional UNA's official airport (The Florence Times-Daily)
As part of a continuing effort to increase ridership at the Northwest Alabama Regional Airport, the University of North Alabama has named the facility the school's official airport.

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Alabama remains lowest in taxes (Birmingham News)
MONTGOMERY - State and local tax collections per person, once again, were lower in Alabama than in any other state in fiscal 2006, a review of U.S. Census Bureau reports shows.

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ALABAMA VOICES: A sweet proposal (Montgomery Advertiser)
All of us in Alabama and America can agree that we must do something about the high cost of fuel and the harm it's doing to our economy. The escalating cost of fuel is driving up the prices of goods in our economy from food to manufacturing.

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Alabama Democrats eyeing delegation majority (Montgomery Advertiser)
Democrats are in position to become the majority in the Alabama delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives -- if three candidates can pull off wins in November.

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Alabama Ranks High in Deployments for Iraq, Afghanistan Wars (WSFA 12 Montgomery)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Alabama ranks 11th among states in the number of National Guard members and Reservists who have been deployed for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Harvey leaves ULM for post in Alabama (The News-Star)
Gordon Harvey, associate professor of history and department head at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, is leaving ULM for a position in his native Alabama.

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Troy University Chancellor to Consider Run for Alabama Governor (NBC 13 Birmingham)
The chancellor of Troy University says he is considering a run for Alabama’s governor in 2010.

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AUBURN BASEBALL: Tigers to face Alabama in Montgomery next two seasons (Opelika-Auburn News)
MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Biscuits, along with the City of Montgomery, the University of Alabama, Auburn University and MAX, Your Community Credit Union, announced Friday that the two schools will play baseball at Riverwalk Stadium in the Spring of 2009 and 2010.

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