News Headlines for Alexander City, Alabama

China Loss Is Alabama Gain as Sleeping-Bag Firm Adds U.S. Jobs (Bloomberg)
Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 's worldwide quest for a lower-cost sleeping bag has led to a one-story factory in northwest Alabama, where Chris Defoor has a new job.

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Alabama wary of Rebels (The Huntsville Times)
TUSCALOOSA - Of his latest date with Ole Miss, Alabama senior quarterback John Parker Wilson's best remembers a pair of high-heeled shoes.

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Coaches pick South Alabama to finish second in Sun Belt's East Division (Mobile Press-Register)
If the Sun Belt Conference basketball coaches are right, South Alabama will not win the league's East Division title for the third straight season in 2009.

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Travis McCall helps Alabama, top rushing offense go (Birmingham News)
TUSCALOOSA -- Travis McCall works for a different scoreboard: The team's running backs, receivers, and quarterbacks. They receive their reward by crossing the goal line. But not McCall, the Alabama senior tight end.

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CBS delays decision on UT-Alabama game (The Tennessean)
KNOXVILLE — CBS has elected to use a six-day option to make a final decision on whether it will broadcast Tennessee's home game against Alabama on Oct. 25.

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Honda to start making Accords at Alabama plant (Detroit News)
DETROIT -- Honda Motor Co. said Monday it will start making V-6 Honda Accords on one of the two assembly lines at its factory in Alabama by the middle of next year.

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CBS delays decision on UT-Alabama ... and more (The Maryville Daily Times)
CBS has elected to use its six-day option to postpone a decision on whether it will televise UT’s Oct. 25 home game against second-ranked Alabama, the Southeastern Conference announced Monday.

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DU defeats Troy, ties South Alabama (Clarion Online)
The women's soccer team was busy this weekend, beating Troy 1-0 on Friday and tying South Alabama 1-1 in double overtime on Sunday. The Pioneers tallied their eighth consecutive win for the season, and their 12th win overall. They are undefeated in the Sun Belt Conference, and are currently ranked No.

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Soccer vs. South Alabama (North Texas Daily)
In the first of two games this weekend, the NT soccer team tied the University of South Alabama in double-overtime on Friday. Freshman forward Kelsey Perlman lead the Mean Green with two goals in the double-overtime tie game against the Jaguars. South Alabama jumped out to an early lead with a goal in the 12th minute when Sam Slover scored off of a corner kick, and Brandi Smith followed ...

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Alabama Senator Due In Court On Traffic Tickets (NBC 13 Birmingham)
ANDALUSIA, Ala. (AP) - A powerful Alabama state senator, Democrat Lowell Barron of Fyffe, is scheduled for trial Tuesday in Andalusia on two traffic tickets, but the trial may not occur.

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