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At a 10:00 a.m. news conference this morning the Alabama Department of Education announced the list of failing schools in the state under the Alabama Accountability Act.Tommy Bice: Accountability Act hasMore >>
The Alabama Department of Education held a news conference Tuesday morning to release the long-awaited "failing schools" list under the state's new Alabama Accountability Act. A total of 78 schools in the state are listed as failing under the education accountability legislation.More >>
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Authorities say two occupants on a boat that was traveling the Alabama River are safe after escaping the vessel after it began taking on water.The incident happened on the Alabama River Tuesday afternoon.AuthoritiesMore >>
Authorities say two occupants on a boat that was traveling the Alabama River are safe after escaping the vessel after it began taking on water.The incident happened on the Alabama River Tuesday afternoon.AuthoritiesMore >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 5:47 PM EDT2013-06-18 21:47:39 GMT
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Tuesday, June 18 2013 5:41 PM EDT2013-06-18 21:41:59 GMT
The project to construct a new entrance ramp to I-85 North that will help ease traffic congestion on Perry Hill Road continues to move forward, according to the Alabama Dept. of Transportation. WeatherMore >>
The project to construct a new entrance ramp to I-85 North that will help ease traffic congestion on Perry Hill Road continues to move forward, according to the Alabama Dept. of Transportation. WeatherMore >>
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says it appears the much-criticized national electronic surveillance program foiled "dozens" of terrorist plots.More >>
The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on...More >>
TUCSON, AZ (CBS5) -
Border Patrol agents from the Douglas Station have arrested a man who was in the U.S. illegally and found him to be wanted in a Phoenix murder.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Narcizo Yepiz-Urrea, 29, of Sonora, Mexico, was apprehended on Saturday and during the processing, officials learned he was wanted in Phoenix on first-degree murder charges.
Yepiz-Urrea was turned over to the Cochise County Sheriff's Office to await extradition by U.S. Marshals.
Details on the murder case were not immediately released.
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Narcizo Yepiz-Urrea (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
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