Jay Reeves

December 04, 2009 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP - Moviegoers know Jody Trautwein as the smiling Alabama pastor who tries to talk Sacha Baron Cohen's character out of being gay in the hit movie "Bruno." Trautwein is now auditioning for another role: Mayor of Birmingham.Trautwein is among 14 candidates in next week's election to replace Larry Langford, who was booted from office in October after being convicted on 60 felony counts in a bribery scheme.

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May 14, 2007 | Daily Report Online

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May 11, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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February 17, 2012 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP - An Alabama woman had a heart condition that was diagnosed and fixed two years before she drowned during a honeymoon diving trip in Australia, a doctor testified as prosecutors on Friday tried to head off defense claims that medical problems caused her death.Dr. Farrell Mendelsohn said he considered 26-year-old Tina Thomas Watson to be cured of an irregular heartbeat in 2001 after she underwent a medical procedure.

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October 01, 2008 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP _ Alabama's most populous county was unable to make an $83.5 million interest payment on its enormous sewer debt Tuesday and could decide within days whether to file what would be the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.The president of the Jefferson County Commission, Betty Fine Collins, said the county lacked the cash to make the payment.

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February 26, 2008 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP - Malfunctioning equipment blocked an Alabama TV station's broadcast of a "60 Minutes" report suggesting that imprisoned former Gov. Don Siegelman was the victim of a Republican conspiracy, station officials said.After promoting the segment for days, WHNT-TV of Huntsville went black just as the report was to air Sunday night.

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February 26, 2009 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP - A funeral director accused of leaving a woman's body to decay in a parked hearse after her relatives failed to pay the bill was arrested on a felony charge of abusing a corpse, police said Wednesday.Watson and Sons Funeral Home embalmed the remains of Edna Kathleen Woods, 52, after she died of natural causes in November 2007, said Gadsden police Sgt.

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June 09, 2008 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP-Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood wrongly conspired with prominent trial attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs to skirt a court order in a case involving Hurricane Katrina insurance claims, a federal judge has ruled.Referring to Hood as a "so-called law enforcement officer," U.

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November 14, 2007 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP - Mayor Larry Langford spent his first full day in office Wednesday trying to fend off a challenger's court claim that the election should be thrown out because Langford still lives in a neighboring city where he used to be mayor.Testifying the day after his inauguration, Langford conceded he still owns the fully furnished home in Fairfield where he has lived for about 25 years.

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January 25, 2008 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP - A Walker County man who pleaded guilty to murdering one of his wife's three husbands in a bizarre show of love has recanted his confession, which helped send the woman to Alabama's death row.Tim Richards said he was goaded by his lawyer into giving a false confession and that Shonda Nicole Johnson alone carried out the killing of Randy McCullar, who had filed a bigamy case against her.

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