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• Riley may turn down part of stimulus meant to expand unemployment benefits
  Governor says part of stimulus money is a bribe that would usurp Alabama's authority to decide whether and how to expand program.
• Shelby yard fire spreads; no injuries
  A yard fire developed into a structure fire today in Shelby County's Hollybrook subdivision near Greystone, according to Sheriff's Capt. Ken Burchfield. There are no injuries, Burchfield said. The Cahaba Valley Fire and Rescue Department and Shelby County deputies are...
• Fate of state Rep. Sue Schmitz in jury's hands
  U.S. District Judge David Proctor gave the nine-man, three-woman jury final instructions after prosecutors and defense attorneys finished closing arguments.
• Firefighters on scene in Shelby County
  The Cahaba Valley Fire and Rescue Department is on the scene of a residential fire in the Hollybrook subdivision off Shelby County 41 near Greystone. Details about the fire were not immediately available....
• Alabama asks jury for $170 million in drug trial
  Case against Sandoz is one of more than 70 filed against drug makers. The company says state officials didn't understand drug-pricing system
• Trussville sewer basin free of consent decree
  A federal judge today released the third of nine Jefferson County waste treatment basins from federal supervision....
• Update: Obama pledges $15B for Medicaid, answers critics
  The president brought in advisers and adversaries to discuss keeping entitlement programs from exploding the federal deficit.