Birmingham to host GB basketball
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- Police say loss of banning orders is to blame for rise in gun crime
- JPMorgan Swap Deals Spur Probe as Default Stalks Alabama County
Birmingham to host GB basketball
BBC News – May 22, 2008
Coach Chris Finch’s team registered a vital win over Slovakia at the National Indoor Arena last summer and they are keen to return this year. “I liked the NIA last year there was a great atmosphere” said Finch. The GB line-up for the game is set to include Chicago Bulls stars Luol Deng and Ben Gordon.
Mirza agrees to Birmingham return
BBC News – May 22, 2008
Mirza 21 is ranked 32 in the world and has taken part in the tournament at the Edgbaston Priory Club for the past three years. Tournament Director Marjory Howie said: “It’s a great boost to have Sania coming back to compete in Edgbaston as she’s been a crowd favourite. “I’m sure Sania will help to make this DFS Classic one of the best we’ve had. Her best performance in the tournament was in 2006 when she reached the third round.
… .com: Articles – Relegation Scuppers Bradley’s Birmingham…
Soccer America – May 22, 2008
The newspaper reports that Bradley along with Swiss international Valon Behrami were “all set to” join Birmingham but only if the team maintained its top-flight status. Bradley would have brought “quality speed and excitement” to the team the paper reports. Birmingham had persuaded him to join instead of making the much-rumored move to Everton because he would be better able to command a regular place in the starting lineup. It also says he is “strongly fancied in Germany by Stuttgart and Werder Bremen.
Kathy Hartwiger wins Birmingham-area Lady Legacy golf title for…
al.com – May 22, 2008
She also won it in 2000 2002 2003 2005 2006 and 2007. She did not play in 2001 and finished third in 2004. Not that she had this year’s tournament all way. Shebegan the second and final round three strokes behind jointleaders Laura Goodwin a junior on the golf team at theUniversity of Alabama and Martha Lang who has won theState Junior Amateur and Senior titles.
Police say loss of banning orders is to blame for rise in gun crime
Times nline – May 22, 2008
West Midlands Police pioneered the use of civil injunctions to restrict themovements of suspects when there is not enough evidence to launch a criminalprosecution. These were first used to ban from a red-light district a rapist who wasattacking prostitutes but have since been extended to curb the activitiesof members of the Johnson Crew and the Burger Bar Gang Birmingham’s rivalfactions. But a judge ruled in January that Birmingham County Court did not have thejurisdiction to impose the orders – designed under Section 222 of the LocalGovernment Act 1972 for local authority use to curb rogue street traders -in criminal matters.
JPMorgan Swap Deals Spur Probe as Default Stalks Alabama County
Bloomberg – May 22, 2008
He's also distributedbumper stickers saying “Wipe ut Sewer Debt. '' Not everyone is laughing. utside a Piggly Wiggly grocerystore in western Birmingham Charles Boyd a constructionsupervisor says it seems like the only thing he does is paybills. “It's just not like it used to be'' Boyd 67 says. And I'm working so when people talk about their sewerbills I know it's hard. The sewer bill is higher than the waterbill… “We cannot raise sewer rates'' Commissioner Collins says. “We've done that and we've done that. '' Birmingham resident Dora Bonner the grandmother who lost herwater says she feels betrayed by the county's politicians. “They're not interested in us'' she says. “We elect themthen they turn the other way. '' Bonner and other residents are paying for a lesson that.
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