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2 hrs ago | WBHM-FM Birmingham

JP Morgan Settles with Jefferson County

JP Morgan is paying more than 700 million dollars to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission it made unlawful payments to friends of Jefferson County commissioners in order to win municipal bond business.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law

10 hrs ago | Everything Alabama

Jefferson County pays all 3,600 employees

The Jefferson County Commission in session in early August, 2009. Despite a severe strain on its finances, cash-strapped Jefferson County adequately funded salaries for all 3,600 employees for the last pay period in October, interim Finance Director Travis Hulsey said Monday.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL

19 hrs ago | The Birmingham News

Jefferson County judge's order clears way for sale of Richard Scrushy's Lake Martin home

Richard Scrushy's house on Lake Martin is valued at more than $5 million. A Jefferson Count Circuit Court judge denied Richard Scrushy's attempt to block the sale of his assets this morning, paving the way for the sale of his $7 million Lake Martin home to be sold at an auction Monday.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Alabama Live

SEC settlement unlikely to help Jefferson County sewer customers

John Archibald: Price of business was high, but the cost higher Jefferson County still has $3.2 billion in sewer debt that it cannot repay and still lacks a plan to raise the money needed to fully repay bondA holders.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Birmingham, AL

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Sims Convicted in Two Murders

A jury in Bessemer has convicted 21-year-old Lakendall Sims of two counts of capital murder.

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Related Topix: Bessemer, AL

The Mobile Register Online

Police: Man killed at Ensley car wash was likely committing a robbery

A 22-year-old man shot to death last Friday at a car wash in the 800 block of 20th Street Ensley was likely committing a robbery when he was killed, Birmingham police said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Everything Alabama

Lakendall Sims guilty of May 2007 murder

Lakendall Sims was convicted today of two counts of capital murder in the May 2007 death of 21-year-old Gabriel Alaniz.

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Related Topix: Lipscomb, AL

The Mobile Register Online

SEC suit cites Jefferson County commissioners role' in sewer bond deal

See this graphic in PDF: SEC lawsuit and settlement documents Federal regulators allege in a lawsuit that Jefferson County Commissioner Shelia Smoot and former Commissioner Jeff Germany demanded that JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Prison

Montgomery Advertiser

Mobile home fire kills two in Jefferson County

CENTER POINT - Officials in Center Point say two people are dead following a mobile home fire in unincorporated Jefferson County.

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Related Topix: Center Point, AL

Alabama Live

Walker County woman killed in downtown Birmingham accident on Sunday

A Walker County woman was killed Sunday in a two-car accident in downtown Birmingham, according to the Jefferson County Coroner's Office.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Walker County, AL

Wed Nov 04, 2009

WAAY

Bessemer DA lets bingo halls stay open for now

A prosecutor is allowing 13 electronic bingo halls in Jefferson County's Bessemer Cutoff to remain open for at least the next few months.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL

New York Times

JPMorgan to Pay $700 Million to Settle S.E.C. Charges

JPMorgan Chase has agreed to a settlement worth more than $700 million over federal regulators' charges that it made unlawful payments to friends of public officials to win municipal bond business in Jefferson County, Ala.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Criminal Defense Law, Business News

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Time's Up For Jefferson County Bingo

Time is up for various bingo operators in Jefferson County, and they are shutting down.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Bessemer, AL

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Birmingham News Online

Jefferson County judge's order denying electronic bingo in Walker County pending appeal

Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Robert S. Vance on Nov. 3 issued an order denying a request to allow electronic bingo in Walker County until the Alabama Supreme Court hears an appeal to his ruling that the games are illegal.

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Related Topix: Walker County, AL

Montgomery Advertiser

Birmingham finds $20M shortfall in city budget

BIRMINGHAM - City officials in Birmingham have disclosed a $20 million budget shortfall just days after the corruption conviction and ouster of its mayor, Larry Langford.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL

Birmingham News Online

Jefferson County erosion plan concerns EPA

Storm water runoff eroded the soil and damaged this Birmingham fence line. Proposed changes to the county's Erosion and Sedimentation Ordinance, which haven't been determined, come as the EPA is auditing the county's stormwater program, the agency said in a letter to all five county commissioners.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro

WVTM

H1N1 Vaccine clinics open this week in Jefferson County

More clinics are open this week to administer H1N1 vaccinations in Jefferson County.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Bessemer, AL, Morris, AL

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Gadsden Times

Bingo halls must shut down

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. Some Alabama electronic bingo halls have until Thursday to shut down.

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Related Topix: Pinson, AL

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Rantcould mean jail time for Birmingham mayor

Larry Langford blamed everyone but himself when he stood outside the courthouse moments after he was convicted on federal corruption charges and ousted as Birmingham's mayor.

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Related Topix: Prison, Birmingham, AL, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Birmingham News Online

Jefferson County commissioners face hurdle in moving out of shadow of corruption

Jefferson County's hisA tory of scandal is a detriA ment for the five sitting county commissioners, who say they are someA times viewed with suspiA cion and subjected to unA warranted attacks.

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Related Topix: University of Alabama, Hueytown, AL

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