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Expansion of the Panama Canal and a proposed free trade agreement with Panama are critical to the future of the city, state and nation, local and Panamanian officials said Monday at the Mobile Container Terminal.

One of Tanglewood Mall's four Santas -- who also goes by the name Grover Stump -- awaits the next photo opportunity with a child.

DEPTFORD - When tiny Angelina Owens climbed onto Santa's lap at the Deptford Mall on Thursday, she might have whispered, "I want Elmo Tickle Hands." And Santa, lowering his gleaming white beard to her ear, might have whispered back, 'I want the H1N1 vaccine.' Santas across the country are urging the federal government to consider them a high-risk ...

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has notified U.S. Rep.

Nov. 16 - The fight to build tankers in Mobile is gaining traction, and local leaders are making it clear: they are rolling up their sleeves for another fight.

WASHINGTON Late on a Saturday night early this month, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was able to force through a 1,990-page document by a slim 220-215 margin, and it is now on its way to be debated in the U.S. Senate.

Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine. Many of the nation's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those runny-nosed kids.

Northrop Grumman Corp. and regional political leaders called Monday for changes to the second round of tanker bidding or for a congressional mandate to split the contract between the Northrop-led team and rival Boeing Co.

Nov. 17 - Mobile Mayor Sam Jones joined U.S. Representatives Jo Bonner and Artur Davis and an ambassador from Panama on a tour of the Port of Mobile Monday.

With parades and city hall gatherings, crowds in Baldwin County honored local veterans today, while across Mobile Bay a Spanish Fort dentist was being recognized as Veteran of the Year.

November 12 - It's a double whammy of bad economic news. Bayou La Batre is already facing trouble with possible changes in oystering and now the announcement of layoffs at Horizon Shipbuilding.

South Alabama is in a good position to recover from difficult economic times, but the region and country still face challenges in the near future, U.S. Rep.

Austal has officially opened its new state-of-the-art Modular Manufacturing Facility , giving its Mobile, Alabama shipyard the ability to build up to three 100 meter-plus vessels each year.

Julius Steel cleans up raw oyster shells from the oyster bar at Pascal's Manale restaurant in New Orleans on October 23, 2009.

U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, at the podium. Gov. Bob Riley, Mobile Mayor Sam Jones and Bonner represented Alabama during the official dedication of Austal's new, $200 million module manufacturing facility Monday morning.

H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Did Big Insurance get to them? From President Obama's address on health care to a joint session of Congress September 9, 2009 "So let me set the record straight here.

Republican opposition was nearly unanimous. The 220-215 vote cleared the way for the Senate to begin debate on the issue that has come to overshadow all others in Congress.

The Alabama and Mississippi congressional delegations presented an almost united front against the Democratic health care bill approved late Saturday night as only one member, Rep.

A panel that investigates allegations of unethical behavior by members of Congress has cleared U.S. Rep.

By Paul Kane The ethics committee is not investigating Rep. Jane Harman , whose conversation with an Israeli operative four years ago drew scrutiny from the Justice Department and for a time from the committee.