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UA wheelchair basketball players aim for Beijing
Tuscaloosa News – July 25
That’s the path five players on the UA women’s wheelchair basketball team hope to take next month when they play in the Parapan American Games. Stephanie Wheeler, Mary Allison Milford, Alana Nichols and Desiree Miller will play for the U.S. national team, while Katie Hancock, their Alabama teammate, will suit up for her native Canada…They will depart for Brazil in early August…

Mysteries of Mauvilla
Mobile Register – July 25
…The answer is money and resources, according to Hathorne and University of Alabama professor Vernon J. Knight. "There are thousands of recorded Indian sites in Alabama," Knight said. "If there was enough money available to fund it, there are not enough archaeologists to do the work…

Where Bankruptcies Stay High
Wall Street Journal – July 25 (Subscription required)
Like Tennessee, Alabama also had an aggressive introduction of Chapter 13 by lawyers in 1930s, according to Gene Marsh, a University of Alabama law professor. "Chapter 13 was always seen as a custom…

Thompson tops GOP hopefuls in state poll
Birmingham News – July 25
…David Lanoue, who chairs the political science department at the University of Alabama, said that either conservatives have decided Thompson "is the real deal," or he's a stand-in for voters who "want a fresh, new choice" who could be Thompson or someone else…Democratic presidential primary in Alabama now looks like a two-person race between Clinton and Obama, said Lanoue, Moody and William Stewart, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alabama. "They're the two top candidates," Stewart said…

Tide schedules first practice, Fan Day
Tuscaloosa News – July 25
University of Alabama announced that fall football practice will begin Aug. 3, one day after newcomers report, and confirmed that it will hold a Fan Day on Aug. 5…

Opinion: Invest in our children as we do in economy
Montgomery Advertiser – July 25
…A recent study by the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama highlighted the significant return in jobs and taxes generated ...