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Some golfers are taking a swing at The Pentagon for its tanker decision delay. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/pentagon_playing_politics_over_tanker_deal/17838/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:07:29 +0000 30.691068801620154 -88.05130004882812 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/im_not_outraged_im_disgusted/17829/Sep-10-2008_3-19-pm/
Local leaders voice anger over tanker delay. WATCH NEWS CONFERENCE ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/im_not_outraged_im_disgusted/17829/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:11:57 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/bonner_outraged_about_tanker_decision/17826/Sep-10-2008_12-24-pm/
Click here to read the full text. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/bonner_outraged_about_tanker_decision/17826/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:24:25 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/sen_sessions_deeply_disappointed/17825/Sep-10-2008_12-26-pm/
Click here to read the full text of Senator Jeff Sessions' reaction to the Pentagon putting the $40 billion tanker contract on hold. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/sen_sessions_deeply_disappointed/17825/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:51:36 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boeing_statement/17817/Sep-10-2008_9-14-am/
READ FULL TEXT ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boeing_statement/17817/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:02:35 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/tanker_contract_cancellation_northrop_grumman_responds/17816/Sep-10-2008_10-42-am/
READ THE FULL TEXT. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/tanker_contract_cancellation_northrop_grumman_responds/17816/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:56:52 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/governor_riley_reacts_to_pentagon_decision/17815/Sep-10-2008_8-54-am/
“I strongly disagree with this decision and find it absolutely bewildering." ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/governor_riley_reacts_to_pentagon_decision/17815/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:20:02 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/pentagon_cancels_tanker_bidding/17813/Sep-10-2008_1-22-pm/
The DOD will wait until the next administration to award a disputed $35 billion contract to build a new fleet of aerial refueling tankers. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/pentagon_cancels_tanker_bidding/17813/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:51:43 +0000 38.88996392916758 -77.02377319335937 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/head_of_the_mobile_airport_authority_retiring/17650/Sep-04-2008_10-59-am/
Bay Haas is calling it quits after 25 years as Executive Director of the Mobile Airport Authority. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/head_of_the_mobile_airport_authority_retiring/17650/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:51:44 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boeing_workers_vote_to_strike_in_2_days/17643/Sep-04-2008_9-43-am/
Machinists Approve 2nd Strike In 3 Years, But Give Management 48 More Hours. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boeing_workers_vote_to_strike_in_2_days/17643/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:40:02 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boeing_workers_going_on_strike/17607/Sep-03-2008_9-45-am/
Union leaders are recommending commercial airplane production workers reject the company's "best and final" contract offer and go on strike. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boeing_workers_going_on_strike/17607/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:45:18 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/kansas_lawmakers_want_tanker_bid_extension/17143/Aug-22-2008_9-09-am/
Republican Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback say Boeing needs four extra months to respond to the new request for a larger aircraft. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/kansas_lawmakers_want_tanker_bid_extension/17143/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:06:55 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/new_orleans_triumphs_over_loss_of_fantasy/17034/Aug-19-2008_9-56-am/
Carnival Cruise Lines will base the Triumph in New Orleans after it moves the Fantasy to Mobile next year. It carries 2,758 passengers more than the Fantasy. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/new_orleans_triumphs_over_loss_of_fantasy/17034/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:54:49 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/bigger_and_better_cruise_ship/17011/Aug-18-2008_5-11-pm/
Carnival's Holiday will sale off into the sunset and the Port City will get a bigger cruise chip, the Fantasy. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/bigger_and_better_cruise_ship/17011/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:53:04 +0000 30.69224973107188 -88.04855346679687 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/northrop_grumman_boeing_await_final_tanker_propsal/17008/Aug-18-2008_4-34-pm/
Company doesn't foresee any significant differences between the rough draft and the final proposal, which is expected to be issued sometime this week. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/northrop_grumman_boeing_await_final_tanker_propsal/17008/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:29:12 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/mobile_getting_larger_cruise_ship/16997/Aug-18-2008_4-22-pm/
Carnival's 'Fantasy' will call Mobile home starting in November 2009. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/mobile_getting_larger_cruise_ship/16997/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:21:24 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/price_tag_for_thyssenkrupp_plant_rising/16929/May-18-2009_10-15-pm/
The giant steel mill will cost nearly a million dollars more to build than estimated. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/price_tag_for_thyssenkrupp_plant_rising/16929/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:50:24 +0000 31.155233202310452 -88.01078796386719 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boeing_dodges_the_question/16825/Aug-12-2008_5-00-pm/
Boeing is dancing around questions about staying in the tanker contest. Read company statements after meetings with the DOD. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boeing_dodges_the_question/16825/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:11:53 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boeing_dropping_out_of_tanker_battle/16775/Aug-11-2008_11-09-am/
Boeing is "strongly considering" not bidding on the $40 billion tanker contract. Some of its backers in Congress argue the revised terms of the competition, issued by the Pentagon last week, favor Northrop Grumman Corp and EADS. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boeing_dropping_out_of_tanker_battle/16775/ Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:09:29 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/second_round_of_bidding_opens_for_tanker/16653/Aug-15-2008_11-19-am/
The Defense Department outlines what its looking for. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/second_round_of_bidding_opens_for_tanker/16653/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:23:49 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/tanker_radio_commercials_pulled/16458/Jul-31-2008_5-56-pm/
A grassroots group in Alabama temporarily pulls their controversial ads. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/tanker_radio_commercials_pulled/16458/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:02:41 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/tanker_recompetition_must_continue_quickly/16443/Jul-31-2008_12-03-pm/
Alabama lawmakers sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates urging him to make sure the new contest for the $40 billion refueling tanker contract does not focus on anything expect the GAO's recommendations. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/tanker_recompetition_must_continue_quickly/16443/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:03:23 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/fighting_back_against_boeing/16420/Jul-31-2008_12-58-am/
Grass roots group forms in Mobile and buys radio advertisements in Washington D.C. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/fighting_back_against_boeing/16420/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:17:28 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/tanker_battle_alabama_strikes_back/16409/Jul-31-2008_12-03-pm/
A Mobile firefighter, sick of hearing how Boeing losing the $40 billion taker contract would cost American jobs, is now leading the charge to educate Congress and others on Boeing’s past failures. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/tanker_battle_alabama_strikes_back/16409/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:07:33 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/fantasy_coming_to_mobile/16314/Jul-31-2008_12-58-am/
Carnival Cruise Line ship is being diverted from New Orleans. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/fantasy_coming_to_mobile/16314/ Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:30:46 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/new_plans_for_mobile_midtown_north/16251/Jul-31-2008_12-59-am/
Meeting is held to discuss details of master plan for another part of Mobile. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/new_plans_for_mobile_midtown_north/16251/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:45:02 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/tanker_contest_could_lead_to_air_force_changes/16205/Jul-31-2008_12-59-am/
The man nominated to lead the Air Force said the GAO's report detailing numerous problems with the $40 billion tanker contract was "troubling," and he plans to change the service's process of awarding contracts. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/tanker_contest_could_lead_to_air_force_changes/16205/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:38:06 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/consumer/article/price_to_land_vw_plant_too_steep/16101/Jul-18-2008_2-40-pm/
Gov. Bob Riley says Alabama offered Volkswagen more than the state had ever offered for an auto plant. Riley says he didn't want to keep raising the offer. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/consumer/article/price_to_land_vw_plant_too_steep/16101/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:38:03 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/starbucks_closing_5_mobile_stores/16069/Jul-31-2008_1-14-am/
The coffee giant is closing 12 stores in Alabama, including 7 on the Gulf Coast. Mobile is losing the most in the state. Click here to see the list. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/starbucks_closing_5_mobile_stores/16069/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:21:15 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/overseas_trip_brings_hope_for_kc_45/16058/Aug-15-2008_11-22-am/
Local government leaders push tanker efforts at an international air show. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/overseas_trip_brings_hope_for_kc_45/16058/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:54:16 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/consumer/article/alabama_loses_race_for_volkswagen/15920/Jul-15-2008_9-00-am/
Gov. Bob Riley says he's disappointed the German Automaker chose to build cars in Chattanooga, Tennessee rather than Huntsville. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/consumer/article/alabama_loses_race_for_volkswagen/15920/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:00:03 +0000 35.07046911981966 -85.2593994140625 http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/tanker_fight_lands_in_london/15891/Jul-14-2008_10-33-am/
Boeing executives using Farnborough International Airshow in England to tout their tanker. "We protested based on procedural issues. We believe the U.S. military ought to get the best." ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/tanker_fight_lands_in_london/15891/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:33:54 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/gulf_coast_leaders_lobby_for_tanker/15863/Jul-12-2008_10-28-pm/
Gulf Coast leaders are rallying together to take their fight for the tanker overseas. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/gulf_coast_leaders_lobby_for_tanker/15863/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:07:55 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/deadly_construction_accident2/15851/May-18-2009_10-16-pm/
A spokesperson for Alabama DOT says a contractor was killed on Hwy. 43 near the Thyssenkrupp construction site. Update 8:00 p.m. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/deadly_construction_accident2/15851/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:16:08 +0000 31.14039489440569 -88.01070213317871 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/tanker_re_bid_could_last_more_than_6_months/15830/Jul-31-2008_12-59-am/
The Pentagon says there's no guarantee it can select a new winner by the end of the year. Chief Weapons buyer John Young also acknowledged that another protest was possible because "it's hard to see a situation" where the companies involved would accept losing. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/tanker_re_bid_could_last_more_than_6_months/15830/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:13:37 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/gao_defends_tanker_contract_decision/15815/Jul-10-2008_5-36-pm/
Lawyers for the General Accounting Office answer questions involving the $40 billion tanker contract. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/gao_defends_tanker_contract_decision/15815/ Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:15:56 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boeing_backers_happy_about_tanker_re_bid/15779/Jul-31-2008_12-59-am/
Kansas Congressman Todd Tiahrt says he and other Boeing supporters finally got what they've wanted since Boeing lost the $40 billion tanker contract in February. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boeing_backers_happy_about_tanker_re_bid/15779/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:05:48 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/sessions_reaction_to_tanker_re_bid/15777/Jul-31-2008_12-59-am/
Click here to read Sen. Jeff Sessions reaction to the Pentagon's decision to rebid the $40 billion tanker contract. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/sessions_reaction_to_tanker_re_bid/15777/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:45:49 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/riley_gates_made_the_right_decision/15772/Jul-31-2008_12-59-am/
Governoer Bob Riley says Defense Decretary Robert Gates made the right decision. "It’s right for our men and women in uniform and it’s right for the American taxpayers." ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/riley_gates_made_the_right_decision/15772/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:13:52 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boeing_will_next_tanker_competition_be_fair/15771/Jul-31-2008_12-59-am/
Boeing pleased the decision to re-bid the $40 billion tanker contract but is concerned about whether it will be a fair and open competition. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/boeing_will_next_tanker_competition_be_fair/15771/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:53:54 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/county_commissioners_confident/15766/Jul-31-2008_12-59-am/
Mobile County Commissioners remain confident that the new fleet of Air Force refueling tankers will be built at Brookley Field. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/county_commissioners_confident/15766/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:49:53 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/northrop_grumman_confident_it_will_win_again/15765/Jul-31-2008_12-59-am/
Northrop Grumman says the Air Force has already picked the best tanker. They are confident that the Pentagon will do the same. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/northrop_grumman_confident_it_will_win_again/15765/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:37:54 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/bonner_pleased_gates_is_taking_over_tanker/15764/Jul-31-2008_12-59-am/
Congressman Jo Bonner says he's pleased the defense secretary is taking over the re-bid for the $40 billion tanker contract ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/bonner_pleased_gates_is_taking_over_tanker/15764/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:27:57 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/politics/article/tanker_contract_up_in_the_air/15763/Jul-09-2008_5-47-pm/
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the Pentagon would conduct a limited rebid for the $40 billion tanker contract that looks only at issues where the GAO found problems in the initial bidding. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/politics/article/tanker_contract_up_in_the_air/15763/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:45:59 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/shelby_responds_to_tanker_re_bid/15761/Jul-31-2008_12-59-am/
The Alabama Senator has responded to Defense Secretary Robert Gates's decision to accept limited rebidding of the tanker contract awarded to Northrop Grumman/EADS. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/shelby_responds_to_tanker_re_bid/15761/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:36:57 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/air_force_will_partially_rebid_tanker_contract/15759/Jul-31-2008_12-59-am/
Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine tells News 5 the Air Force will announce a limited rebidding of the $40 billion dollar tanker contract. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/air_force_will_partially_rebid_tanker_contract/15759/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:12:58 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/tanker_announcement_at_noon/15754/Jul-09-2008_10-13-am/
Defense Secretary Robert Gates will hold a news conerence in Washington. Watch it live on News 5 at Noon & wkrg.com ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/tanker_announcement_at_noon/15754/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:05:17 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/tanker_decision_expected_wednesday/15713/Jul-09-2008_8-51-am/
The Pentagon is expected to announce Wednesday whether the Air Force will rebid a $40 billion contract to build new refueling tankers. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/tanker_decision_expected_wednesday/15713/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:17:11 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/bus_line_for_highway_43/15678/Jul-31-2008_1-00-am/
That's one idea because of heavy traffic from Thyssenkrupp and other industries. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/bus_line_for_highway_43/15678/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:18:04 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/mass_transit_needed_to_construction_site/15655/May-18-2009_10-16-pm/
A mass transit system may be needed during construction of the ThyssenKrupp steel plant in North Mobile County. Daily traffic on Hwy. 43 could more than double if all the workers drive their own cars. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/mass_transit_needed_to_construction_site/15655/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:09:34 +0000 30.739475058679485 -88.06880950927734