Top Ten Stories of 2007 in Alabama

By Steven Norris

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Published: Mon, December 31, 2007 - 6:47 am
Last Updated: Monday, December 31, 2007 - 6:58 pm

Here are the top 10 news stories of 2007 in Alabama as selected by The Associated Press:

1. A choking drought combined with oppressive heat stretches water resources and makes life miserable across much of Alabama.
2. A tornado slams into Enterprise High School on March 1st, killing eight students.
3. Former Gov. Don Siegelman and fired HealthSouth Corp. CEO Richard Scrushy are sent to federal prison in a state bribery scheme.
4. Sen. Charles Bishop, R-Jasper, punches Sen. Lowell Barron, D-Fyffe, on the floor of the Alabama Senate in June, sparking international news coverage and a legislative review.
5. James Bonard Fowler, a former Alabama state trooper, is indicted on a murder charge in the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson, a
black who was fatally shot during a civil rights protest in Marion in 1965.
6. The Repubican-controlled Alabama Supreme Court overturns most of the $3.6 billion verdict the state won against Exxon Mobil in a
lawsuit over offshore royalties.
7. German steelmaker Thyssenkrupp selects Mobile County for a $3.7 billion steel mill.
8. President Bush hails the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant as a model for the nation as it returns to full operation for the first
time in more than two decades.
9. Executions are postponed in Alabama as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether lethal injection is constitutional in a Kentucky
case.
10. Turmoil continues in Alabama's two-year college system, with Chancellor Thomas Corts resigning and being replaced by state Sen.
Bradley Byrne.

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