WASHINGTON (AP) - Kansas lawmakers are calling on the Pentagon to extend the deadline for bids on the $35 billion Air Force refueling tanker contract. Republican Sens. Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback say Boeing Co. needs four extra months to respond to the new request for a larger aircraft. The Air Force initially awarded the contract to a team of Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. But after Boeing protested, congressional investigators found mistakes in how the award was made. The Pentagon has since… » More
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… » More
Carnivals Holiday will sale off into the sunset and the Port City will get a bigger cruise chip, the Fantasy. » More
Company doesnt foresee any significant differences between the rough draft and the final proposal, which is expected to be issued sometime this… » More
Carnivals Fantasy will call Mobile home starting in November 2009. » More
The giant steel mill will cost nearly a million dollars more to build than estimated. » More
Boeing is dancing around questions about staying in the tanker contest. Read company statements after meetings with the DOD. » More
Boeing is "strongly considering" not bidding on the $40 billion tanker contract. Some of its backers in Congress argue the revised terms of the… » More
The Defense Department outlines what its looking for. » More
A grassroots group in Alabama temporarily pulls their controversial ads. » More
Alabama lawmakers sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates urging him to make sure the new contest for the $40 billion refueling tanker… » More
Grass roots group forms in Mobile and buys radio advertisements in Washington D.C. » More
A Mobile firefighter, sick of hearing how Boeing losing the $40 billion taker contract would cost American jobs, is now leading the charge to… » More
Carnival Cruise Line ship is being diverted from New Orleans. » More
Meeting is held to discuss details of master plan for another part of Mobile. » More
The man nominated to lead the Air Force said the GAOs report detailing numerous problems with the $40 billion tanker contract was "troubling,"… » More
Gov. Bob Riley says Alabama offered Volkswagen more than the state had ever offered for an auto plant. Riley says he didnt want to keep raising… » More
The coffee giant is closing 12 stores in Alabama, including 7 on the Gulf Coast. Mobile is losing the most in the state. » More
Local government leaders push tanker efforts at an international air show. » More
Gov. Bob Riley says hes disappointed the German Automaker chose to build cars in Chattanooga, Tennessee rather than Huntsville. » More
Boeing executives using Farnborough International Airshow in England to tout their tanker. "We protested based on procedural issues. We believe… » More
Gulf Coast leaders are rallying together to take their fight for the tanker overseas. » More
A spokesperson for Alabama DOT says a contractor was killed on Hwy. 43 near the Thyssenkrupp construction site. Update… » More
The Pentagon says theres no guarantee it can select a new winner by the end of the year. Chief Weapons buyer John Young also acknowledged that… » More
Lawyers for the General Accounting Office answer questions involving the $40 billion tanker contract. » More
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