Jefferson County

REPORT: Grandfather Punches Umpire At Granddaughter's Game

Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Daryl Keeton, Video, Grandfather Punches Umpire at Softball Game, Jefferson County, Jefferson Country Sheriff, Softball, Grandfather Punches Umpire, Alabama Grandfather Punch, Sports News

If they don't make fans like they used to then there is at least one umpire who will be glad. After a youth softball game in Alabama this grandfather ...

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Official In Bankrupt County: State Is 'Kicking The Can'

Reuters | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Layoffs, Video, Bankruptcy, Jefferson County, Reuters, Municipal Bankruptcy, Political Corruption, Jobs, Jefferson County Employees Association, Chapter 9 Bankruptcy, Information Technology, Debts, Government Employees, Business News

By Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 2 (Reuters) - Alabama's bankrupt Jefferson County is laying off more government w...

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Morgan Stanley, Italy and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Wallace Turbeville | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Jefferson County, Orange County, Italy Derivatives, Financial Reform, Derivatives, Warren Buffett, Dodd-Frank, Greece, Business News

Warren Buffett once referred to derivatives as "financial weapons of mass destruction" created by "madmen." Real WMD have rarely been used. However, derivatives are used quite a lot, and it appears that Italy got hit by the derivatives WMD in January.

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Police: 'Crapper Scrapper' Stole Toilets Parts, Sold Them For Scrap

Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Denver Toilet Thief, Video, Jefferson County, Denver News, Plumber Stealing Toilet Parts, Crapper Scrapper, Denver Colorado, Jeffco, Toilet Thief, Donald Allen Citron, Toilet Parts Stolen, Denver News

Call this caper The Royal Flush. Or perhaps The Great Porcelain Pilferage. Police have arrested a man who they believe is a serial thief who stole toi...

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JP Morgan and the Largest U.S. Municipal Bankruptcy

Renee Parsons | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Alabama Bankruptcy, Publicly-Owned Banks, JP Morgan, Jefferson County, Municipal Bond Debt, Money News

As if a decade of million dollar fines for their role in the collapse of Enron, World Com, the UK's Financial Services Authority, mortgage overcharges...

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County Gets Go-Ahead To Proceed With Huge Bankruptcy

Reuters | Posted 05.05.2012

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March 5 (Reuters) - Alabama's Jefferson County is fully eligible for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection and can proceed with its $4.23 billion filing, ...

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Why Are We Letting Local Governments Go Broke?

Steven Cohen | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Government Budget Cuts, Great Recession, Local Government, State and Local Government, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Budget Cuts, Municipal Bankruptcy, Government Funding, Government Employees, Politics News

We've experienced a three-decade long attack on government. While this may have had the effect of constraining unchecked power, it has also started to destroy critical government capacities. This has been especially true at the local level.

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Bankrupt Jefferson County Relies On 'Volunteer' Staffers For Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: County Finance, Consultants, Jefferson County, Municipal Bankruptcy, Elections 2012, Political Corruption, Budget Deficit, Local Government, Business News

In bankrupt Jefferson County, Ala., the financial situation has grown so grim that the county does not have the money to hire enough elections divisio...

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WATCH: Dramatic Dog Rescue After Fall Into Freezing Reservoir

Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Lakewood Colorado, Video, Denver News, Jefferson County, Dog Falls Into Smith Reservoir, Argentine Mastiff, Lakewood, Denver Colorado, Smith Reservoir, Dog Falls in Lake, Colorado, Colorado Winter, Denver News

An 85-pound Argentine Mastiff dog named Max is lucky to be alive after falling into freezing cold Smith Reservoir in Lakewood, Colorado on Tuesday aft...

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Tornado Creates Worries For Bankrupt Alabama County

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 03.26.2012

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CENTER POINT, Ala. (AP) — Willie Williams Jr. was worried as he walked through his tornado-tossed neighborhood to his daughter's elementary school. ...

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2011: The Year 60 Minutes Misled Americans About Municipal Bonds

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Cnbc, Meredith Whitney, Bloomberg News, Jefferson County, 60 Minutes, Municipal Bond, Kate Marshalls, Jim Rogers, Video, Business News

I was (at first) happy to see 60 Minutes highlight fiscal problems of states and municipalities. It explained how Illinois was late on payments to service suppliers, and it's a huge problem for people doing business with the state. Then 60 Minutes went completely off the rails.

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From Local Officials To Wall Street Blame For County Bankruptcy Casts Wide Net

Posted 01.11.2012

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From corrupt and incompetent local officials to Wall Street's credit crisis and toxic bonds, there was plenty of blame to go around on Thursday, a...

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Amish Man's Beard Cut In Another Ohio Attack: Sheriff

AP | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Steubenville, Video, Ohio Crime, Jefferson County, Bergholz-Clan, Ohio, Amish on Amish Violence, Amish, Amish Beard Cutting, Beard Cutting, Fred Abdalla, Shaving, Bergholz, Crime News

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — An elderly Amish man was attacked by his own son, who a sheriff said cut the man's hair and beard in the latest incident in...

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Amish Leader Calls Beard-Cutting Attack A Religious Matter

AP | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS | Posted 12.10.2011

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BERGHOLZ, Ohio — The leader of an Amish group with members accused of going into the home of another Amish man and cutting his hair and beard sa...

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Colo. Demands Cotter Corp. Clean Up Defunct Mine Uranium Leak

Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Colorado Uranium Mines, Denver Drinking Water, Denver News, De-Watering Mines, Uranium Mines, Defunct Mines, Jefferson County, Uranium Mining, Uranium, Schwartzwalder Mine, Denver Water, Denver Colorado, Toxic Waste, Ralston Creek, Cotter Corp, Uranium Leak in Denver Drinking Water, Denver News

Colo. state mining regulators and Denver Water officials are demanding that Cotter Corp. clean up the defunct Schwartzwalder mine that is leaking uran...

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Colorado Teen Allegedly Tried To Burn Family Alive

Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Colorado Wildfires, Teenager Tries to Burn Family, 13 Year Old Charged With Arson, Video, Girl Tries to Burn Family, Meyer Ranch Fire, Jefferson County, Denver News

A 13-year-old Jefferson County girl has been arrested in connection with a series of fires set in the area this summer. Police believe she was attemp...

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Alabama County Narrowly Avoids Largest Municipal Bankruptcy In U.S. History

Posted 11.16.2011

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Melinda Dickinson and Matthew Bigg) - Alabama's Jefferson County voted Friday to accept a provisional deal to settle its $3.14 b...

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Breastfeeding Teacher Dismissed, ACLU To File Suit

AP | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Breastfeeding Laws, Jefferson County, Aclu, Evergreen-Colorado, Rocky Mountain Academy, Breastfeeding, Teacher Fired for Breastfeeding, Denver News

EVERGREEN, Colo. — The American Civil Liberties Union intends to sue a Denver-area charter school for allegedly getting rid of a teacher who pum...

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Alabama County Likely To Declare Bankruptcy

Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Creditors, JPMorgan Chase, Alabama, Bankruptcy, Municipal Bond Market, Jefferson County, Default, Chapter 9, Sewer System, Commissioners, Business News

Alabama's troubled Jefferson County faces an 80 percent chance of declaring bankruptcy, one of its commissioners said on Thursday, as U.S. experts...

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Life In Prison For Meth User That Shot Woman, Blew Up Her House

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Britt Cox, Lakewood Colorado, Bonni Gilbert Bergen, Britt Alan Cox, Jefferson County Colorado, Denver News, Jefferson County, Crystal Meth, Jeff Co, Denver Colorado, Bonni Gilbert, Methamphetamine, Denver News

Britt Alan Cox, 42, was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years without the possiblity of parole for the robbery and murder of Bonni Gilbert Bergen ...

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Alabama County Will Put One-Third Of Workers On Unpaid Leave

Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Jimmie Stephens, David Carrington, Alabama, Unemployment, Jefferson County, State Budget Crisis, Third World America, Gulf Coast, Business News

BIRMINGHAM - Alabama's troubled Jefferson County is to put one-third of its workers on administrative leave without pay from Monday because of a s...

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ACLU To Defend Colorado Man's Right To Flip Off Cop (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Flip Off Cop, Freedom of Speech, Civil Liberties, Video, Flip the Bird, Jefferson County, Denver News, Weird Colorado, ACLU Colorado, Give the Finger to a Cop, First Amendment Rights, Shane Boor, Denver News

Shane Boor, a 35-year-old Colorado man arrested for extending his middle finger toward a Colorado State Trooper, will receive free defense services fr...

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Cafeteria Worker Accused Of Distributing Pot To Teenagers

Posted 05.25.2011

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A cafeteria worker at a Jefferson County high school has been arrested and charged with distributing marijuana and contributing to the delinquency of ...

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Major Car Theft Ring Busted After Dragging Deputy

KMGH Denver | Deb Stanley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Car Theft, Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, Harold Ernest Margeson, Jefferson County, Colorado Car Theft, Deputy Dragged, Tiffany Nicole Weaver, Levi Gregory Yazzie, Denver News

DENVER -- A Denver Grand Jury has issued 103-count indictment naming eight co-defendants in a major auto theft ring that targeted victims across the D...

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Lawsuit Over Illinois Deputy's Alleged Stun Gun Abuse Of Children Settled For $750,000

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Police, David Bowers, Jefferson County Deputy, Police Misconduct, Stun Gun, Police Abuse, Jefferson County, East St. Louis, East St Louis Sheriffs Deputy Stun Gun, Chicago News

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A federal lawsuit that accused a southern Illinois sheriff's deputy of zapping three children with a stun gun at an emerg...

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