Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with alabama www.salem-news.com 2010 The Hangout Music Fest announced today the third main stage headliner to the highly anticipated 2012 lineup: the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who will be touring in support of their latest Grammy-nominated album, I'm With You. The Fest will also feature main stage headliners Dave Matthews Band and Jack White, along with dance tent headliner Skrillex. http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/chilli-peppers.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/chilli-peppers.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:16:00 PST A new report details human experiments led by US researchers and drug companies on Africans who are typically undereducated, poor, and lack full understanding of their rights. The human subjects often are led to believe that they are receiving medical treatment from governmental health services or health ministries. The report is titled “Non-Consensual Research in Africa: The Outsourcing of Tuskegee” in reference to the illegal human experiment conducted in Tuskegee, Alabama, on some 600 impoverished African-American men. http://salem-news.com/articles/december042011/tuskegee-africa-fz.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december042011/tuskegee-africa-fz.php Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:13:00 PST Wind energy is more affordable than ever, and new installations across the country are saving consumers money on their electric bills, as utilities rush to lock in long-term favorable rates. “This is what a successful business looks like with stable tax policy. Utilities are locking in a great deal for their electric customers while it’s available. We’re keeping rates down all across the U.S., even in the heart of the South,” said Denise Bode, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association. http://salem-news.com/articles/october252011/wind-energy.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october252011/wind-energy.php Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:14:00 PDT Darwinism versus creationism became a campaign issue in the Alabama GOP nomination for governor. A conservative political action committee (PAC) called “True Republican” put out a television ad denouncing Bradley Byrne, who is seeking the GOP nomination for Governor, for saying that he believes in evolution and that the bible is “only partially true.” http://salem-news.com/articles/may182010/darwin-campaigns-re.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182010/darwin-campaigns-re.php Tue, 18 May 2010 10:34:00 PDT The jig is up on the real danger of contracting cancer from environmental contamination; a panel convened by Pres. Carter says danger is far worse than the groups charged with fighting cancer reveal. The dirty secret of the big cancer groups? They all receive funding from the polluters who are kind enough to wreck our environment and make it dangerous in the first place. http://salem-news.com/articles/may092010/cancer-truth-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may092010/cancer-truth-tk.php Sun, 09 May 2010 01:50:00 PDT Three people are confirmed to be dead at the University of Alabama, after a shooting that happened just after 4:05 today. Police say a suspect is in custody. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the shooter is a staff member of the school. That word came from a local television station, WAFF; they quoted a police official saying they believed the shooter was a female staff member. http://salem-news.com/articles/february122010/shooting_ua_tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february122010/shooting_ua_tk.php Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:21:00 PST Police in Hoover, Alabama, near Birmingham, have released a videotape showing five officers beating an unconscious man who crashed his vehicle while being chased by police. The pursuit, beating and arrest of suspect, 38-year old Anthony Shannon Warren in March 2008, actually led to the firing of four white officers and one black officer; the ones shown in the video. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222009/alabama_cops_tk_5-22-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222009/alabama_cops_tk_5-22-09.php Fri, 22 May 2009 13:07:00 PDT