Heads and tales: Loss leaders

A heckuva job: President Bush toured the disaster area in Enterprise today, shortly after Gov. Riley surveyed the tornado damage. Bush put the call out to Americans to lend assistance, even as the Coffee County was declared a federal and state disaster area.

The students killed on Thursday at Enterprise High School were Michael J. Bowen, 16; Peter James Dunn II, 16; Andrew Joel Jackson, 16; Ryan Andrew Mohler, 17; Kathryn Madora Strunk, 16; Michael D. Tompkins, 17; Jamie Ann Vidensek, 17; and Alice Michelle Wilson, 16.
• Bush to Americans: Help the folks down here [CNN]

Showdown in Selma: Former President Clinton and presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Clinton and Rep. Barack Obama are all crowding into Selma on Sunday. To commemorate the 42nd anniversary of Bloody Sunday at the Edmund Pettus Bridge? Sure. To win voters in a casually Red State? Maybe. To grab camera time? Hmm …

Mr. Clinton will be inducted into the Voting Rights Hall of Fame. Yes, but will they ever let Pete Rose in?
• Clintons, Obama hope to woo black support in Selma [CNN]

So easy, even a Cave 9 could do it: Some things you may not know about the tiny hole-in-the-wall all-ages rock club known as Cave 9 … For instance, in 2006 the Southside venue became a 501(c)(3), meaning it’s a nonprofit organization. And, it owes $6,200 in back taxes to the state of Alabama. And, (whispers) they worship the devil. OK, maybe not the devil, but probably trans-fats or shaved-head Britney.
• Cave 9 rocks with independence [Birmingham News]

Also:

• Birmingham fails, forced to take Cool Remedial Summer School
• State two-year college system to offer lottery, cockfights
• Daylight Saving starts earlier, yet shows no real savings

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Posted: Saturday, March 3, 2007, 3:06 pm, in Headlines.
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