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Mobile, Alabama –
CALVERT, Ala. (AP) - Store owners near the ThyssenKrupp steel
mill site in north Mobile County say they've lost thousands of
dollars in a bad-check scheme.
A sign that says 'No ID: No $" now hangs above the check
cashing counter at the BP station in Calvert. It went up after more
than $10,000 worth of bad checks were cashed in one day. Owner
David Boshell says his business had a considerable amount of
counterfeit checks to bounce.
Down the road, at the Shell station more than $8,000 worth of

Montgomery, Alabama –
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Alabama receiver Julio Jones has
undergone surgery to repair a sports hernia. Jones is expected to
be back for fall camp. Last season, Jones had 58 catches for 924
yards and was a second-team Associated Press All-Southeastern
Conference pick.

Birmingham, Alabama – (AP) - A federal judge has approved the sale of the Birmingham-based Bruno's Supermarkets chain to a grocery wholesaler.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Benjamin Cohen on Monday approved the sale of the bankrupt grocery chain to Southern Family Markets of Birmingham, the retail arm of New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers.
Bruno's, which has 56 stores in Alabama and the Florida panhandle, sold them for $45.8 million.
Southern Family Markets plans to continue operating 31 stores,
but 25 will be closed and sold.

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Montgomery, Alabama – A former Hyundai Motors Manufacturing Alabama employee wins a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the company- at issue: sexual harassment.

A jury awarded Tammy Edwards $6 MILLION in her claim that she was harassed and retaliated against when she reported the harassment back in 2006.

Hyundai officials say they are examining options to appeal within the next few weeks.

Montgomery, Alabama –
The Southern Poverty Law Center says membership is down in the second largest Klan group in the country.

This after the SPLC six months ago won a $2.5 million civil judgment against a Kentucky based Imperial Klans of America for severely beating a Latino man who was attending a county fair.

Despite the lower numbers in IKA membership, the number of named Klan groups nationwide increased last year from 155 chapters to 186 chapters.

Montgomery, Alabama – Listen,now, to some of the stories making headlines this hour in the WVAS newsroom.

Huntsville, Alabama –
(AP) - The Huntsville area is trying to get back to normal after a scare with swine flu.
Most public schools in the county reopen on Monday, although elementary schools in the city of Madison will remain closed until May 14. That's because the state's first confirmed case of the flu was found in a kindergartner at Heritage Elementary School.
Youth activities including the child development center also are reopening at Redstone Arsenal.

Montgomery, Alabama – Listen,now, to some of the top stories making headlines in the WVAS newsroom. Send your news items and news tips to Tana Shealey at tshealey@alasu.edu or call 334.229.4783.