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Birmingham, AL – (AP) - A defense lawyer says former Birmingham
Mayor Larry Langford rejected a plea bargain in his federal trial
on bribery charges because he maintained that he had not broken the
law.
Attorney Glennon Threatt, who represented Langford, said Tuesday
that Langford's reaction to the government's offer was that he had
done nothing wrong.
Threatt told The Birmingham News a plea deal would have required
Langford to admit guilt and give prosecutors information on

Montgomery, AL – (AP) - Customers of Alabama Gas Corp. are going
to pay lower rates for heating their homes.
The Birmingham-based utility has notified that Alabama Public
Service Commission that it is dropping rates because its supply
costs have gone down. Company spokeswoman Susan Delenne says the
average residential customer's annual bill should go down by more
than $60.
Delenne says this is the fourth rate reduction since November
2008.
The PSC allows Alabama Gas to raise and lower its rates

Montgomery, AL – (AP) - Alabama Agriculture and Industries
Commissioner Ron Sparks says some fish being imported into Alabama
have tested positive for a substance not approved for fish.
Sparks plans a news conference for 3 p.m. today at his agency's
headquarters in Montgomery. He says the imported fish have tested
positive for fluoroquinolones, a substance not approved by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration for aquaculture.
Sparks said when his department's labs find the substance in

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