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...train was 34 minutes late, timing that in the end proved fatal. At 2:50 a.m. Amtrak's Sunset Limited reached the wood-and-steel span over Big Bayou Canot in Alabama. It had crossed the bridge dozens of times since its Los Angeles-to-Miami route was inaugurated in April. And so, with 210 people on board, it came confidently down the tracks -- and into the worst accident in Amtrak's 23-year history...
Amtrak's coast-to-coast Sunset Limited derailed last week while crossing a damaged bridge near Mobile, Alabama. The accident sent the engine and several cars hurtling into the Bayou Canot, trapping passengers in the water and an ensuing fire. Forty-seven died -- nearly equaling all the other deaths in Amtrak's 23-year history. The apparent cause: a barge struck the bridge minutes before the train came across...
Ekman said he worked at a law firm in Alabama over the summer that represented some race car drivers. He said he might be able to find the monster trucks using this connection...
...Southern Baptists would have it, the road to hell goes straight through Alabama. The Southern Baptists Convention estimated in a detailed county-by- county chart that 46.1% of people in the state are not born again and so risk not reaching heaven. Some Alabamians consigned to the flames were angered by the news. Said Martin King of the Home Mission Board, which compiled the study: "All we know is that as we understand the doctrine of salvation, a lot of people are lost...
Vaughn says there are "not many Blackapplicants" from Alabama and estimates about 10percent of interviewees each year are Black. Thereare efforts by visiting undergraduates andadmissions officers to recruit the few Blackstudents in the area, but that minority status hasno bearing on a candidate's evaluation, Vaughnsays...