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  • Santorum wins Alabama presidential primary

    PHILLIP RAWLS, Associated Press

    AP Photo/Eric Gay In this Monday, photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum campaign in Montgomery, Ala. Santorum won the Albama Republican presidential primary. MONTGOMERY, Ala — Rick Santorum has won Alabama's presidential primary, with Newt Gingrich running second. With 51 percent of the precincts reporting Tuesday night, Santorum had 35 percent of the votes, Gingrich 30 percent, Mitt Romney 28 percent, and Ron Paul 5 percent. Santorum couldn't match Gingrich and Romney in campaign s...

  • Death toll from severe storms rises to 17

    PHILLIP RAWLS, Associated Press

    BOONE'S CHAPEL, Ala. — Vicious storms and howling winds smacked the Deep South, killing at least seven people in Alabama including three family members whose homes were tossed into nearby woods. Rebecca Parks carries out salvaged personal items from the remains of a tornado damaged neighbor in east Clinton, Miss., Friday. Although her own home sustained damage, Parks and her children assisted neighbors in their cleanup. The state was hit by a line of severe storms that spawned at least one tornado causing extensive damage a...