Topic: U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby

The Secretary of the Air Force has selected Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., as the preferred location for U.S. Space Command headquarters.

A factory for the final assembly and testing of Standard Missile-3s and SM-6 interceptors has been opened in Alabama by Raytheon.

Democrats and Republicans in Washington sparred over an attempt to begin debate on a massive financial reform bill Thursday.

Congress may try to block changes to the U.S. space program under consideration by the White House, NASA's administrator said.

An adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama says General Motors Corp.'s government-engineered bankruptcy does not benefit union workers over other stakeholders.

U.S. regulators are pitching in to carve out a scenario for Lehman Brothers Holdings that would have the least damage to financial markets, sources said.

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., has hired a high profile Washington attorney, ostensibly to represent him in a potential Ethics Committee case.

Alabama Gov. Bob Riley will not lead the GOP delegation to the Republican National Convention and may sit it out entirely, the Mobile Register said Tuesday.

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