The Sunrise News Sampler

Tomorrow  a program at Central High School gymnasium, featuring television's Judge Glenda Hatchett will begin at 1pm.

Tuesday, Nov. 19, chorus students from all grades of the Tuscaloosa Magnet Schools will sing to residents at Caring Days Adult Day Care as part of National Alzheimer's Mont.

Thursday, November 21, the Paul W. Bryant High shool will hold its fall art show from 5:00 until 6:30, displaying the versatility of the students' artwork.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that 624 Alabamians selected health insurance plans in the first month that the health insurance marketplace was available.

Today, the House is expected to vote on GOP-drafted legislation to allow insurance companies to sell existing individual coverage plans to current and new customers.

Comcast is working to offer digital movie purchases through its boxes.

This morning, the Tuscaloosa News reports that yesterday, 20-year-old Juwan Hunter was sentenced to 25 years in prison in connection with a string of December 2011 robberies. Two other defendants, brothers Kesharn and Trevon Battle, are scheduled for sentencing next Friday morning at 9:30.

The Tennessee Valley Authority board voted yesterday to shut down five coal-burning boilers in Tuscumbia and one in Stevenson.

Alabama is getting $12.6 million for three projects designed to restore some of the natural resources affected by the 2010 Gulf oil spill.

Disaster officals in the Philippines say the death toll from last Friday's typhoon is beyond 3,600. Meanwhile, 600,000 survivors are displaced.

China is abolishing its labor camp system in addition to loosening its one-child policy, allowing couples to have two children if one of the parents was an only child.