The Sunrise News Sampler

Yesterday, Attorney General Luther Strange's office announced that state agents raided four Greene County entertainment venues: Greenetrack, Greene Charity Bingo, River's Edge, and Frontier Bingo. Strange says the casinos were operating in open defiance of the law. However, Greenetrack will continue to simulcast greyhound and thoroughbred horse racing.

Hundreds of Alabamiams signed up for health insurance yesterday before the health care law's open enrollment deadline. Officials say Alabama is now close to the federal government's original enrollment forecast of 82,000 enrollments.

President Obama's health care overhaul is on track to sign up more than 7 million Americans for health insurance, which was the original target set by the Congressional Budget Office.

Creators of "How I Met Your Mother" are said to be working on a spinoff in the form of the pilot "How I Met Your Dad."

Community Service Programs is taking applications for Head Start. For more information, call 205-752-5429.

FOCUS on Senior Citizens is offering free tax preparation for seniors through April 15. Call 205-758-3393 for more information. In state news, yesterday, Governor Bentley said he would like to see a 2-percent teacher pay raise added to one of two pending bills that would give a one-time bonus to active state employees and retired state workers. In other news, a report being released today underscores a continuing racial gap affecting American children's chances for success. The report fromt he Annie E. Casey Foundation finds that white and Asian children are far better positioned for success than black, Latino, and American Indian children and is calling for urgent action to close the gap. And in sports news, yesterday, Los Angeles Angels Coach Don Baylor suffered a fractured right femur while cathing the ceremonial first pitch at Angel Stadium.