The Sunrise News Sampler

Tuscaloosa Police have released photos of the suspect in the robbery of the West Alabama Bank on HWY 69 S yesterday morning. A black male is said to have entered the bank with a rifle and demanded money from the tellers. He left with an undisclosed amount and got into a small, gray four-door vehicle. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers.

Yesterday, Montgomery Circuit Judge Gene Reese ruled tha the Alabama Accountability Act is unconstitutional.

A new global analysis says almost a third of the world is fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades. Researchers found more than 2 billion people worldwide are now overweight or obese, with the highest rates in the Middle East and North Africa.

Tation remembers poet and author Maya Angelou, whose death was announced yesterday morning. She was 86.

The murder trial of Tracey Grissom is set to begin in August, but jurors for the case may not get tot hear the details of what her defese attorney says weas her motivation for killing her ex-husband Hunter Daniel Grissom, who was awaiting prosecution on charges of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, and unlawful imprisonment that had been filed against him by his wife.

The Alabama Forestry Commission says it has received numerous reports about pine trees dying in northwest Alabama, and the culprit appears to be the larvae of the loblolly pine sawfly. Infestations have been reported in Colbert, Marion, Franklin, Lamar, and Fayette counties.

The search continues for the missing Malaysian jetliner that disappeared on March 8. The search will be suspended for a couple months while more powerful sonar equipment is brought in to examine a much broader area.

Actress Stacey Dash has joined Fox News as a regular contributor.