The Sunrise News Sampler

Today, a free legal clinic will be held at the Tuscaloosa Public Library from 3:00pm until 5:00pm, where lawyers will be available to answer questions about divorce, custody, and visitation, landlord/tenant issues, wills and estates, debt, bankruptcy and foreclosure, and domestic violence.

The Tuscaloosa City Council has approved a law requiring anyone involved with a ticket reselling business to get a license from City Hall.  This is in effort of clamping down on ticket scalpers. Earlier this month, the city of Auburn imposed a $155 license on ticket sellers.

A report by the Alabama Revenue Department shows scholarship granting organizations raised nearly $24.8 million in tax-deductible donations to help students attend private school through the Alabama Accountability Act, but granted only nine scholarships in their first semester.

Gov. Bentley says he plans to call a special session of the Legislature to use money from the state's education budge to pay for economic incentives to lure new businesses.

World shares are rattled today by reports the European Union is weighing stiffer financial sanctions against Russia, following last week's shoot-down of a Malaysia Airlines plane over a part of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russia separatists.

Concerns have been expressed about the design of the Minnesota Vikings' new stadium, which is under construction and set to feature 200,000 square feet of glass, according to Fox Sports.

APS authorities have lost contact with AH 5017 an hour after it took off from Burkina Faso. The plane is said to be carrying 110 passengers and six crew members. It was supposed to land in Algiers but never reached its destination.

Los Angeles home for Robin Thicke and Paula Patton went on the market this week for just under $3 million, according to TMZ.