of the European Union was prosperity, the failure to deliver that prosperity -- and the delivery of poverty instead, unevenly distributed -- is not sustainable. If Europe is in crisis, the world's largest economy is in crisis, political as well as financial. And that matters to the world perhaps more than anything else.

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Why is Donald Trump running for president? Marc Hodak nails it. Trump is planning to auction the Presidency to the highest bidder. Sure, he may be happy to w...An elderly Moulton man is charged with shooting his neighbor. And investigators believe the intent was to kill him.

L.C. Hall (Lawrence County Sheriff's Office)

The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office responded to a neighborhood on County Road 70 on Wednesday afternoon. Investigators say L.C. Hall, 87, went to a neighbor's home and shot him once with a shotgun. The birdshot hit his left shoulder.

Lawrence County Sheriff Gene Mitchell said the victim's injuries were serious but not life-threatening. He was treated at a local hospital then released.

Hall was arrested and charged with attempted murder and first-degree assault. He was booked into the Lawrence County Jail and later released on a $30,000 bond.

Mitchell said Hall confessed to the shooting. He said the two had been feuding, and that Hall was upset over