HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle appeared on Fox Business Tuesday morning, where he was interviewed about Huntsville's "bulletproof" economy. The appearance was spurred by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranking Huntsville's No. 1 in its "10 Best Cities for 2009" based largely on solid job opportunities. In the appearance, Battle touted Redstone Arsenal and NASA jobs, plus

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2009 lags first half of 2008; totals up for last 2 months

Madison County home sales for the first half of the year were down 16 percent from the same period in 2008, local Realtors reported Tuesday. But home sales have increased for two straight months.

From January through June, 2,083 homes sold in Madison County, compared with 2,488 for the same period last year, according to the Huntsville

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The city of Madison may be considered a small town by some standards, but it recently made a big name for itself after being ranked No. 49 in CNN/Money magazine's list of the Top 100 small cities in the United States.

CNN/Money selected the towns, ranging from 8,500 to 50,000 in population, on the basis of their "great schools, affordable homes, low crime" and general appeal.

Mayor Paul Finley

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 For the second straight month, Huntsville home prices have increased, according to newly released data from First American CoreLogic and its LoanPerformance Home Price Index.

Prices here increased 0.84 percent in May compared to a year ago and in April, Huntsville showed an increase of 1.03 percent compared to one year prior, according to First American CoreLogic.

On average, housing prices in

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Talk about a bulletproof economy. This northern Alabama city represents critical mass for the nation's missile-defense and aerospace industries. The medical and life-sciences industries are thriving, too. Thousands of new jobs are pouring into town. With a few exceptions, business in Huntsville is so healthy that Mayor Tommy Battle has a pleasant problem: "We have more jobs than we can fill."

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