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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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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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - NASA unveiled a beefed-up redesign of a proposed moon rocket Wednesday, saying the Ares V spacecraft that is to carry astronauts to the lunar surface in 12 years will be around 38 stories tall and carry a heftier load than originally planned.

The rocket is to be about 20 feet longer than a previous design and have six main engines at its base, instead of five. Engineers

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AMCOM chiefwants to createlocal engineers

As more military work moves to Huntsville, the defense industry should invest in higher education and not rely totally on the federal government to finance university education programs, a senior leader of Redstone Arsenal said Tuesday.

Creating home-grown engineers and keeping an eye on future needs are two of the most important forward-looking programs

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Huntsville will be the home of a major new biotechnology research institute, led by industry pioneer Jim Hudson and backed by $80 million in private contributions and a $50 million state investment.

At a luncheon today, Gov. Bob Riley, who has called for biotech development in Alabama since he first ran for governor, will announce the establishment of the nonprofit Hudson-Alpha Institute for

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