The man who shot and paralyzed Alabama Gov. George Wallace in 1972 was released from prison Friday after serving 35 years of his sentence, a Maryland prison system spokesman said. Arthur H. Bremer, 57, left the prison before sunrise, said spokesman Mark A. Vernarelli.

The Alabama attorney general's office said Friday it would like to block the early release from a Maryland prison of the man who shot former Gov. George C. Wallace as the ex-segregationist campaigned for president in 1972.

By Tamara Dietrich, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Jan. 5--The firing of George Wallace and the resultant fallout is a chapter in local politics that's so messy you almost long to see it swept under the nearest rug.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA Former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed, unable to overcome his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, conceded defeat Tuesday in Georgia's Republican race for lieutenant governor. In Alabama, George Wallace Jr.

Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney couldn't avoid a runoff in her first election following a scuffle with a Capitol Hill police officer, and now faces a second contest against her main challenger, Hank Johnson.