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  • Currency factors weigh on retailer HMs Q2 profit

    STOCKHOLM -; Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB on Wednesday said profits fell by 11 percent in the second quarter due to the strong Swedish krona and increased markdowns as it tried to shift its ...

  • Greenwood set to host Mississippi-Alabama tourism conference

    GREENWOOD, MISS. — Greenwood will host the 2014 Mississippi-Alabama Rural Tourism Conference. The conference focuses on assisting smaller communities in bolstering tourism. The 2014 conference is scheduled for Oct. ...

  • Miss. woman pleads not guilty in Alabama womans injection death

    Tracey Lynn Garner pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing an Alabama woman by giving silicone injections as a buttocks enhancement. / Rogelio V. Solis/AP ...

  • Town will reconsider pit bull ban mayor says

    CLAY — The mayor of an Alabama town says that city officials will reconsider a ban on pit bulls after dozens of pet owners and animal advocates showed up at a city council meeting to protest the decision. The Clay City Council had approved the pit bull ban two weeks ago, but animal advocates say the public should have been given more warning about the new ordinance. They also contend that ...

  • Carnival sues Alabama firm that was repairing Triumph

    MOBILE — The Carnival Corp. filed a lawsuit last week seeking more than $12 million in damage that its cruise ship, Triumph, sustained in an early April windstorm. AL.com reported that in the lawsuit, Carnival argues that mooring equipment being used by BAE Systems was defective. The ship broke free of its mooring during a storm that packed winds of more than 60 mph. A dock worker drowned ...


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Movie Review

Claire's Knee (Le Genou de Claire) [DVD]

Claire's Knee (Le Genou de Claire) [DVD]

Surely a man getting married in a month is level-headed, says the woman in Claires Knee (Le Genou de Claire) who is about to entrust her 16-year-old daughter to said level-headed man for a long afternoon hike even though the daughter has made it clear that she is in love w ... ...

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  • Authorities on lookout for infant boy teen

    BIRMINGHAM — Authorities in Alabama were looking for a missing infant and a teenage girl who may be linked to the ...

  • State school board member Mary Scott Hunter considers run for governor

    Alabama Board of Education member Mary Scott Hunter of Huntsville is considering entering the Republican race for governor and plans to decide by the end of summer. / ...

  • UK banking commission urges better standards

    LONDON -- British bankers could soon be facing harsher penalties for behaving badly.After a year which has seen major scandals involving rate-rigging, money-laundering and rogue-trading rock the UK's financial industry, an influential parliamentary committee recommended Wednesday that senior bankers should be held more accountable for their bank's actions. One measure, it said, should ...

  • AP PHOTOS Heats overtime escape to defend title

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Video shows Justin Bieber running into a photographer with his white Ferrari in Hollywood, but police say there was no crime and the injuries aren't ...

  • Bribery trial of former Finmeccanica CEO opens

    MILAN (AP) -- The former head of the Italian aerospace and defense giant Finmeccanica goes on trial in a case involving alleged bribes to win a 560 million euro ($670 million) helicopter contract in ...

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