Provides the latest RSS feeds for Alabama News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Birmingham Star.com http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/cat/dc5bac5ce154af20/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 17:12:10 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 17:12:10 -0400 30 LOS ANGELES -- News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan designed to prevent a hostile takeover in the volatile trading period after the split is ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762939/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 15:09:36 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762939/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762628/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 14:26:28 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762628/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Demolition has begun on some of the last buildings in Tuscaloosa slated to be torn down after being damaged by a massive tornado in April ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762768/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 14:16:09 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762768/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 PARIS (AP) -- France's military spokesman says a soldier has been stabbed in the throat in the French commercial district of La Defense outside ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762591/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:58:40 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762591/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 This undated photo shows journalist Haynes Johnson. Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday, May 24, 2013. He was 81. (AP Photo/The Washington Post) WASHINGTON TIMES OUT; NEW YORK TIMES OUT;THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER AND USA TODAY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762431/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:33:40 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762431/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to their high schools Saturday, they vowed they wouldn't say goodbye to ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762420/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:30:57 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762420/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Police in Montgomery say they suspect car crash played a role in a fatal shooting that is the city's 26th homicide of the ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762365/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:30:45 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762365/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 CAIRO - Egypt's Supreme constitutional Court has ruled against parts of an election law approved by the Islamist-led legislature that had lifted a long-standing ban on the use of religious slogans during campaigning. The court on Saturday said in its decision that not explicitly banning religious slogans in campaigns runs counter to national unity and principles of citizenship. The court ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762166/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:25:19 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214762166/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 RALEIGH, N.C. - Tesla Motors is fighting a bill in North Carolina that would effectively ban the company from selling its electric cars in the state, pitting it against auto dealers who say the car maker has an unfair advantage selling directly to consumers online. It's the latest such battle for California-based Tesla, which like other car manufacturers must navigate a patchwork of state ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761301/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:46:05 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761301/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 In this image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, shows rebel fighters celebrating after purportedly capturing an army base in Nairab, northwestern Syria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The video is consistent with independent AP reporting. Rebel fighters captured an army base late Wednesday, a rare victory after a series of battlefield setbacks, the Britain-based ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761394/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:45:49 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761394/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 FILE - In this Friday, May 24, 2013 file photo, military boots are laid in tribute outside the Woolwich Barracks, in London, in response to the bloody attack on Wednesday when a British soldier was killed in the nearby street. Counterterrorism police on Saturday were questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the savage killing of British soldier Lee Rigby. The friend, Abu ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761333/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:45:49 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761333/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LOS ANGELES -- Protests against seed giant Monsanto are getting under way across the U.S. and in dozens of other countries."March Against Monsanto" organizers say they're calling attention to the dangers posed by genetically modified food and the companies that produce it. Protests are planned in more than 250 cities Saturday.Genetically modified plants are grown from seeds ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761315/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:42:13 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761315/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 OHATCHEE, Ala. (AP) - Prosecutors have charged an Ohatchee man with capital murder in the 2009 slaying of a man whose body was found the day after Christmas. Al.com reports ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761835/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:34:38 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761835/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 GLENCOE, Ala. (AP) -- The police chief called it an "absolute miracle" after a northeast Alabama man walked away with minor injuries after a train smashed into his pickup truck and pushed it more than 500 feet along the ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761702/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:27:25 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761702/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761405/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:09:28 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761405/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 German auction house Breker said Saturday an Asian client, who asked not to be named, bought the so-called Apple 1, which the tech company's founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built in a family ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761255/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:48:40 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761255/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Washington state brings new attention to the limits of the country’s infrastructure, especially older structures that were designed with little room for error and were never intended to carry the number of cars and trucks they see ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760930/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:41:57 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760930/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 But there was a new name on the scene at this year's Cannes Film Festival with a background far removed from the bright lights of the French Riviera. Handsworth director M.A Double's real life story is itself worthy of a film script. His gangster-themed production, Ready 4 Whatever, was shot after he claimed to have spent 16 months on bail awaiting trial for importing Pounds ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760957/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:40:05 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760957/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File). FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 file photo, Columbus Crew's Robbie Rogers celebrates after scoring against the San Jose Earthquakes during the second half of an MLS soccer match in San ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761144/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:34:28 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214761144/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Police detain a gay rights supporter, left, and an opponent, right, who scuffle during an unsanctioned gay rally near the City Hall in Moscow, Saturday, May 25, 2013. The Kremlin initiated a bill banning "propaganda of homosexuality" and routinely banned gay rallies and parade. Russian police say they detained at least 30 gay rights campaigners and their opponents at an unsanctioned ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760293/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 10:45:44 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760293/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery - for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor finished installing the concrete bunker beneath the slab of their garage in early May. About three weeks later, the shelter saved their lives when a tornado that killed 24 people tore through their ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760416/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 10:42:42 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760416/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military. Speaking a day after President Barack Obama delivered a similar edict to U.S. Naval Academy graduates, Hagel's message comes amid a series of widespread incidents of ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760611/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 10:35:20 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760611/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 EPHRATAH, N.Y. -- Rescuers are searching for the pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed in upstate New York, killing two passengers.A dispatcher for the Fulton County Sheriff's Department says divers went to a large pond Saturday morning where the bulk of the plane was found submerged in Ephratah (ee-FRAY'-tah), west of Albany. Investigators are also combing nearby woods.The ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760531/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 10:23:19 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760531/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LONDON (AP) -- Counterterrorism police on Saturday questioned a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the killing of an unarmed British soldier, a savage attack that has horrified ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760345/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 10:10:10 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760345/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Gov. Robert Bentley repeated himself this week when he signed nomination letters for trustees at Alabama State University and the University of North ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760093/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 09:27:19 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214760093/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 From left, director James Gray, actors Marion Cotillard and Jeremy Renner arrive for the screening of The Immigrant at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214759321/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 08:42:33 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214759321/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the country must care for the loved ones the fallen leave behind. He says the country must also make sure that all veterans receive the care and benefits they have ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214758178/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:39:15 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214758178/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 DOTHAN — The Dothan Personnel Board expects to take at least two to three weeks to decide what could be a landmark case involving the use of social media by police. The board held a four-hour hearing Thursday in the case of Cpl. Raemonica Carney. She turned to the board after she was suspended for 10 days without pay and put on probation for two years for Facebook posts that department ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214758737/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:35:48 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214758737/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 On hand for Friday's signing ceremony with President Barack Obama are, from left, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, sponsor of the legislation; victims' relatives Lisa McNair, Thelma 'Maxine' Pippen McNair and Dianne Braddock; and the Rev. Arthur Price Jr., pastor of the 16th Street Baptist Church, the site of the bombing. / ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214758182/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:35:47 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214758182/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 King said the governor also approved a $50 million bond issue to purchase equipment for technology training programs in public schools. The technology programs are part of the State Board of ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214758739/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:35:46 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214758739/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Lee Rigby , hacking at his body with knives and a meat cleaver, on a London street in front of dozens of passersby on Wednesday afternoon. Both suspects were shot by police at the scene and are hospitalized under guard in stable condition. The BBC said Nusaybah was arrested by police outside its studios Friday night immediately after recording the interview. "This interviewee had important ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214757914/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:24:19 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214757914/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MAKHACHKALA, Russia - A female suicide bomber injured at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, police said. Police spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov said the bomber blew herself up in the central square in the provincial capital, Makhachkala. He did not give details about the injured children. Since 2000, at least two ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214756859/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:21:37 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214756859/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan - Jordan's King Abdullah II says extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. "Good faith talks must get going," he said in Saturday remarks at the opening of a two-day meeting of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum on the shores of the Dead Sea. He pointed to an Arab peace initiative that ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214756838/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:21:17 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214756838/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Dozens of African leaders are meeting in the Ethiopian capital to mark 50 years since the founding of the African Union, a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214756826/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:08:56 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214756826/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BEIRUT -; Activists say forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have unleashed their heaviest artillery barrage in a week to dislodge rebels from a strategic western ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754496/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:52:34 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754496/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON - Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post reported he died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. In a statement to the Post newsroom, Managing Editor Kevin Merida said Johnson died of a heart ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754822/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:29:51 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754822/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 President Barack Obama on Friday is joined by Attorney General Eric Holder, his wife, Sharon Malone, left, and Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala. IPTC: U.S. President Barack Obama says a few words before signing a bill designating the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating the lives of the four young girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church of Birmingham, Alabama, in the Oval ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754503/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:19:03 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754503/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Alfred L. Mayse II, 29, was driving a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am when the wreck happened about 4 a.m.Mayse died in the wreck that occurred about 1 mile south of Piedmont on Alabama 21, when Mayse ran off the road and struck a ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754192/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:59 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754192/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The driver of this truck walked away with minor injuries Friday after his vehicle was hit by a train in Glencoe. The wreck happened about 11:1a.m. on Keysburg Road near U.S. Highway 431. John Paul Moore, 22, of Glencoe, was driving his Toyota pickup and crossed into the path of the ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754191/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:59 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754191/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Gadsden Police visited local stores on Thursday and collected counterfeit money in an effort to protect businesses and consumers from the rash of fake bills flooding ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753768/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:58 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753768/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Gadsden Police Department | Special to The Times This woman is suspected of stealing credit cards from employees of local businesses, seen on a surveillance video from a Gadsden shoe ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754193/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:57 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754193/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 An online explanation of a thrift store is that it is not a high-end retailer, but a store with merchandise that is varied because it relies on donations to be sold in a no-frills shopping environment. Casual wear, furs and evening dresses, children’s clothing, toys, appliances, books and baby items are found at prices much below regular retail, and the money spent at thrift stores most ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754195/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:56 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754195/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The deadline is noon Tuesday to submit special services articles for publication in Saturday’s Worship section. Send announcements to news@gadsdentimes.com with ';Worship Guide'; in the subject line or mail to The Gadsden Times, Worship Guide News, P.O. Box 188, Gadsden, AL 35902, or 401 Locust ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754197/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:56 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754197/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 PHIL CARLSON | QUINCY HERALD-WHIG | ASSOCIATED PRESS | FILE The inside of the North Street Ministry Center and coffee shop is shown April 20 in Hannibal, Mo. The facility has a cabin feel, with one-off furniture, fishing nets and lures and reclaimed barn siding adding to the ambiance. Along with a simple coffee house atmosphere in part of the site, the center also features a bookstore, provides ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754196/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:56 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754196/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Reader comments posted to this article may be published in our print edition. All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be re-published without permission. Links are ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754194/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:56 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754194/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754201/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:15:49 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754201/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Dario Franchitti, of Scotland, framed through a stack of tires, talks with his crew following the final practice session for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Friday, May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Darron ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753657/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:39:09 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753657/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A pair of suspected militant attacks killed nine people in two different areas of northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said.In the deadlier of the two attacks, suspected militants armed with heavy weapons attacked a police convoy in Mattani, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing six policemen and wounding seven others, said senior ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753166/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:17 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753166/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 It was a dream come true for 13-year-old Alyssa Bartlett as she twirled in the hand of her dance partner, Steve Craft. The smile on her face was unmistakable. She was having the time of her ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753019/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:31:46 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753019/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MIAMI — David West's right hand helped the Indiana Pacers grab home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals. Roy Hibbert scored 29 points, West knocked away two passes by LeBron James for huge turnovers in the final minute, and the Pacers evened the East title series with a 97-93 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the series on Friday night. Paul George scored 22 ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753440/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:25:10 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753440/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Pittsburgh Penguins' Brenden Morrow (10) celebrates his first-period goal with teammate Jussi Jokinen (36) in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in their NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs series, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752395/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:32:20 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752395/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Forty years have passed since Eastern Flight 401 slammed down in the Florida Everglades, yet no memorial has been raised to remember the 101 people who perished that ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752370/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:28:56 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752370/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752664/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:57:11 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752664/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752665/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:57:09 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752665/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752666/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:57:02 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752666/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By SONIA PEREZ DIAZAssociated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank accounts. The former president was taken from a military hospital where he was recovering from liver surgery and a heart condition and put on a plane, according to his ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751975/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:13:29 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751975/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Department of Public Health is working with other health agencies to investigate an injectable anti-inflammatory drug prepared by a compounding manufacturer in ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751976/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:05:08 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751976/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751980/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:49:38 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751980/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751981/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:49:29 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751981/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751982/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:49:10 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751982/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 PHOENIX -- Key figures in a lawsuit that alleges that an Arizona sheriff's office has racially profiled Latinos in its immigration patrols. A judge ruled Friday that Arpaio's office systematically racially profiles Latinos:ARPAIO: Sheriff Joe Arpaio has aggressively pursued local immigration enforcement. The sheriff has been accused of launching some immigration patrols based on ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214750895/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:13:25 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214750895/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A man known to ride through Madison on a scooter - dressed in thong underwear and a cape - may be disturbing to ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751324/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:01 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751324/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The campaign to succeed Representative Jo Bonner began on Friday, a day after he said he would resign in August to become the vice chancellor of government relations and economic development for the University of Alabama system. His sister, Judy Bonner, is the president of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, one of the three campuses in the system. Mr. Bonner, a Republican, is in his sixth ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751250/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:54:39 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751250/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 A federal judge must now decide whether the nation's largest police force has been unjustly stopping black and Hispanic men under a polarizing tactic known as stop, question and frisk, and whether changes are needed to department policy, training and ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749676/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:05:38 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749676/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 My palms are pressed against Birmingham Central Library's rough exterior, but my mind is elsewhere - sifting through memories of kisses and fights. In a recurring dream, I'm the silent spectator watching a blonde-haired heroine wake up at spots around Birmingham where modernism was at its wildest - a grassy roundabout overlooked by tower blocks, underneath a flyover. Mostly that heroine ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749940/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:53:47 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749940/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Bayern Munich is trying to downplay being the favorite.While Borussia Dortmund is eager to play up its chances to pull off the upset.Even before the start of Saturday's Champions League final, the German rivals are at odds in their approach to the biggest game in club soccer.Bayern is approaching its third final in four years with the self-assured calm of a team in control after a season of ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749284/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:03:47 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749284/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 SAN FRANCISCO - It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage.Each year cleanup crews throughout the U.S. collect millions of pounds of plastic trash from beaches and coastal waterways, with the biggest numbers coming from California's 1,100-mile coastline.Once in the ocean, plastic takes ages to ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748865/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:58:00 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748865/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Attorney General Luther Strange says Davis was convicted Thursday in a non-jury trial before Elmore County Circuit Judge John Bush. The judge found her guilty of 10 ethics counts of using her position for personal gain and 19 counts of unlawfully obtaining criminal offender record information on multiple ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749330/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:42:03 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749330/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 http://bit.ly/12T8Qk5 ) reports 19-year-old Ronald Mitchell is charged with murder in the death of 22-year-old Micah Dewayne Johnson, who was last seen Monday morning. Police learned Johnson and Mitchell had spoken with each other early Tuesday ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749329/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:42:02 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749329/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 photo provided by the family, Wes Comer holds the Boy Scout uniform of his son, Isaiah, outside their home in Knoxville, Tenn. Comer, whose family attends an Apostolic Pentecostal church which considers homosexuality sinful, had been wrestling with whether to pull his eldest son out of the Scouts if the no-gays policy was abandoned. "To be honest, I'm ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747902/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:53:25 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747902/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 ATLANTA -- The Southern Co. is brainstorming ways it could more widely incorporate renewable energy, particularly solar power, into its traditional business model, CEO Thomas Fanning said this week.The southeast utility has assembled a brainstorming team tasked with considering how renewable energy technology might be used in coming years if its costs continue falling and solar panels become ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748345/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:49:31 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748345/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK - A New York City lawyer for two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre (farv) over claims he sent racy text messages says the case has been settled.Lawyer David Jaroslawicz (yahr-oh-SLAH'-vihk) wouldn't comment Friday on the terms of the settlement.Massage therapists Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole said Favre sent sexually suggestive texts to ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748352/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:48:53 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748352/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday to award Congress' highest civilian honor to four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement. He called it a tragic loss that "helped ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748322/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:40:58 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748322/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Lower housing affordability indicates improving market, housing experts say Anniston Star - May 23 Calhoun County home affordability decreased in the first three months of the year as prices and demand rose, indicating a strengthening housing market. According to the Alabama Center for Real Estate’s latest affordability index, homes in the county were 3.16 percent less affordable in the ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748323/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:40:19 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748323/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 HOOVER, Ala. (AP) -- Sheriff's officials south of Birmingham say a high school teacher accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student has been ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748324/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:32:56 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748324/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Forget about advice on avoiding foreclosures at one of the Housing and Urban Development offices nationwide. Roughly five percent of the federal workforce _ 115,000 people at six government agencies _ got an unpaid day off on Friday due to the automatic cuts to the government budget. The furloughs forced some agencies such as the IRS and HUD to drastically scale back operations. (AP Photo/Susan ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747753/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:13:54 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747753/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 TORONTO (AP) -- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. The mayor of Canada's largest city did not say whether he has ever used ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747839/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:13:29 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747839/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. No one answered the phone at the IRS hotline for tax help. Forget about advice on avoiding foreclosures at one of the Housing and Urban Development offices nationwide. Roughly five percent of the federal workforce _ 115,000 people at six government agencies _ got an unpaid day off on ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746672/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:44:30 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746672/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 FILE - In this May 23, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama talks about national security, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. The president left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself vast power over how and when the weapons can be deployed. (AP Photo/Carolyn ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746675/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:44:23 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746675/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK -- The price of oil fell 2 percent this week, as oil traders worried about global demand and shared the stock market's concerns about possible changes to the Federal Reserve economic stimulus program.The loss Friday was just 10 cents, to $94.15 a barrel. But four straight losses resulted in a weekly decline of $1.87 a barrel for the benchmark oil contract.The global economic ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746388/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:40:46 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746388/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 In an image made from video, actress Amanda Bynes, center, wearing sweats and a blonde wig, is escorted after a Manhattan criminal court appearance on Friday May 24, 2013, in New York. Bynes was arrested Thursday evening and charged with reckless endangerment after police say she heaved a marijuana bong out of out of her Manhattan apartment ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746565/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:40:12 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746565/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - The new owners of an Auburn apartment complex are giving it a different name and a fresh look as they try rebranding it following a shooting that killed three people, including two former Auburn University football players. The apartments formerly known as University Heights are now called Tiger Lodge. The 756-bed complex was purchased by Realco Capital Partners in January ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747561/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:32:07 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747561/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks prices are closing mostly lower on Wall Street, giving the market its first weekly loss in a month. The Dow Jones industrial average edged up eight points to 15,303 Friday, a gain of 0.1 percent. The Dow was supported by a big gain in Procter & Gamble. The Standard & Poor's 500 fell a point to 1,649, or 0.1 percent. The market had its first weekly loss in ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747228/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:32:07 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747228/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 DAPHNE, Ala. (AP) -- The campaign to replace U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner of Mobile has begun one day after he announced he would step down in August to take a job with the University of Alabama ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747229/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:24:05 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747229/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. While this development might seem at first glance to be a step toward ending the civil war, strong skepticism persists on both ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746609/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:03:54 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746609/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Still, counter-terrorism officials said they are reviewing what - if any - lessons can be gleaned from the information they had leading up to the slaying ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746610/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:03:52 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746610/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 #5 - Hibbett Sports Inc. (Nasdaq: HIBB) Year-end 2012 cash: $76.9M Year-end 2011 cash: $55.1M Change: Up $21.8M (39%) from 2011 Spending trend: In its annual report, Hibbett said its cash outlay for capital expenditures in the current fiscal year would be about $55 million. That will be used for expenditures for its new wholesaling and logistics facility and corporate headquarters, the opening of ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214756570/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:35:41 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214756570/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -- Government health officials are investigating several complications reported with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that the investigation involves seven reports from patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn.The injections ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745184/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:29:31 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745184/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Red Mountain State Park This weeks Birmingham Business Journal lists the areas most notable tourist attractions, listed alphabetically. Click here to see a photo map of the Birmingham Tourist Attractions, or check out our slideshow below to see the entire List. Click the white arrow in each picture to collapse or expand the description of each attraction. One Birmingham outdoor adventure venue ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753483/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:29:17 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753483/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 When Aisha was evicted from her flat in East Ham, east London, on 15 April, she packed her belongings in a suitcase and went with her six-year-old daughter to the ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746253/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:26:21 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746253/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Charles Schumer urged regulators to "use extreme caution" when reviewing the proposed acquisition of No. 3 cell carrier Sprint Nextel by Japan's Softbank, saying the Japanese company's use of Chinese networking equipment could open up U.S. networks to snooping and hacking. The New York Democrat sent letters Friday to ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745945/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:20:37 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745945/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Many states get hit frequently with tornadoes and other natural catastrophes, but Oklahoma is Disaster Central. The twister that devastated Moore, Okla., was the 74th presidential disaster declared in the Sooner state in the past 60 years. Only much-larger and more-populous California and Texas have had ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745838/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:06:50 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745838/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 View results SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey used a record-breaking gesture Friday to celebrate its recovery from a record-setting storm, proclaiming to the nation that the Jersey shore is back in business following Superstorm Sandy.Gov. Chris Christie and a host of volunteers carried out a ceremonial ribbon cutting that broke the Guinness World record for the longest such undertaking. ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744400/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:24:57 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744400/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Choosing future Navy and Marine leaders as his audience, President Barack Obama issued a pointed call Friday for an end to sexual assaults in the military, appealing to graduating midshipmen to contain what has become a growing ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744118/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:23:14 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744118/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK -- Delta Air Lines is opening a $1.4 billion terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, strengthening its hand in the battle for the lucrative New York travel market.The expanded concourse offers sweeping views of the airport, upscale food and shopping options and increased seating.It replaces a decrepit terminal built by Pan Am in 1960 that was an embarrassing way to welcome ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214743716/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:17:47 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214743716/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 A day after laying out his counterterrorism vision, President Barack Obama is addressing future military leaders who could help carry it out in a speech to U.S. Naval Academy ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744645/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:08:55 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744645/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MILAN (AP) -- The woman who prosecutors allege had sex with Silvio Berlusconi while he was Italy's premier in exchange for money spent her second day on the witness stand Friday, denying her own sworn descriptions of racy escapades at his "bunga bunga" parties and long lists of expensive jewelry and watches received from the media mogul. Karima el Mahroug, a Moroccan known as Ruby, ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744041/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:00:45 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744041/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, greets North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing Friday, May 24, 2013. The top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Xi on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214742470/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:08:43 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214742470/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 CARACAS, Venezuela -; Venezuela's president has ordered the creation of a new workers' militia as part of an existing pro-government fighting ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214742649/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:08:41 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214742649/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Choosing future Navy and Marine leaders as his audience, President Barack Obama issued a pointed call Friday for an end to sexual assaults in the military, appealing to graduating midshipmen to contain what has become a growing epidemic. ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214743097/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:06:48 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214743097/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20