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Yahoo to buy Tumblr in $1.1bn deal

Yahoo Inc. has approved a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for 1.1 billion dollars. The acquisition is expected to be announced as early as Monday. The deal was unanimously voted for by the board, tech blog AllThingsD reported, citing sources close to the matter. According to the BBC, the deal will be CEO Marissa Mayer's largest deal since taking Yahoo's command in July ...
The Birmingham Bands You Need To Know

Birmingham, Alabama's music scene is blowing up: Homegrown bands are playing major music fests such as Banditos at this weekend's Hangout Music Festival , while a new music venue, Iron City , is bringing bands such as Neutral Milk Hotel to the ...
Real estate investors sentenced in Ala. fraud case

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Two real estate investors have been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for bid rigging at public foreclosure auctions and mail fraud.Department of Justice officials said Monday that Jason Brannon, of Mobile, and his father, Robert Brannon, of Laurel, Miss., were each sentenced to 20 months in prison.Authorities say the two conspired with others to fraudulently purchase ...
Alabama governor signs both state budgets

The governor's press secretary, Jennifer Ardis, announced Monday night that Bentley had signed both of the Legislature's spending plans without changes on the last day of the 2013 legislative ...
Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb kills 37

A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...

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Tea Party group to rally against IRS targeting Tuesday at Birmingham office part of nationwide campaign

Internal Revenue Service office in Birmingham Tuesday as part of a nationwide backlash against targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups by the ...
ALA county cracking down on prenatal drug exposure

GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in Etowah County say they're going to start cracking down on women who give birth to drug-addicted babies. At a news conference Monday, officials from the Etowah County sheriff and district attorney's office and the Department of Human Resources announced that women whose babies test positive at birth for drugs will be charged with chemical ...
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Members of the Democratic minority were inspired to show off their sartorial splendor on the last day of the legislative Session in honor of Mobile's Democratic Rep. Napoleon ...

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Yahoo 'to buy Tumblr in $1.1bn deal'

Yahoo Inc. has approved a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for 1.1 billion dollars. The acquisition is expected to be announced as early as Monday.

The deal was unanimously voted for by the board, tech blog AllThingsD reported, citing sources close to the matter.

According to the BBC, the deal will be CEO Marissa Mayer's largest deal since taking Yahoo's command in July 2012.

Neither Yahoo nor Tumblr responded immediately to requests for comment.

Under the terms of the acquisition, Tumblr would continue to operate as an independent business, which is currently run by David Karp, a 26-year-old New Yorker, who is expected to remain in his role. (ANI)