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  • More than 70 confirmations die at sessions end

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - When the Legislature adjourned Monday just before midnight, more than 70 nominations to state boards died without a vote. The affected bodies range from university governing boards to the state environmental management board and the Real Estate Commission. Of the pending nominations, 56 were from Gov. Robert Bentley, while another 14 came from legislative leaders or ...

  • Crime Stoppers May 21 Birmingham homicide investigation Jefferson County armed robbery

    BIRMINGHAM HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION: Crime Stoppers needs your help identifying a person of interest in a homicide investigation. The man, whose picture is posted to the right of this story, was seen with 22-year-old Jonathon Cole before he died. Cole was shot and killed Friday, April 5th at the Garden Inn and Suites on Crestwood Boulevard. "He's a person of interest at this ...

  • Mysterious illness kills 2 in southeast Alabama

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A mysterious respiratory illness has left five people hospitalized and two dead in southeast Alabama, state health officials said ...

  • Fire chief says search almost complete in Oklahoma at least 24 killed

    A teacher hugs a child at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...

  • Indian guest workers sue company in Miss. Texas

    GULFPORT, Miss. -; Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane ...


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Movie Review

Sweet Home Alabama

Sweet Home Alabama

Director Andy Tennant's last film was 1999's Anna and the King, the florid tale of a refined 19th-century British woman who finds herself in the ancient Oriental kingdom of Siam, which is moving slowly into modernity. His latest, the romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama, has essentially the same narrative crux, but in this case it's a refined 21st-century New Yorker who finds herself ... ...

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  • Alabama comes back to beat Auburn 6-3 in SEC Tournament

    Alabama used a 3-run rally in the eighth inning to push past Auburn for a 6-3 victory in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Tuesday. The Tide (33-24) trailed 3-1 after three innings, but scored a run in both the fourth and the sixth to tie the game. Chance Vincent hit a single to score Austen Smith for the go-ahead run in the eighth inning. Smith had three ...

  • Ala. man convicted on child sex charges

    GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) - The Etowah County District Attorney says a retired naval religious programs specialist has been convicted of sexually abusing a child. District Attorney Jimmie Harp said Tuesday that William Hammond, of Southside, was convicted last week after the Court of Criminal Appeals reversed his conviction from February 2011. The victim told investigators she was hired to babysit ...

  • OKC Thunder Match Kevin Durants $1 Million Pledge to Tornado Relief

    The Thunder announced Tuesday that they'll give $1 million to the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and other disaster relief organizations helping after Monday's disaster in suburban Oklahoma City. Earlier in the day, Durant pledged $1 million to the Red Cross from his Durant Family Foundation intended to match other donations and be an incentive for more people to ...

  • Walt Maddox elected president of Alabama League of Municipalities

    Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox speaks at a press conference on the city's commercial revolving loan program for businesses locating in Tuscaloosa's recovery zone at the EDGE business incubator on ...

  • The 50th Super Bowl goes to the San Francisco Bay Area 2017 title game to be in Houston

    BOSTON - The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area and the NFL championship will go to Houston the following year. Team owners voted Tuesday for the 49ers' new stadium as host of the 2016 game. That facility in Santa Clara, Calif., is due to open for the 2014 season. San Francisco beat out South Florida, which was stymied in its bid to stage an 11th Super Bowl when ...

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