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  • Obama OKs honor for Birmingham bombing victims

    WASHINGTON -; Four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement are receiving the highest honor Congress gives to ...

  • Horrified trucker describes I-5 bridge collapse in Washington

    Rescue workers form a human chain as they begin to remove a woman who reaches out from a smashed pickup truck that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the I-5 bridge Thursday in Mt. Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco ...

  • Illinois judge charged with possession of heroin guns

    ST. LOUIS (AP) - A southwestern Illinois judge already under scrutiny after a colleague died of a cocaine overdose at his family's hunting lodge was charged Friday with possession of heroin and guns. Wearing cutoff shorts and a T-shirt with the slogan "Bad is my middle name," St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook pleaded not guilty to federal counts of possessing heroin ...

  • Ala. governor signs bond issues campaign bill

    Bentley spokesman Jeremy King said Friday the governor signed a $30 million bond issue to repair six schools damaged by tornadoes in 2011 and 2012. He also approved a $50 million bond issue to purchase equipment for technology training programs in public ...

  • Birmingham murder victim Ashley Lane was loving and caring sister says

    It's been more than two weeks since Ashley Lane was killed , and police said they don't know much more today than they did the day the 37-year-old woman's body was found on a Woodlawn ...


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Movie Review

The Devil's Rejects

The Devil's Rejects

If theres one thing you can say about rocker-turned-filmmaker Rob Zombie, it is that he has no pretensions. In his sophomore film, the neo-grindhouse epic The Devils Rejects, he never for a moment pretends that its about anything other than vicariously identifying with a ... ...

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  • Honda makes donation to Hands On Birmingham

    Hands On has been partnering with the United Way to accomplish over 100 community service projects over the course of the past ...

  • Your Health 5-24-13 Statins and diabetes

    BIRMINGHAM - AL - Certain cholesterol-lowering drugs may increase your chances of developing type 2 diabetes. A new study suggests the risk was greatest for patients taking Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor also known as simvastatin. The research focused on almost 500,000 people in Ontario, Canada. The study indicates people taking Lipitor had a 22 percent higher risk of new-onset diabetes, Crestor ...

  • Fiery single-vehicle accident near Athens kills 2

    Certain cholesterol-lowering drugs may increase your chances of developing type 2 diabetes. A new study suggests the risk was greatest for patients taking Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor also ...

  • Dothan board weighs officers Facebook posts

    DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) -- The Dothan Personnel Board expects to take a few weeks to decide what could be a landmark case involving the use of social media by ...

  • Alabama AM names alum as new band director

    http://bit.ly/1af5V6x ) that the school announced this week that Carlton Wright will be the new band director. He replaces interim director Derrick ...

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