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Birmingham police investigating shooting at a home near Fountain Heights Park

Birmingham police are investigating a shooting at a home near Fountain Heights Park Wednesday night. Officers responded to a report of a person shot at a residence in the 1400 block of 17th Street North at around 8:30 p.m. Birmingham Fire and Rescue workers also responded to the location. Police began a search for a suspect near some nearby apartments shortly after arriving at the scene. It is ...
Police searching for 2 suspects wanted in armed robbery of an east Birmingham Subway

One of the two suspects holds a Subway employee at gunpoint before robbing the store of cash in east Birmingham on Monday, June 17, ...
State officials approve new hospital in Florence

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - State officials have voted to allow a nearly 300-bed hospital to be built in northern Alabama. The TimesDaily of Florence ...
Man faces capital murder charge in October killing of disabled man in Titusville

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Birmingham police have made an arrest in the Oct. 4, 2012, killing of a disabled man in his Titusville ...
Incumbents mostly victorious in monitored election

http://bit.ly/18YrGfC ) that Evergreen Mayor Pete Wolff beat two challengers and most incumbent councilmembers were victorious in a municipal election Tuesday night that was monitored by federal officials. The U.S. Department of Justice announced plans earlier this week to dispatch observers to monitor polling places to keep tabs on reports of discriminatory voting practices. A judge postponed ...

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Slums of Beverly Hills

Getting through adolescence is hard enough in and of itself, but for Vivian Abramowitz (Natasha Lyonne), the 14-year-old heroine of Tamara Jenkins' semi-autobiographical "Slums of Beverly Hills," the gauntlet run of growing up isn't being made any easier by her eccentric family. First of all, there's her own physical turmoil: her body has suddenly started developing, apparently out of nowhere, and ... ...

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Tuscaloosa City Schools approve calendar changes for school year

TUSCALOOSA - AL - The Tuscaloosa City Schools Board of Education approved changes to the new school year's academic calendar. It includes 5 half day dismissals. The proposed recommendations is for professional development days for employees. The plan will also reduce the use of substitutes for those days. The half days will take place September 25, October 29, December 10, February 18 and ...
Steel beam placement at I-65 Corridor X interchange causing lane closures photo...

Work continues on Interstate 65 as part of the Alabama Department of Transportation's project to build an interchange to connect I-65 to Corridor X ...
Tuscaloosa Superintendent Schools not failing

TUSCALOOSA - AL - Tuscaloosa City School Superintendent, Dr. Paul McKendrick waited more than 24 hours to speak publicly about Marthing Luther King, Jr. Elementary, Westlawn Middle and Central High Schools being on the Tuesday's list of the state's failing schools. McKendrick expressed his frustration during every other sentence while talking to the media. "Puts a dagger in ...
Braves signs top draft pick Jason Hursh

The Atlanta Braves have signed their first round draft pick, Jason Hursh. The right-handed pitcher from Oklahoma State will receive a $1,704,200 signing bonus and reportedly begin his pro career with the Rome Braves of the South Atlantic League (Class A). Hursh spent two seasons at OSU. He finished near the top of the Big 12 last season with 13 starts (T-1st), 86 strikeouts (T-2nd), three ...
Ala. man pulled from submerged vehicle identified

The bodies of two other passengers - an unidentified man and woman - have been sent to the Department of Forensic Sciences in Huntsville for ...

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They said it

Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

Hassan Rouhani

Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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Apple unveils new operating system, refreshed MacBook Airs

Apple Inc. has unveiled an operating system for its iPhones and iPads that will radically overhaul how users' touchscreens look, a top company official said.

Besides the new system, iOS 7, also unveiled was a refreshed MacBook Airs. The company announced an iTunes Radio streaming-music service and a sneak peek at a new Mac Pro that would be the most powerful computer Apple has ever made.

Unveiling Apple's first major product event in nine months in California Monday, chief executive Tim Cook called it "the biggest change to iOS since the introduction of the iPhone".

Developers assembled for the week-long conference got the first look at a major reworking of Apple's mobile operating system, due in September, CNN reported.

iOS is home to more than 900,000 apps that collectively have earned independent developers $10 billion, according to Apple.

The mobile design, overseen for the first time by new iOS boss Jony Ive, includes new typography, redesigned icons and a new colour palette. The pool-table green background on Game Centre is gone.

Siri, Apple's voice-activated "digital assistant", has become more diverse. Users will be able to choose a male voice -- Siri has been solely a "she" so far -- and can ask it to perform basic tasks like playing a voicemail or turning down the brightness on an iPhone or iPad's screen. ...