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  • 4 teens shot at high school graduation party in Huntsville

    Huntsville - AL - Police in Huntsville say four teenagers were shot at a high school graduation party. The search is now on for the gunman. The shooting happened in the early hours Wednesday at a home on Michael Drive. Madison County sheriff's deputies say a fight broke out during the party. People jumped someone at the party, who then began shooting. Two of the victims were taken by ...

  • Author talks about book on Apostle Paul

    Here is a description taken from Amazon.com: "We will all be ambushed at some point in our lives. The ultimate query is how we will react to this event. This novel focuses on how Paul, a self-driven man, dealt with his life changing confrontations. Paul was a criminal, terrorist, and murderer. After he was ambushed, he went from persecutor to being persecuted and from taking life to giving ...

  • Showdown with U.S. near for Wallace student protestors returned to Birmingham schools

    MAY 22, 1963 -- "The stage appeared to be set for Gov. George C. Wallace to reach his face-to-face showdown with federal power," The News reported on this date after an order integrated ...

  • Your Health 5-22-13 Americans health

    Birmingham, AL - Americans' overall health is not improving much. A new government report shows about six in 10 people are either overweight or obese and large numbers are engaging in unhealthy behaviors like smoking, heavy drinking or not exercising. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only one in five adults met federal guidelines for both aerobic activity and ...

  • Tuscaloosa mayor elected to municipal league post

    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox has been elected president of the Alabama League of Municipalities. The Tuscaloosa News reports ...


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Movie Review

Sword of the Beast (Kedamono no ken) [DVD]

Sword of the Beast (Kedamono no ken) [DVD]

When we first meet Yuuki Gennosuke (Mikijiro Hira), the hero of Hideo Goshas Sword of the Beast (Kedamono no ken), he appears to be a simple criminal on the lam, hiding out in the dirt of a grassy field while his pursuers track him down. Yet, as we soon learn via ... ...

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  • Veterans honored at Ft. McClellan Cemetery

    The Anniston Army Depot is honoring America's veterans. There will be a ceremony starting at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 22 at the Ft. Mclellan Cemetery. There will be a wreath-laying and flag placing on the 200 graves there. Lt. Col. Robert Rouse will be the guest speaker. Rouse is the commander of d-DLA-a distribution in ...

  • Texas AM beats Florida 6-3

    Hunter Melton hit a three-run homer and had an RBI single to help Texas A&M defeat Florida 6-3 on Tuesday in the Aggies' first appearance in the SEC baseball tournament. A&M starter Daniel Mengden (8-3) overcame two balks and a wild pitch to go the distance, throwing 117 pitches. The Aggies (31-25) took a 3-2 lead in the fourth on Melton's two-out home run off Florida ...

  • Birmingham man found shot to death

    Officers responded to a call around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday of a man in the street who had been shot. They found 27-year-old Lederious Peoples of Birmingham with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to UAB Hospital, where he died a short time ...

  • UAB physics prof gets $480K grant to study metals used in electronics

    The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $480,000 to a University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher to investigate the behavior of rare earth metals under extreme conditions and temperatures. A UAB news release said the funding is going to Yogesh Vohra, a physics professor and associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences. The goal of the project is to predict how the earth metals, which ...

  • Pelham approves deal with Summer Classics for Moore-Handley property

    PELHAM, Alabama -- The vacant Moore-Handley property on Highway 31 in Pelham is becoming the new headquarters for outdoor furniture manufacturer Summer Classics as well as possibly other retail development under a deal approved tonight by the City ...

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