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  • Mysterious respiratory illness kills 2 in southeast Alabama

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A mysterious respiratory illness has left five people hospitalized and two dead in southeast Alabama, state health officials said Tuesday. Seven people have been admitted to hospitals with a fever, cough and shortness of breath in recent weeks, Alabama Department of Public Health spokeswoman Mary McIntyre said in a statement. Two of the seven have died. The Alabama ...

  • Birminghams Sarah Simmons makes the grade moves on to top 8 on The Voice

    The Voice ." The Birmingham native, 23, has made the next cut on the NBC reality show with her rendition of Jessie J's "Mamma Knows Best." Results were announced tonight during the 8 p.m. ...

  • Man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries in Tuesday shooting in Ensley

    One person was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries in a shooting in the 1600 block of Avenue T in Ensley just after 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, ...

  • Singer Kellie Pickler named new Dancing champ

    LOS ANGELES -- Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first.The 26-year-old country singer won the show's mirrorball trophy Tuesday.Pickler and her professional partner, Derek Hough, earned two sets of perfect scores Monday night and another on Tuesday. Judges' scores combined with viewer votes determine the ...

  • Roy Moore says courts must have more money

    Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore says the court system needs more money or it will be forced to make more layoffs. Moore says he's grateful that the General Fund signed by the governor on Monday increases the court system's appropriation by $5.6 million to $108 million, but he says that is $8.5 million short of what's needed to maintain the current staff. Moore expects to lay off ...


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The Princess and the Frog [Blu-Ray]

The Princess and the Frog [Blu-Ray]

The Princess and the Frog, the first theatrically released hand-drawn animated feature from Walt Disney Studios since 2004s Home on the Range, is a generally delightful, though not exactly glorious, return to form. The primary ingredients of its cinematic ... ...

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  • Birmingham 2040 Regional planning commission wants public input to help Think Forward

    The downtown skyline is shown at sunset from the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday, ...

  • Alabama State to host Voting Rights Center

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The board of the Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Corporation has authorized $1.2 million in bond money for a landmark voting rights center in the capitol ...

  • Seventh annual Magic City Brewfest returns to Birmingham at end of month

    food in one place to make for the perfect weekend event. And this year will be no different. What will be different is that the organizers of this event, just as they've always done, have found ways to improve the brewfest with a few new additions. Thanks to our ever changing craft beer landscape in Alabama, the beer list at this event will be loaded with breweries and beers that are ...

  • Tuscaloosa reaches out to Moore OK

    TUSCALOOSA - AL - While thinking about Oklahoma, some of Tuscaloosa's first responders took a walk across what was Fire Station #4. It was toppled by a tornado with them inside - two years ago. "All four of us huddled down under a single mattress," Firefighter Jeff Roberts uttered to other fire fighters. He says the all personally feel the City of Moore's pain. ...

  • Search nearly complete after Oklahoma tornado

    Justin Stehan salvages photographs from his tornado-ravaged home Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Charlie ...

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