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  • 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 ...

  • No deaths reported after Washington bridge collapse

    Mount Vernon, WA - Washington Governor Jay Inslee says work has already started to design detours after a partial bridge collapse in Mount Vernon, Washington, but state Transportation Secretary Lynn Peterson asked people to avoid Interstate 5 in the area for the next several days. The National Transportation Safety Board is sending an investigative team. Three people were injured but ...

  • 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits northern California No serious damage reported

    An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage. The magnitude-5.7 quake broke dishes and shook mirrors when it struck at 8:47 p.m. Thursday, officials said. It was centered near Greenville, about 25 miles southwest of Susanville in far northeastern ...

  • Huntsville approves entertainment districts

    http://bit.ly/1aeMVoU ) the Huntsville city council on Thursday approved two separate entertainment districts. People will be allowed to walk around with an alcoholic beverage in the districts on Thursdays and Fridays starting June ...

  • Extra troopers less road in Ala. during weekend

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Motorists traveling through Alabama during the long Memorial Day weekend will see extra state troopers on the road. Alabama officials announced the extra troopers are the result of the state participating in the nationwide Click It Or Ticket campaign to increase the use of safety belts. Many of the state's city and county law enforcement agencies are also ...


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Boudu Saved From Drowning (Boudu sauvé des eaux) [DVD]

Boudu Saved From Drowning (Boudu sauvé des eaux) [DVD]

Boudu Saved From Drowning (Boudu sauv des eaux) was a perfectly respectable minor play about a middle-class family who redeems a homeless tramp by teaching him bourgeois civility that Jean Renoir turned into a wonderfully disreputable film about a middle-class ... ...

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  • Bentley to speak Friday in Greenville Point Clear

    MONTGMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley will join other state and local leaders to make an announcement about new jobs coming to Greenville. Details concerning the new economic development project will be announced by the governor and other officials at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the old West Point Building on Glendale Avenue in Greenville. Also Friday, the governor will be at the Marriott ...

  • Grilling this Memorial Day Here is a warning

    Boy Scouts of America leaders are meeting in Texas to vote on whether or not to change the long standing ban on openly gay Boy Scouts. The two day meeting of 1,400 local Boys Scout leaders begins Wednesday ...

  • Halls of Fame kickoff times and Finebaums big move

    Nick Saban plaqueas Nick Saban and other inductees met with the media at the Class of 2013 Media Luncheon, Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Museum in Birmingham, ...

  • Conflict arises over juvenile sentencing

    The sentence a juvenile who has been convicted of capital murder should receive is currently up in the air. ...

  • Hurricane center Beware of the storm surge

    By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ...

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