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  • SEC Baseball Tournament Arkansas downs LSU to advance to semifinals

    Third-seeded Arkansas opened up a close game with a pair of runs in the top of the ninth inning to remain undefeated at the Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament with a 4-1 victory against second-seeded LSU on Thursday at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. Arkansas (37-19) advances to Saturday's semifinal, which will be played at 12 p.m. CT on ESPNews. LSU (49-9) will face ...

  • Michael Waltrip Racing to help Oklahoma tornado victims during Sundays Sprint Cup race

    NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Michael Waltrip and his racing team will be helping Oklahoma residents affected by the recent tornado outbreak during this weekend's race in Charlotte, North Carolina. Three cars in Waltrip's fleet will sport Feed the Children decals during Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The organization is providing assistance with food and ...

  • People vehicles in water after bridge collapses in Washington

    MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said. The four-lane bridge collapsed about 7 p.m., Trooper Mark Francis said. Francis said he had no immediate estimate of how many people were in the water or whether there were any injuries or deaths. He ...

  • This Hour Latest Alabama news sports business and entertainment

    MYSTERY RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES Alabama closes mystery illness probe MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama health officials investigating a cluster of respiratory illnesses say the total has increased to 10, but they are closing the investigation. State Health Officer Don Williamson said Thursday the cases are unrelated and all have reasonable explanations. He said health officials took extraordinary ...

  • More people leaving the suburbs for the city

    They say timing is everything. Birmingham's timing in working to return the magic to the magic city may be just about perfect. For the second consecutive year census numbers show big cities grew faster than did the suburbs. The economy has a lot to do with it. People want to save on gasoline. Many of them no longer need wide expanses of property. And they like urban life. David Fleming ...


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Movie Review

Frequency

Although it is otherwise quite good, "Frequency" starts off on a bad note. It opens with a hectic, confusing, and disorienting action sequence that has something to do with a tanker truck that has overturned on a highway and is threatening to explode, although most of the action takes place in the sewer underneath the wreckage. This sequence, overlong and badly handled (it seems to be right out o ... ...

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  • Cadence moves into new Birmingham operations center

    Cadence's new 60,000 square foot Birmingham data center will allow the bank to grow by another 100 employees and be prepared in case of a natural ...

  • Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty retrial set

    Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...

  • 22 charged in Alabama drug trafficking case

    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Police in Huntsville say more than 20 people have been arrested for their involvement in a drug trafficking operation. Authorities said Tuesday that 20 people were arrested and two others have been charged for their involvement in overlapping drug rings operating the Tennessee Valley. Investigators say federal and local authorities performed an undercover operation last ...

  • Bonner resigns from Congress to take UA job

    In the letter, Bonner said he will resign from Congress, effective in August to become vice chancellor of government relations and economic development at the University of Alabama ...

  • 2 charged in slayings of 6 on Tenn.-Ala. border

    FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. -; Authorities say two men have been charged in six killings, including a toddler and unborn baby, near the Tennessee-Alabama border last fall during a dispute over drug ...

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