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Obama OKs honor for Birmingham bombing victims
WASHINGTON -; Four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement are receiving the highest honor Congress gives to ...
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Horrified trucker describes I-5 bridge collapse in Washington
Rescue workers form a human chain as they begin to remove a woman who reaches out from a smashed pickup truck that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the I-5 bridge Thursday in Mt. Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco ...
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Illinois judge charged with possession of heroin guns
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A southwestern Illinois judge already under scrutiny after a colleague died of a cocaine overdose at his family's hunting lodge was charged Friday with possession of heroin and guns. Wearing cutoff shorts and a T-shirt with the slogan "Bad is my middle name," St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook pleaded not guilty to federal counts of possessing heroin ...
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Ala. governor signs bond issues campaign bill
Bentley spokesman Jeremy King said Friday the governor signed a $30 million bond issue to repair six schools damaged by tornadoes in 2011 and 2012. He also approved a $50 million bond issue to purchase equipment for technology training programs in public ...
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Birmingham murder victim Ashley Lane was loving and caring sister says
It's been more than two weeks since Ashley Lane was killed , and police said they don't know much more today than they did the day the 37-year-old woman's body was found on a Woodlawn ...
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Winds: From the NNW at 8.0 MPH Gusting to 15.0 MPH
Movie Review
The Devil's Rejects
If theres one thing you can say about rocker-turned-filmmaker Rob Zombie, it is that he has no pretensions. In his sophomore film, the neo-grindhouse epic The Devils Rejects, he never for a moment pretends that its about anything other than vicariously identifying with a ... ...
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Honda makes donation to Hands On Birmingham
Hands On has been partnering with the United Way to accomplish over 100 community service projects over the course of the past ...
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Your Health 5-24-13 Statins and diabetes
BIRMINGHAM - AL - Certain cholesterol-lowering drugs may increase your chances of developing type 2 diabetes. A new study suggests the risk was greatest for patients taking Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor also known as simvastatin. The research focused on almost 500,000 people in Ontario, Canada. The study indicates people taking Lipitor had a 22 percent higher risk of new-onset diabetes, Crestor ...
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Fiery single-vehicle accident near Athens kills 2
Certain cholesterol-lowering drugs may increase your chances of developing type 2 diabetes. A new study suggests the risk was greatest for patients taking Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor also ...
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Dothan board weighs officers Facebook posts
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) -- The Dothan Personnel Board expects to take a few weeks to decide what could be a landmark case involving the use of social media by ...
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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 ...
They said it
We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.
Barack Obama
The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.
Hotel Review
Merve Griffin's Beverly Hilton Hotel
As I approached this grand old hotel on famous Wilshire Boulevarrd, just off Santa Monica Boulevard I couldn't help thinking ...
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