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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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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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  • 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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