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  • Walt Maddox elected president of Alabama League of Municipalities

    Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox speaks at a press conference on the city's commercial revolving loan program for businesses locating in Tuscaloosa's recovery zone at the EDGE business incubator on ...

  • The 50th Super Bowl goes to the San Francisco Bay Area 2017 title game to be in Houston

    BOSTON - The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area and the NFL championship will go to Houston the following year. Team owners voted Tuesday for the 49ers' new stadium as host of the 2016 game. That facility in Santa Clara, Calif., is due to open for the 2014 season. San Francisco beat out South Florida, which was stymied in its bid to stage an 11th Super Bowl when ...

  • Local woman uses Facebook to connect with family in Oklahoma

    In the aftermath of the deadly tornado outbreak in Oklahoma, many people are recounting memories from the April 27, 2011 tornadoes in Central Alabama. Kristina Osgood of Fultondale, Al. says her house was damaged two years ago. For the past 24 hours, she has been using Facebook to make contact with her relatives in Moore, Oklahoma. Osgood says this is an emotional time for her and her entire ...

  • Ala. courts facing layoffs without extra money

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama's chief justice expects to lay off 150 employees after the state's new fiscal year starts Oct. 1 unless the court system gets more money than the Legislature ...

  • Alabamas largest layoffs in 2012 Slideshow

    These are the 19 largest layoffs in Alabama in 2012. The 19 largest layoff announcements in the state of Alabama accounted for a combined 4,575 jobs, according to data from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. Click through the slideshow at the right to see the largest layoff announcements in Alabama from 2012. The BBJ analyzed data from ADECA of Worker Adjustment and ...


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Movie Review

Sweet Home Alabama

Sweet Home Alabama

Director Andy Tennant's last film was 1999's Anna and the King, the florid tale of a refined 19th-century British woman who finds herself in the ancient Oriental kingdom of Siam, which is moving slowly into modernity. His latest, the romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama, has essentially the same narrative crux, but in this case it's a refined 21st-century New Yorker who finds herself ... ...

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  • Laurence named publisher of Richmond Register

    RICHMOND, Ky. - Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. has named Ann Laurence publisher of the Richmond Register.The newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/10ivbEN) Laurence began her new responsibilities Monday.Since 2005, she has been publisher of The News Courier in Athens, Ala., where she oversaw daily newspaper operations that included digital, print and niche publications. She joined CNHI in ...

  • Rescue Workers Describe First Phase of Tornado Aftermath

    Today phase two of rescue and recovery begins in Moore Oklahoma. Rescue workers were able to locate 101 missing people overnight. Most of them were trapped in storm shelters, that might have been covered in the ruble of the ...

  • Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister at least 24 people killed

    A teacher hugs a child at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...

  • Salvation Army asking for help for Oklahoma

    Monetary donations are encouraged by The Salvation Army to help the people affected by tornadoes in Oklahoma. The money will be used to purchase specific needs for the areas rather than items or supplies that may not work at this particular disaster. Go ...

  • Judge sets date for hearing for Desmonte Leonard

    OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) - A Lee County judge has scheduled a hearing for a man accused of killing three people at an Auburn apartment complex last year. Circuit Judge Jacob A. Walker set the date for the hearing for 23-year-old Desmonte Leonard for 2 p.m. Oct. 15 in Lee County Court. The Opelika-Auburn News reported ...

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