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  • Auto seat maker breaking ground in Montgomery

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An automotive supplier is breaking ground on a 300,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Montgomery. Gov. Robert Bentley and other officials will be on hand for a ceremony being held Thursday afternoon for DAS North America. The company makes sears for Kia and Hyundai vehicles. The expansion will create about 300 jobs in the Montgomery Industrial Park. The company is ...

  • Sticker shocked council members push back on Birmingham mayors $130 million office lease pitch

    A nearly $130 million dollar, multi-decade lease of a downtown office building endorsed by Birmingham Mayor William Bell makes the least financial sense of all expansion options for the city, according to an early analysis from one ...

  • Fired guard admits she lied about dead inmate

    Melissa Brown said in federal court that she hit inmate Rocrast Mack first, but her supervisor, Lt. Michael Smith, told her to report that Mack hit her first. Mack died after being repeatedly hit by officers at Ventress Correctional Facility in Clayton on Aug. 4, 2010. Two former officers have pleaded guilty in the ...

  • Tropical Storm Barry headsforms off Mexican coast

    This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 10:45 AM EDT shows tropical wave over the Lesser Antilles with light to moderate rain and thunderstorms. Fair weather across the remainder of the Caribbean with a chance of isolated afternoon ...

  • Mixed Reaction to AMA Obesity Classification

    The American Medical Association recently classified obesity as a disease, sparking renewed conversation about weight in America. The Centers for Disease Control says more than a third of Americans are ...


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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

The tag line for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is "Witness the birth of fear," which is technically what we do in the opening minutes when a woman gives birth to the mutant baby who will grow up to be Leatherface on the grungy flo ... ...

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  • Boyd Oregon State silence Indiana at CWS

    Pitcher Matt Boyd was dominant as Oregon State eliminated Indiana, 1-0 at the College World Series. Boyd pitched a four-hit complete game shutout. It's the pitchers third shuout of the year and the first time the Hoosiers have been shutout this season. Oregon State scored the games only run in the fourth inning. Kavin Keyes scored on Jake Rodriguez's sacrifice fly to right. The ...

  • Major power outage in Cullman affecting Hanceville local poultry plant

    A major outage at the Cullman Power Board's south substation has knocked power out to the Cities of Cullman and Hanceville. (Cullman Power Board ...

  • Alabamas Overstreet earns Gold Glove at second base

    Kyle Overstreet's defensive reputation has become a nationwide topic. The Alabama freshman was named the Rawlings Gold Glove second baseman by the American Baseball Coaches Association. Taylor Dugas is the only other Alabama player to ever win an ABCA Gold Glove (2011). Overstreet started 63 games at second base and committed six errors in 363 attempts. He had an personal hand in 63 of ...

  • TechBits smart phone thefts

    There's a new effort underway to slow down smart phone thefts. Apple has unveiled a remote kill switch feature- and there are calls to cell phone service providers to create remote shut-off services for stolen ...

  • Birmingham police investigating shooting at a home near Fountain Heights Park

    Birmingham police are investigating a shooting at a home near Fountain Heights Park Wednesday night. Officers responded to a report of a person shot at a residence in the 1400 block of 17th Street North at around 8:30 p.m. Birmingham Fire and Rescue workers also responded to the location. Police began a search for a suspect near some nearby apartments shortly after arriving at the scene. It is ...

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