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  • Franklin residents start tornado relief effort

    RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- After Oklahoma residents shipped items to Franklin County following a devastating 2011 tornado, the community is looking to repay the ...

  • Analysis Toomers Oaks as old as 85 years

    AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- An analysis of Toomer's Oaks has revealed the trees were as old as 85 years when they were removed last month after being poisoned by a University of Alabama ...

  • Patels firm acquires Novel Infosolutions

    Tanveer Patel's company Concert Care has acquired an Indian company called Novel Infosolutions. A small and still relatively new Birmingham firm created to help more modest-sized medical practices improve operations will significantly grow its team and services this year with the acquisition of another firm from Chennai, India. Entrepreneur Tanveer Patel, the CEO of Concert Care, told me ...

  • Badcock Furniture - Bad05202013 Pell City Radio1

    Submit your office request 5-pack then listen to Isis Jones to hear your songs played back on the radio! So you're probably wondering - what happened to the old Kiss website? Well, it's gone, and this is our new offering to the people of Birmingham and the whole world wide ...

  • Funeral of nine year old Oklahoma tornado victim is today

    Oklahoma - The first funeral for the Oklahoma tornado victims killed at Plaza Towers Elementary School is Thursday. Nine year old Antonia Candelaria, one of seven children killed after the elementary school was destroyed by a tornado Monday, will be buried at a local church following a celebration of life. According to an online obituary, Candelaria is described as ‘the sweetest ...


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Movie Review

The Family Stone

The Family Stone

In the entire 100 minutes of Thomas Bezuchas family-tension dramedy The Family Stone, there are approximately 5 minutes that are fundamentally believable. The rest of the film is contrived, often ridiculous, sometimes sappy, and always annoyingly self-congratulatory. Virtually eve ... ...

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  • No injuries after shots fired outside graduation

    TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) -- Macon County School Superintendent Jacqueline Brooks says shots were fired after a high school graduation ceremony in Tuskegee, with no injuries ...

  • Auburn among fastest-growing US cities

    The estimate released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau shows Auburn was among the top 15 fastest-growing cities with populations of at least 50,000 ...

  • An open letter to the high-school graduate

    Gemini You're full of understanding and compassion today, especially when dealing with people who are different from you in some way. You want to help them, and you couldn't give a hoot about the color of their skin, the nature of their religion or the country they've come from. Right now you're very open to spiritual and religious insights, so let them flow ...

  • Obama to sign bill for Birmingham bombing victims

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - President Barrack Obama plans to sign a bill Friday that awards the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to the four girls killed in the 1963 bombing of a Birmingham church. Alabama Reps. Terri Sewell and Spencer Bachus sponsored the bill, which received final approval May 9. Sewell told al.com ...

  • Do you have a plan in case of disaster

    You may not be able to predict when a natural disaster will strike, but you can be prepared for the worst. Here is a list of things you need in your emergency kit:FLASHLIGHTSBATTERIESGENERATORAM BATTERY-POWERED RADIO2 WEEK SUPPLY OF MEDICATIONSA BOX OF NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS:- Bottled Water- Canned Goods- Freeze-dried items such as MRE'sAlso, be sure your family has a plan and a ...

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