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  • Yahoo to buy Tumblr in $1.1bn deal

    Yahoo Inc. has approved a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for 1.1 billion dollars. The acquisition is expected to be announced as early as Monday. The deal was unanimously voted for by the board, tech blog AllThingsD reported, citing sources close to the matter. According to the BBC, the deal will be CEO Marissa Mayer's largest deal since taking Yahoo's command in July ...

  • Judge tosses ex-BP executives obstruction charge

    NEW ORLEANS -; A federal judge on Monday dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico in ...

  • Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb

    Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said ...

  • Questions linger in shooting of NY college student

    The godfather of a New York college student accidentally killed by a police bullet says the officer should have negotiated instead of firing as an armed intruder held the young woman ...

  • Tornado Hits 2 Schools Flattens Neighborhood in Moore

    Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was ...


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Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol [Blu-Ray]

Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol [Blu-Ray]

Despite the unwieldy title, Mission: ImpossibleGhost Protocol, the fourth entry in the now 15-year-old franchise based on the cult 1960s television series, is an effectively enthralling back-to-basics action thriller. Moving away from J.J. Abramss ... ...

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  • Legislature approves bond issue for storm-damaged schools

    The bill provides $15 million for Mobile's Murphy High School, which was damaged by a tornado on Christmas Day. There is also money for five other schools damaged by tornadoes on April 27, 2011. Three schools in the Tuscaloosa area will benefit, with $3 million for Alberta City Elementary and $2.5 million each for University Place Elementary and Holt Elementary. Phil Campbell High School ...

  • Bond issue approved for Alabama schools

    The bill provides $15 million for Mobile's Murphy High School, which was damaged by a tornado on Christmas Day. There is also money for five other schools damaged by tornadoes on April 27, 2011. Three schools in the Tuscaloosa area will benefit, with $3 million for Alberta City Elementary and $2.5 million each for University Place Elementary and Holt Elementary. Phil Campbell High School ...

  • Inmate dies after stabbing in Ala. prison

    BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Department of Corrections officials are probing a fatal stabbing at the Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer. Officials say 54-year-old Anthony Jones was stabbed to death during a fight Sunday. Officials have identified 63-year-old Albert Evans as the suspect. Both were serving life sentences. The circumstances that led to the fight were unclear Monday. ...

  • Edible insects could solve hunger issues

    Bugs were the all the buzz last week when the United Nation's Food and Agricultural Agency released a report that contends "edible insects" may be the easiest way to meet global food needs. Dr. Frank Franklin, a nationally known nutrition and pediatrics specialist from Birmingham, couldn't agree more. Franklin points out health benefits and nutritional value found in ...

  • Ex-security guard sentenced on child porn charges

    http://bit.ly/Z8JxvZ ) 53-year-old Loyd Jeffrey Hitt, of Center Point, was sentenced Monday in federal court. Hitt pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography in ...

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