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  • Former IRS Commissioner faces lawmakers on Capital Hill

    washington - The man who ran the Internal Revenue Service when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups gets called on the carpet today at a hearing on Capitol Hill. It will be the first chance lawmakers get to question Douglas Shulman about what he knew and why he didn't tell Congress. Lawmakers want to know why the former IRS Commissioner didn't tell Congress that ...

  • AP photographer sees kids pulled from Okla. school

    MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too ...

  • Ala. legislators view of session depends on party

    The Senate's Republican leader, President Pro Tem Del Marsh, of Anniston called it the best session since Republicans gained a majority in the 2010 election. Republicans passed the Alabama Accountability Act, loosened restrictions on guns, started the consolidation of state law enforcement agencies, and kept a promise to commit to the repayment of money removed for the Alabama Trust ...

  • Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb kills 51 crews dig through the night

    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 ...

  • Governor Bentley signs both state budgets

    Gov. Robert Bentley has signed the state General Fund budget and state education budget into law. The governor's press secretary, Jennifer Ardis, announced Monday night that Bentley had signed both of the Legislature's spending plans without changes on the last day of the 2013 legislative session. The Legislature passed the budgets nearly two weeks ago, and Bentley had ...


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Movie Review

Blindness [DVD]

Blindness [DVD]

Based on the novel by Nobel laureate Jos Saramago, Fernando Meirelless Blindness is a harrowing, if sometimes overly hammering descent into the darkest depths of human nature. A sort of Lord of the Flies parable, it suggests an inexplicable and highly contagious epidemic that r ... ...

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  • Builders preserve Montgomery buildings past

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Builders are putting the final touches on a three-story loft project in downtown Montgomery, and they are highlighting the 1907 building's historic ...

  • Woman who drove car into lake dies at hospital

    Hoover police say 68-year-old Deanna Owen Shumate was taken to a hospital after driving her car into Star Lake on Friday night.Investigators tell WBRC-TV ...

  • UAB looking for people to take a scratch-and-sniff test for Parkinsons disease study

    Aries Someone is being very informative and helpful, especially if you want them to explain something that you don't understand, so listen carefully to what they tell you. This is also a great day for making some travel plans, perhaps by arranging to visit a friend you haven't seen in a while or by discussing where you should take your next ...

  • Alabama Legislature targets elder abuse

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Legislature is making it easier to prosecute people who abuse, neglect or financially exploit senior citizens. The House and Senate passed different versions of the bill earlier in the Senate and then agreed on the same version on Monday night shortly before the 2013 legislative session ended. The Protecting Alabama's Elders Act was pushed by Republican ...

  • Alabama governor offers help to Oklahoma

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's governor says the state stands ready to help Oklahoma recover from a deadly tornado. Gov. Robert Bentley says he's been in touch with Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin's office and offered whatever assistance Alabama can provide. He said other states helped Alabama rebuild after deadly tornadoes hit on April 27, 2011, and Alabama is ready to do the same ...

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