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  • Flash flooding from storms reported in east Ala.

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Forecasters say flash flooding across roads is being reported in eastern Alabama and more could occur as showers and thunderstorms move into the central areas of the state. Al.com reports ...

  • Ala. woman charged with running over child age 3

    TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) -- Police say a Talladega woman has been charged with manslaughter after a running over a 3-year-old child who fell out of her ...

  • Kennedy tries new strategy for Ala. Democrats

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Since he quit his post as chairman of the state Democratic Party a month ago, Mark Kennedy has formed a new office, established a website and amassed a growing list of volunteers as he and several other defectors from the traditional party apparatus attempt to build a new organization in a red state where Democrats have lost control of all three branches of state ...

  • Birmingham Boys Choir sings Sunday at Shades Crest Baptist

    BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- In preparation for another international tour, the Birmingham Boys Choir presents its 35th annual spring concert on Sunday, May ...

  • Prom they never had

    BIRMINGHAM - AL - Students who didn't get the chance to go to prom 50 years ago got their prom Friday night. Organizers began setting up the Boutwell Auditorium around 2pm for the 300 plus attendees. The 1963 prom was canceled for black students, after many young people took part in civil rights protests. Bernetta Everhart remembers that time, "This is my great day, and it ...


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The Express

The Express

Clichd and formulaic though they may be, when uplifting sports movies are at their best--The Natural (1984) and Hoosiers (1986) immediately spring to mind--they transcend their obvious reliance on the basest of formulas with the alluring exhilaration of the human spirit at its ... ...

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  • REV Birmingham shoots for $1M in capital campaign

    REV Birmingham was formed last year when Operation New Birmingham and Main Street Birmingham merged, and has already been a big player in the recent redevelopment projects in downtown Birmingham, like loft renovations and plans for light installations near Railroad ...

  • Outdoor athletes converge on Ala park for race

    PELHAM, Ala. (AP) - Hundreds of athletes are converging on Alabama's largest state park for a major competition this weekend. About 1,000 pro and amateur athletes will be at Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham beginning Saturday for the XTERRA Southeast Championship. The triathlon includes a one-mile swim, a 20-mile mountain bike ride and a 10k off-road run through woods just a few miles ...

  • News Minute Here is the latest Alabama news from The Associated Press

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Supreme Court has reinstated a $3.2 million malpractice verdict awarded to the estate of a Montgomery woman who died in 2005 after being treated at the Baptist East Emergency Room in Montgomery. Lauree Durden Ellison had visited the Baptist Medical Center-East emergency room, operated by the Health Care Authority for Baptist Health. She was initially released ...

  • ALDOT U.S. 280 highway project begins Sunday with incentives to...

    BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The Alabama Department of Transportation's project to modify traffic flow along U.S. 280 in Jefferson and Shelby counties begins Sunday night -- weather ...

  • Rep. Terri Sewell to appear at four town hall meetings in Birmingham area next Friday

    Terri Sewell , D-Birmingham, will appear at a series of four "Congress in Your Community" town hall meetings in the Birmingham area next Friday, including three in the Western ...

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