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  • Shouts and speeches over Birmingham All-America City title likely...

    Celebration of Birmingham's new All-America City designation didn't last long at City Hall Tuesday as the conversation quickly turned into a public illustration of a deep rift between the mayor and ...

  • North Carolina eliminates LSU at College World Series

    Ted Kirk/AP OMAHA, Neb. -- Brian Holberton homered, Trent Thornton pitched a strong seven innings and No. 1-seed North Carolina extended its stay at the College World Series with a 4-2 victory against LSU on Tuesday. The Tar Heels (58-11) play North Carolina State or UCLA in an elimination game Thursday. The No. 4-seeded Tigers (57-11) went 0-2 in their first CWS appearance since ...

  • Ala. synthetic marijuana manufacturing ring busted

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in Birmingham say they've busted a multimillion dollar drug operation that was being run out of an apartment near UAB. Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Capt. Hal Taylor told WBRC-TV Tuesday that ...

  • Ala. massage parlor closed after pair of raids

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Birmingham's city council has voted unanimously to shut down a massage parlor that has been the target of 2 prostitution raids. WBRC-TV ...

  • This Hour Latest Alabama news sports business and entertainment

    FAILING SCHOOLS State releases list of Ala schools failing by law MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Seventy-eight Alabama schools from both urban and rural areas are on the state's list of schools that are failing under a new law. The list released Tuesday includes many schools from the state's Black Belt region and city or county systems around Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile and Montgomery. ...


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Footloose [Blu-Ray]

Footloose [Blu-Ray]

Footloose is a decent movie that arrived at the perfect time. It was released in the early winter of 1984, the same year that MTV fully hit its stride as a cultural institution (by then it reached more than 20 million households), Sony was selling millions o ... ...

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  • Auburn football recruits report to campus

    The majority of Auburn football's recent signing class is ready for action. Eight more signees reported to campus on Tuesday morning. They join the ten signees that had previously reported. The new arrivals include the Tigers highest ranked recruit from the class, five-star defensive end Carl Lawson from Milton (Ga). Lawson's high school teammate, linebacker Grant Smith, also ...

  • Former Tide DB Mark Barron reportedly cashes in on number swap

    Mark Barron will reportedly give up his football number '24' for $50,000. That is the price that new Tampa Bay defensive back Darrelle Revis offered to pay if the former Alabama star agreed to swap jersey numbers, according to Paul Lukas of Uni-Watch.com. Barron wore number '24' in his rookie season with Tampa Bay. He will now be number '23'. The Bucs acquired ...

  • Crime Stoppers June 18 Armed robberies at gas stations and fast food restaurant

    ARMED ROBBERIES AT GAS STATIONS MAY 15: One suspect, whose picture is posted to the right of this story, is wanted for two robberies at gas stations May 15. The first one happened shortly before 5 am at the Texaco on the 2400 block of Old Springville Road in Clay, and the second robbery occurred at Mike's Quick Stop on the 2200 block of Center Point Rd. In both robberies, the suspect ...

  • US 378 Ga.-SC bridge delayed while cracks studied

    MCCORMICK, S.C. - Construction on the U.S. 378 bridge linking McCormick with Lincolnton, Ga., is on hold while officials study cracks along the foundation of the structure at the bottom of Lake Thurmond.Part of the foundation lies beneath 80 feet of water, and anchors support columns that rise above the water. Georgia Department of Transportation spokesman David Spear told the Index-Journal of ...

  • Train derailment in Talladega blocking entrancesexits to 2 neighborhoods

    A train derailment in Talladega has blocked the entrances and exits to two neighborhoods south of the city. According to Talladega police, four to five rail cars derailed shortly after 3 ...

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