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  • Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill

    Federal prosecutors have secured new indictments against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing probes of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of ...

  • Piedmont man identified as 1 of 3 bodies pulled from truck submerged in Weiss Lake

    truck in Weiss Lake last week has been identified. Authorities positively identified one of the male victims as 41-year-old Bobby DeWayne Hyatt of Piedmont. Identification is pending on the other two victims, and additional information will be released as soon as it becomes available. The bodies were sent to the Department of Forensic Sciences in Huntsville for autopsy and assistance in the ...

  • Arrest made in child kidnapping investigation in Birmingham

    A desperate search is underway for a 10-month-old baby taken from his Birmingham home. Investigators believe 14 year old Dor'Sayde Gathright abducted De'Anthony Kelly early Monday morning from his home. ...

  • Fired Ala. guard says she lied about dead inmate

    By PHILLIP RAWLSAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A fired prison guard has testified that she initially lied about a fatal inmate beating because her supervisor told her to do it. Fired correctional officer Melissa Brown testified Wednesday in federal court that she wanted to tell the truth that she hit inmate Rocrast Mack first, but her supervisor, Lt. Michael Smith, told her to report ...

  • Crossville woman arrested on drugstolen property charges

    DEKALB COUNTY - AL - Denise Marie McGathey of Crossville has been arrested in connection to a drug and stolen property case. DeKalb County Sheriff's Office investigators went to her home on County Road 370. Investigators and Crossville Police officers were doing a follow-up on a recent burglary. That's when they found drugs and drug paraphernalia in the house. Officers also found a ...


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American Gangster

American Gangster

American Gangster has had one of those insanely tortured production histories that makes you wonder if, at the end of the day, it was all worth it. The real-life story of 1970s Harlem crime king Frank Lucas, the film was set to roll several years ag ... ...

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  • NRC proposing $70K fine against TVA for violations

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing a $70,000 fine against the Tennessee Valley Authority for violations related to one of its East Tennessee nuclear ...

  • Glass Recycling Returns to Birmingham

    The city of Birmingham, Ala., has announced it will resume the collection of glass at its recycling center in downtown ...

  • Train derails in Ala narrowly misses taxi cab

    TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama cab driver had a near-miss with a freight train when it derailed in Talladega. Chris Powell of Deluxe Taxi tells The Daily Home ...

  • Yorkie from Cullman finalist for national Iams ad. Vote for your favorite

    Cullamn, AL - Recently, Bitsy, a Yorkie puppy from Cullman and her owner Todd Sigmon were named finalists in the Iams "Love Tails" contest. Bitsy and Todd along with 9 other finalists will compete in a facebook video contest with the winner getting the opportunity to take part in a national advertisement for Iams. Each team has already won a year's supply of Iams dog food ...

  • 100 soldiers returning to Ga. from Afghanistan

    COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - About 100 soldiers are scheduled to return to Fort Benning in Georgia after a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports ...

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