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  • Woman convicted of Pitino extortion moved to new prison

    Karen Sypher says she got "disastrous injustice" in 2010 when she was convicted of trying to extort millions of dollars from UofL Coach Rick ...

  • Alabama town rejects banning bicyclists from road

    IRONDALE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama town has decided not to pass an ordinance that would have banned bicyclists from riding on a stretch of road. The Irondale City Council this week voted against the ordinance, which involves Grants Mill Road. WBRC-TV reports ...

  • Missing Ala baby found safe in Texas

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Authorities have located a missing 10-month-old Alabama boy in Texas with the 14-year-old girl who allegedly took him from a home in Birmingham. AL.com ...

  • Huntsville opening 2 entertainment districts

    Promoters are planning a Thursday launch for the new areas, where restaurant and bar patrons will be able to purchase alcohol to-go and then stroll the streets at night.The goal is to have area that includes street performers, outdoor movies, art demonstrations and more.City officials say they'll review operations and make possible adjustments to the areas' boundaries and rules after ...

  • Alabama 19th in federal revenue for state spending

    The study by the Tax Foundation says federal funding accounts for 38.2 percent of the state government's revenue in Alabama. Mississippi ranked first at 49 percent and Alaska was 50th at 24 percent.Tennessee was at 44 percent, Georgia measured 41.1 percent, and Florida came in at 36.9 percent.The study looked only at a state's tax revenue and did not consider a state's income from ...


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Movie Review

The Wedding Singer

In "The Wedding Singer," Adam Sandler makes another bid for stardom in his post-"Saturday Night Live" years, playing the sweet-natured role of Robby Hart, the wedding singer of the movie's title. After only moderate success being an idiot in "Billy Madison" and a hockey player-turned-golfer in "Happy Gilmore," he makes a slight career shift by playing a romantic hero with a really bad haircut circ ... ...

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  • Missing Child Alert Infant 14-year-old abductor remain missing

    The Alabama Department of Public Safety has issued a Missing Child Media Alert after a 2-month-old baby was allegedly taken by a 14-year-old girl early Monday morning from ...

  • Greenwood set to host Mississippi-Alabama tourism conference

    GREENWOOD, MISS. — Greenwood will host the 2014 Mississippi-Alabama Rural Tourism Conference. The conference focuses on assisting smaller communities in bolstering tourism. The 2014 conference is scheduled for Oct. ...

  • Miss. woman pleads not guilty in Alabama womans injection death

    Tracey Lynn Garner pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing an Alabama woman by giving silicone injections as a buttocks enhancement. / Rogelio V. Solis/AP ...

  • Town will reconsider pit bull ban mayor says

    CLAY — The mayor of an Alabama town says that city officials will reconsider a ban on pit bulls after dozens of pet owners and animal advocates showed up at a city council meeting to protest the decision. The Clay City Council had approved the pit bull ban two weeks ago, but animal advocates say the public should have been given more warning about the new ordinance. They also contend that ...

  • Carnival sues Alabama firm that was repairing Triumph

    MOBILE — The Carnival Corp. filed a lawsuit last week seeking more than $12 million in damage that its cruise ship, Triumph, sustained in an early April windstorm. AL.com reported that in the lawsuit, Carnival argues that mooring equipment being used by BAE Systems was defective. The ship broke free of its mooring during a storm that packed winds of more than 60 mph. A dock worker drowned ...

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