Provides the latest RSS feeds for Alabama News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Birmingham Star.com http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/cat/dc5bac5ce154af20/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 03:07:49 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:07:49 -0400 30 Former Miss Alabama Katherine Webb, who revealed that she eats only about 1,120 calories a day, has been advised to eat more, by a nutrition expert. The 5'11" model told People magazine that her diet includes whole foods such as strawberries, almonds, spinach and apples. But, nutritionist Haylie Pomroy told the publication that with her workout schedule, Webb could add at least 600 more healthy ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214733124/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:20:01 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214733124/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Alfred L. Mayse II, 29, was driving a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am when the wreck happened about 4 a.m.Mayse died in the wreck that occurred about 1 mile south of Piedmont on Alabama 21, when Mayse ran off the road and struck a ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754192/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:59 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754192/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The driver of this truck walked away with minor injuries Friday after his vehicle was hit by a train in Glencoe. The wreck happened about 11:1a.m. on Keysburg Road near U.S. Highway 431. John Paul Moore, 22, of Glencoe, was driving his Toyota pickup and crossed into the path of the ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754191/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:59 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754191/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Gadsden Police visited local stores on Thursday and collected counterfeit money in an effort to protect businesses and consumers from the rash of fake bills flooding ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753768/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:58 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753768/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Gadsden Police Department | Special to The Times This woman is suspected of stealing credit cards from employees of local businesses, seen on a surveillance video from a Gadsden shoe ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754193/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:57 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754193/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 An online explanation of a thrift store is that it is not a high-end retailer, but a store with merchandise that is varied because it relies on donations to be sold in a no-frills shopping environment. Casual wear, furs and evening dresses, children’s clothing, toys, appliances, books and baby items are found at prices much below regular retail, and the money spent at thrift stores most ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754195/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:56 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754195/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The deadline is noon Tuesday to submit special services articles for publication in Saturday’s Worship section. Send announcements to news@gadsdentimes.com with ';Worship Guide'; in the subject line or mail to The Gadsden Times, Worship Guide News, P.O. Box 188, Gadsden, AL 35902, or 401 Locust ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754197/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:56 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754197/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 PHIL CARLSON | QUINCY HERALD-WHIG | ASSOCIATED PRESS | FILE The inside of the North Street Ministry Center and coffee shop is shown April 20 in Hannibal, Mo. The facility has a cabin feel, with one-off furniture, fishing nets and lures and reclaimed barn siding adding to the ambiance. Along with a simple coffee house atmosphere in part of the site, the center also features a bookstore, provides ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754196/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:56 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754196/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Reader comments posted to this article may be published in our print edition. All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be re-published without permission. Links are ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754194/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:40:56 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754194/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754201/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:15:49 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754201/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Alabama officials say the "mystery illness" that hospitalized seven and killed two was influenza A, the virus associated with the cold and bacterial pneumonia. Officials at the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Houston County Health Department in Alabama said earlier in the month seven patients were admitted to a hospital with fever, cough and shortness of breath with no ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754202/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:15:15 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214754202/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A pair of suspected militant attacks killed nine people in two different areas of northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said.In the deadlier of the two attacks, suspected militants armed with heavy weapons attacked a police convoy in Mattani, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing six policemen and wounding seven others, said senior ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753166/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:17 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753166/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 It was a dream come true for 13-year-old Alyssa Bartlett as she twirled in the hand of her dance partner, Steve Craft. The smile on her face was unmistakable. She was having the time of her ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753019/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:31:46 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753019/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MIAMI — David West's right hand helped the Indiana Pacers grab home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals. Roy Hibbert scored 29 points, West knocked away two passes by LeBron James for huge turnovers in the final minute, and the Pacers evened the East title series with a 97-93 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the series on Friday night. Paul George scored 22 ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753440/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:25:10 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753440/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Pittsburgh Penguins' Brenden Morrow (10) celebrates his first-period goal with teammate Jussi Jokinen (36) in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in their NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs series, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752395/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:32:20 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752395/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Forty years have passed since Eastern Flight 401 slammed down in the Florida Everglades, yet no memorial has been raised to remember the 101 people who perished that ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752370/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:28:56 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752370/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752664/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:57:11 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752664/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752665/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:57:09 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752665/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752666/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:57:02 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214752666/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By SONIA PEREZ DIAZAssociated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank accounts. The former president was taken from a military hospital where he was recovering from liver surgery and a heart condition and put on a plane, according to his ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751975/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:13:29 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751975/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON (AP) — Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post reported he died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. In a statement to the Post newsroom, Managing Editor Kevin Merida said Johnson died of a ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751807/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:13:12 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751807/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Department of Public Health is working with other health agencies to investigate an injectable anti-inflammatory drug prepared by a compounding manufacturer in ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751976/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:05:08 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751976/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751980/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:49:38 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751980/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751981/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:49:29 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751981/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751982/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:49:10 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751982/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 PHOENIX -- Key figures in a lawsuit that alleges that an Arizona sheriff's office has racially profiled Latinos in its immigration patrols. A judge ruled Friday that Arpaio's office systematically racially profiles Latinos:ARPAIO: Sheriff Joe Arpaio has aggressively pursued local immigration enforcement. The sheriff has been accused of launching some immigration patrols based on ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214750895/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:13:25 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214750895/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The campaign to succeed Representative Jo Bonner began on Friday, a day after he said he would resign in August to become the vice chancellor of government relations and economic development for the University of Alabama system. His sister, Judy Bonner, is the president of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, one of the three campuses in the system. Mr. Bonner, a Republican, is in his sixth ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751250/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:54:39 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214751250/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 A federal judge must now decide whether the nation's largest police force has been unjustly stopping black and Hispanic men under a polarizing tactic known as stop, question and frisk, and whether changes are needed to department policy, training and ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749676/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:05:38 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749676/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 My palms are pressed against Birmingham Central Library's rough exterior, but my mind is elsewhere - sifting through memories of kisses and fights. In a recurring dream, I'm the silent spectator watching a blonde-haired heroine wake up at spots around Birmingham where modernism was at its wildest - a grassy roundabout overlooked by tower blocks, underneath a flyover. Mostly that heroine ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749940/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:53:47 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749940/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Bayern Munich is trying to downplay being the favorite.While Borussia Dortmund is eager to play up its chances to pull off the upset.Even before the start of Saturday's Champions League final, the German rivals are at odds in their approach to the biggest game in club soccer.Bayern is approaching its third final in four years with the self-assured calm of a team in control after a season of ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749284/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:03:47 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749284/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 SAN FRANCISCO - It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage.Each year cleanup crews throughout the U.S. collect millions of pounds of plastic trash from beaches and coastal waterways, with the biggest numbers coming from California's 1,100-mile coastline.Once in the ocean, plastic takes ages to ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748865/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:58:00 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748865/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Attorney General Luther Strange says Davis was convicted Thursday in a non-jury trial before Elmore County Circuit Judge John Bush. The judge found her guilty of 10 ethics counts of using her position for personal gain and 19 counts of unlawfully obtaining criminal offender record information on multiple ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749330/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:42:03 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749330/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 http://bit.ly/12T8Qk5 ) reports 19-year-old Ronald Mitchell is charged with murder in the death of 22-year-old Micah Dewayne Johnson, who was last seen Monday morning. Police learned Johnson and Mitchell had spoken with each other early Tuesday ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749329/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:42:02 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214749329/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 photo provided by the family, Wes Comer holds the Boy Scout uniform of his son, Isaiah, outside their home in Knoxville, Tenn. Comer, whose family attends an Apostolic Pentecostal church which considers homosexuality sinful, had been wrestling with whether to pull his eldest son out of the Scouts if the no-gays policy was abandoned. "To be honest, I'm ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747902/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:53:25 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747902/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 ATLANTA -- The Southern Co. is brainstorming ways it could more widely incorporate renewable energy, particularly solar power, into its traditional business model, CEO Thomas Fanning said this week.The southeast utility has assembled a brainstorming team tasked with considering how renewable energy technology might be used in coming years if its costs continue falling and solar panels become ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748345/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:49:31 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748345/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK - A New York City lawyer for two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre (farv) over claims he sent racy text messages says the case has been settled.Lawyer David Jaroslawicz (yahr-oh-SLAH'-vihk) wouldn't comment Friday on the terms of the settlement.Massage therapists Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole said Favre sent sexually suggestive texts to ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748352/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:48:53 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748352/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday to award Congress' highest civilian honor to four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement. He called it a tragic loss that "helped ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748322/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:40:58 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748322/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Lower housing affordability indicates improving market, housing experts say Anniston Star - May 23 Calhoun County home affordability decreased in the first three months of the year as prices and demand rose, indicating a strengthening housing market. According to the Alabama Center for Real Estate’s latest affordability index, homes in the county were 3.16 percent less affordable in the ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748323/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:40:19 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748323/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 HOOVER, Ala. (AP) -- Sheriff's officials south of Birmingham say a high school teacher accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student has been ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748324/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:32:56 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214748324/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Forget about advice on avoiding foreclosures at one of the Housing and Urban Development offices nationwide. Roughly five percent of the federal workforce _ 115,000 people at six government agencies _ got an unpaid day off on Friday due to the automatic cuts to the government budget. The furloughs forced some agencies such as the IRS and HUD to drastically scale back operations. (AP Photo/Susan ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747753/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:13:54 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747753/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 TORONTO (AP) -- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. The mayor of Canada's largest city did not say whether he has ever used ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747839/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:13:29 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747839/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. No one answered the phone at the IRS hotline for tax help. Forget about advice on avoiding foreclosures at one of the Housing and Urban Development offices nationwide. Roughly five percent of the federal workforce _ 115,000 people at six government agencies _ got an unpaid day off on ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746672/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:44:30 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746672/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 FILE - In this May 23, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama talks about national security, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. The president left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself vast power over how and when the weapons can be deployed. (AP Photo/Carolyn ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746675/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:44:23 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746675/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK -- The price of oil fell 2 percent this week, as oil traders worried about global demand and shared the stock market's concerns about possible changes to the Federal Reserve economic stimulus program.The loss Friday was just 10 cents, to $94.15 a barrel. But four straight losses resulted in a weekly decline of $1.87 a barrel for the benchmark oil contract.The global economic ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746388/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:40:46 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746388/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 In an image made from video, actress Amanda Bynes, center, wearing sweats and a blonde wig, is escorted after a Manhattan criminal court appearance on Friday May 24, 2013, in New York. Bynes was arrested Thursday evening and charged with reckless endangerment after police say she heaved a marijuana bong out of out of her Manhattan apartment ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746565/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:40:12 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746565/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - The new owners of an Auburn apartment complex are giving it a different name and a fresh look as they try rebranding it following a shooting that killed three people, including two former Auburn University football players. The apartments formerly known as University Heights are now called Tiger Lodge. The 756-bed complex was purchased by Realco Capital Partners in January ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747561/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:32:07 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747561/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks prices are closing mostly lower on Wall Street, giving the market its first weekly loss in a month. The Dow Jones industrial average edged up eight points to 15,303 Friday, a gain of 0.1 percent. The Dow was supported by a big gain in Procter & Gamble. The Standard & Poor's 500 fell a point to 1,649, or 0.1 percent. The market had its first weekly loss in ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747228/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:32:07 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747228/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 DAPHNE, Ala. (AP) -- The campaign to replace U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner of Mobile has begun one day after he announced he would step down in August to take a job with the University of Alabama ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747229/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:24:05 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747229/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement are receiving the highest honor Congress gives to civilians.  President Obama signed legislation Friday to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Denise McNair.  The three 14-year-olds and an 11-year-old were killed Sept. 15, 1963, when a ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747230/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:19:43 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214747230/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. While this development might seem at first glance to be a step toward ending the civil war, strong skepticism persists on both ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746609/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:03:54 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746609/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Still, counter-terrorism officials said they are reviewing what - if any - lessons can be gleaned from the information they had leading up to the slaying ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746610/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:03:52 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746610/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 #5 - Hibbett Sports Inc. (Nasdaq: HIBB) Year-end 2012 cash: $76.9M Year-end 2011 cash: $55.1M Change: Up $21.8M (39%) from 2011 Spending trend: In its annual report, Hibbett said its cash outlay for capital expenditures in the current fiscal year would be about $55 million. That will be used for expenditures for its new wholesaling and logistics facility and corporate headquarters, the opening of ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753482/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:35:41 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753482/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LOS ANGELES -; News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan designed to prevent a hostile takeover in the volatile trading period after the split is ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745275/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:33:14 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745275/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -; Four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement are receiving the highest honor Congress gives to ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745397/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:33:07 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745397/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON -- Government health officials are investigating several complications reported with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that the investigation involves seven reports from patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn.The injections ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745184/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:29:31 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745184/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Red Mountain State Park This weeks Birmingham Business Journal lists the areas most notable tourist attractions, listed alphabetically. Click here to see a photo map of the Birmingham Tourist Attractions, or check out our slideshow below to see the entire List. Click the white arrow in each picture to collapse or expand the description of each attraction. One Birmingham outdoor adventure venue ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753483/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:29:17 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214753483/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 When Aisha was evicted from her flat in East Ham, east London, on 15 April, she packed her belongings in a suitcase and went with her six-year-old daughter to the ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746253/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:26:21 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214746253/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Charles Schumer urged regulators to "use extreme caution" when reviewing the proposed acquisition of No. 3 cell carrier Sprint Nextel by Japan's Softbank, saying the Japanese company's use of Chinese networking equipment could open up U.S. networks to snooping and hacking. The New York Democrat sent letters Friday to ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745945/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:20:37 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745945/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Bentley spokesman Jeremy King said Friday the governor signed a $30 million bond issue to repair six schools damaged by tornadoes in 2011 and 2012. He also approved a $50 million bond issue to purchase equipment for technology training programs in public ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745946/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:11:46 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745946/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Many states get hit frequently with tornadoes and other natural catastrophes, but Oklahoma is Disaster Central. The twister that devastated Moore, Okla., was the 74th presidential disaster declared in the Sooner state in the past 60 years. Only much-larger and more-populous California and Texas have had ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745838/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:06:50 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214745838/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 View results SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey used a record-breaking gesture Friday to celebrate its recovery from a record-setting storm, proclaiming to the nation that the Jersey shore is back in business following Superstorm Sandy.Gov. Chris Christie and a host of volunteers carried out a ceremonial ribbon cutting that broke the Guinness World record for the longest such undertaking. ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744400/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:24:57 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744400/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Choosing future Navy and Marine leaders as his audience, President Barack Obama issued a pointed call Friday for an end to sexual assaults in the military, appealing to graduating midshipmen to contain what has become a growing ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744118/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:23:14 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744118/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK -- Delta Air Lines is opening a $1.4 billion terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, strengthening its hand in the battle for the lucrative New York travel market.The expanded concourse offers sweeping views of the airport, upscale food and shopping options and increased seating.It replaces a decrepit terminal built by Pan Am in 1960 that was an embarrassing way to welcome ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214743716/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:17:47 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214743716/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 A day after laying out his counterterrorism vision, President Barack Obama is addressing future military leaders who could help carry it out in a speech to U.S. Naval Academy ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744645/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:08:55 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744645/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MILAN (AP) -- The woman who prosecutors allege had sex with Silvio Berlusconi while he was Italy's premier in exchange for money spent her second day on the witness stand Friday, denying her own sworn descriptions of racy escapades at his "bunga bunga" parties and long lists of expensive jewelry and watches received from the media mogul. Karima el Mahroug, a Moroccan known as Ruby, ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744041/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:00:45 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214744041/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, greets North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing Friday, May 24, 2013. The top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Xi on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214742470/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:08:43 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214742470/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 CARACAS, Venezuela -; Venezuela's president has ordered the creation of a new workers' militia as part of an existing pro-government fighting ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214742649/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:08:41 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214742649/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Choosing future Navy and Marine leaders as his audience, President Barack Obama issued a pointed call Friday for an end to sexual assaults in the military, appealing to graduating midshipmen to contain what has become a growing epidemic. ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214743097/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:06:48 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214743097/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Mining machinery and barrels with chemicals sit on the facilities of Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama project in northern Chile, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Chile's environmental regulator has stopped construction and imposed sanctions on Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project, citing "serious violations" of its environmental ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214742650/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:04:25 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214742650/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Memorial Day Launch of Award-Winning CINEQUEST Films "The Conscientious Objector" and "Inside Iraq: the Untold Stories" on Net2TV's Portico TV ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214743244/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:01:41 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214743244/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 STATEWIDE - Motorists traveling through Alabama during the Memorial Day weekend will see extra state troopers on the road. Alabama officials announced the extra troops are the result of the state participating in the nationwide Click It or Ticket campaign. It's to increate the use of safety belts. Many of the state's city and county law enforcement agencies are also participating. The ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214743245/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:55:30 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214743245/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 FILE - In this Thursday, May 23, 2013, file photo, Trader Donato Cuttone works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange near the close of trading. Asian shares traded erratically Friday May 24, 2013 but European markets found their footing, a day after global stocks were routed by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start withdrawing its monetary ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214741399/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:54:29 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214741399/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 ATLANTA - Authorities say 18 people have been taken to the hospital following a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport.Atlanta Fire Rescue Department spokeswoman Janet Ward says the accident happened around 10:30 a.m. Friday. She says it's not immediately clear what caused the accident.Ward says there were 18 people on the bus at the time of the ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214740996/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:24 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214740996/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LONDON (AP) -- Two men were arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft Friday after a U.K. fighter jet was scrambled to divert their plane as it traveled from Pakistan to Britain, officials said. The incident further rattled the U.K. just days after a British soldier was brutally killed on a London street in a suspected terror ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214740475/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:11:00 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214740475/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 New Jersey rolled out some of its big guns Friday to proclaim that the shore is back following Superstorm Sandy, using Gov. Chris Christie and the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" to tell a national audience the state is ready for summer ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214739561/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:49:32 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214739561/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Switzerland to sign a free trade pact with the Alpine nation - the first comprehensive agreement the country has reached with a major western ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214739347/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:49:31 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214739347/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By RODNEY MUHUMUZAAssociated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni fired his top military commander Friday, the ouster apparently linked to turmoil over Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him as head of state. Sacked army chief Gen. Aronda Nyakairima was appointed minister of internal affairs, effectively cutting his links to the army's chain of ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214739533/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:40:42 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214739533/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON (AP) -- China has agreed to give U.S. regulators access to audit records for Chinese companies whose shares trade on U.S. stock exchanges, a step forward in a long-running ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214739132/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:37:54 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214739132/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) -- The Dothan Personnel Board expects to take a few weeks to decide what could be a landmark case involving the use of social media by ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214739685/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:37:52 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214739685/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 World stocks edged lower on Friday, a day after markets around the world dropped sharply on concerns global growth is slowing and the Federal Reserve could start scaling back its monetary stimulus. Japan's Nikkei, which had led the previous day's losses with a plunge of over 7 percent, seesawed throughout Friday before closing 0.9 percent higher at 14,612.45. In Europe, stocks ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214739107/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:28:36 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214739107/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 PARIS — The French government is trying to woo executives and entrepreneurs, amid concerns that it has antagonized the businesses needed to reinvigorate the economy. Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici announced Friday that the government no longer plans to push for a law to cap executive salaries in the private sector. Instead, Moscovici told reporters that he was in discussions with ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214738240/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:55:36 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214738240/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 (AP Photo/Joe Nicholson). A portion of the Interstate-5 bridge is submerged after it collapsed into the Skagit river dumping vehicles and people into the water in Mount Vernon, Wash., Thursday, May 23, 2013 according to the Washington State ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214738803/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:51:32 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214738803/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - Slovenia's parliament has adopted a cap on public spending to try to convince investors that it will be able to avoid needing an international bailout. The vote in the assembly on Friday means Slovenia's constitution will be changed to require that the government budget be balanced - it will not be allowed to spend more than it earns in taxes. The budget ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214738804/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:51:26 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214738804/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LONDON (AP) -- A British fighter jet was launched to divert a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan to England after an incident on board, British officials said ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214738465/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:42:40 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214738465/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 http://bit.ly/1af5V6x ) that the school announced this week that Carlton Wright will be the new band director. He replaces interim director Derrick ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214738805/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:42:22 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214738805/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in April, buoyed by more demand for military and civilian aircraft and an increase in business investment. The Commerce Department says durable goods orders rose 3.3 percent last month after a 5.9 decline in March. And a measure of business investment plans increased 1.2 percent ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214737980/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:56:41 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214737980/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NEW YORK (AP) - Stock futures are sinking and it appears major U.S. indexes are heading for a down week roiled by corporate earnings, good and bad, and confusion about what the Fed will do next. Dow Jones industrial futures are down 56 points to 15,233. S&P futures have lost 8.9 points to 1,641.10. Nasdaq futures are down 15.5 points to 2,976.75. Retail shares are falling, led by Sears, ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214737981/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:56:40 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214737981/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in the mainly Muslim but secular ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214737667/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:48:51 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214737667/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Inmates at West Virginia's minimum- and medium-security prisons will soon sow seeds and tend plants as part of an initiative to grow produce for the state's largest food ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214737986/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:48:36 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214737986/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214737673/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:48:33 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214737673/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E). American actor George Takei gestures with a hand greeting made popular by the Television series Star Trek arrives at the Marina Bay Sands hotel on Thursday, May 23, 2013 in Singapore for the inaugural Social Star ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214737131/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:01:34 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214737131/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The move comes at a crucial time for Switzerland, which is trying to reach a deal with the U.S. to save Swiss banks and their employees from prosecution for aiding U.S. tax ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214736869/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:53:35 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214736869/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 MOSCOW (AP) -- World stocks stabilized on Friday, a day after global markets dropped sharply on concerns global growth is slowing and the Federal Reserve could start scaling back its monetary ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214736676/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:53:33 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214736676/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 http://bit.ly/1aeMVoU ) the Huntsville city council on Thursday approved two separate entertainment districts. People will be allowed to walk around with an alcoholic beverage in the districts on Thursdays and Fridays starting June ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214737132/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:53:30 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214737132/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 TEL AVIV, Israel - TEL AVIV, Israel - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is harshly criticizing Iran's guardian council for eliminating hundreds of presidential candidates and, in his view, standing in the way of legitimate, representative democracy.Kerry says it is hardly a free, fair and transparent process when an unelected body chooses some candidates "solely on who represents the ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214736957/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:46:57 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214736957/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel's government on Friday to prevent further settlement construction where possible to help revitalize Middle East peace hopes, but stressed that the Jewish state and Palestinians alike should remain focused on the larger goal of restarting direct ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214736826/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:32:54 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214736826/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Two Muslim hardline preachers say that one of the suspects in the killing of a London soldier was interested in their teachings. And a British government official said one of the men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the terror group ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214736112/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:12:59 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214736112/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHAT COLLAPSE OF INTERSTATE BRIDGE IN WASHINGTON STATE MEANS FOR COMMUTERS Washington state officials ask drivers to avoid Interstate 5 near the area where a bridge collapsed over the Skagit River. 2. WHAT OBAMA SAYS ABOUT HIS COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY President ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214736439/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:09:00 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214736439/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 PARIS — France's finance minister says the government is no longer planning to cap executives' salaries in the private sector, amid concerns it is antagonizing the big businesses needed to reinvigorate the economy. The Socialist government imposed limits last year on executive pay at state-run companies, and pledged to do the same in the private sector. Pierre Moscovici confirms ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214735441/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:18:51 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214735441/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214735345/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:18:36 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214735345/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BEIJING (AP) -- China told a top North Korean envoy Friday it wants a peaceful, denuclearized Korean Peninsula, and said the emissary warned there is "no guarantee of peace" but that his country was willing to hold talks with all ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214735389/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:08:17 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214735389/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The 42-year-old Grammy winner, who is launching a summer tour where most tickets are priced at $20, said he's scalping about 1,000 tickets from each show to make up for the cheaper regular ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214735314/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:08:13 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214735314/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 LONDON -; Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks after the slaying of a young soldier, adding some 1,200 police to potential trouble ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214733749/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:15:00 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214733749/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BERLIN -; A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence rebounded this month - an unexpectedly strong showing that sends a hopeful signal for Europe's biggest ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214733205/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:14:58 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214733205/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 President Barack Obama reacts to CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin as she shouts at him from the back of the auditorium during his speech about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214733372/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:14:56 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214733372/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The sentence a juvenile who has been convicted of capital murder should receive is currently up in the air. ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214734605/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:23 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214734605/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 T'S that time of year again. INo, not Christmas, but the time where you REALLY get all the things you want bundled up together near a tree - it's festival season. Yet where to spend that hard earned cash? With a myriad of options, near and far, to choose from, it is becoming increasingly difficult to sort out the festival dos from the festival don'ts. 1 So with wellies, ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214734606/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:07:50 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214734606/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday, May 23, 2013, that he has selected a new acting head of the division, staying within the IRS to find new leadership. (AP Photo/J. Scott ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214732606/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:07:20 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214732606/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Forecasting the changing nature of threats against the U.S. for years to come, President Barack Obama says "America is at a crossroads." And so, too, is his presidency's counterterrorism policy, which has long struggled to balance protecting the nation from terror attacks while upholding Americans' ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214732751/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:02:14 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214732751/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 WASHINGTON (AP) -- When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214732678/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:02:13 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214732678/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's parliament has passed legislation to ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly Muslim but secular ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214732694/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:42:08 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214732694/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214732560/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:18:17 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214732560/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 BERLIN (AP) -- A survey is showing a significant rise in German consumer confidence as people's expectations for the economy and for their own income ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214732297/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:09:09 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214732297/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The Washington State Patrol says the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into the ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214731977/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:27:21 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214731977/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine's governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" and comparing the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he'll work out of the governor's mansion because of a dispute over a television screen. Republican Gov. Paul LePage has temporarily moved ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214731991/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:15:17 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214731991/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Benchmark oil for July delivery was down 40 cents to $93.85 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214731744/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:59:57 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214731744/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 ';We want to get out to the public that we're here and we're here for the public,'; Rescue Squad Capt. Mike Bettis said.The free event will run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Rescue Squad Building, 911 Black Creek Road. There will be activities for children, including face painting, as well as hot dogs, chips, cookies and refreshments.The squad's primary focus is search ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214731521/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:41:30 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214731521/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 apartment building on West 47th Street at about 7:40 p.m. Thursday. Police say a building official called police to complain that Bynes was smoking marijuana and rolling a joint in the building's lobby. The officers went to Bynes' apartment where they saw heavy smoke and a bong, which Bynes then threw out the window in front of the officers. Bynes was arrested on charges of reckless ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214731174/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:34:01 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214731174/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's top leaders are defending the economic strategies championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, though the central bank chief acknowledged a need for better communication with financial markets, a day after Tokyo shares suffered their worst loss since the 2011 tsunami ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214730792/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:34:43 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214730792/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Asian stock markets staged a mild recovery Friday, a day after being routed by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start withdrawing its monetary ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214730123/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:54:07 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214730123/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 HOOVER — Alabama’s Mikey White hit a game-winning, two-RBI single in the 10th inning to lead the Crimson Tide to a 7-5 win over No. 21 Ole Miss in the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214730519/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:23:48 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214730519/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated Press WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, is introducing himself to Iowa Republicans as would-be presidential candidates often do - as one of their own. Walker tells about 600 of the GOP faithful at a party fundraising banquet in a Des Moines suburb that he spent his childhood in Iowa. That connection could help when ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729955/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:55:04 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729955/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By REMA RAHMANAssociated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey company that operates 13 TGI Fridays restaurants accused of secretly replacing premium liquor with low-quality booze says it's shocked at the allegations. The Briad Restaurant Group said in a statement Thursday it "takes great pride in the quality of food and drink" it serves customers. State officials say an ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729956/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:55:01 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729956/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729648/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:45:55 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729648/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 HOOVER — Seventh-seeded Alabama lost to No. 2 seed LSU 3-0 in the second round of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729957/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:27:25 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729957/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting to negotiate their ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729659/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:23:19 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729659/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Southside Mayor Wally Burns was elected vice president of the Alabama League of Municipalities for 2013-2014. He was elected and took office during the league’s annual convention May 18-21 in ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729373/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:03:18 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729373/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Ceramics, ceramic paints, a Wizard with styles and accessories, a Dremel tool, a DVD player, assorted jewelry and makeup, pots and skillets, an air mattress, shelves, photos and frames were stolen between Jan. 23 and Feb. 13 from an apartment on Holly Avenue.Ratchets and straps were stolen Sunday from the storage box on a truck at a Petro parking lot on West Grand Avenue.Etowah CountyA chainsaw ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729374/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:03:18 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729374/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 With large crowds expected to visit Little River Canyon National Preserve over the Memorial Day weekend, park officials are recommending carpooling because of limited ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729376/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:03:17 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729376/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 The board at a meeting this week heard from attorney Heyward Hosch, representing Maynard, Cooper and Gale.He told members the sale of the bonds from 2003 was expected to generate about $1 million. However, the sale netted about $1.4 million.By refinancing the bond, it still will pay off in about 111⁄2 years, a little sooner than the original bond was scheduled.';You're paying it ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729377/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:03:17 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729377/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 More than $200,000 in grants will be used to fund overtime during the Memorial Day weekend for officers statewide to conduct seat-belt safety checkpoints and make extra patrols in areas where a high number of vehicle crashes have ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729375/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:03:17 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729375/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: 1. HOW OBAMA IS DEFENDING DRONE STRIKES The attacks are legal, effective and necessary as threats evolve, he says in a speech outlining America's post-war counterterror policies. 2. BOY SCOUTS END BAN ON GAY YOUTHS The decision is unlikely to end a bitter ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729378/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:57:27 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729378/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., greets President Obama upon arriving in Atlantic City, N.J., on October 31, 2012 to visit areas hardest hit by the unprecedented cyclone ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729013/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:40:00 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214729013/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Students involved in sports or other extracurricular activities or who drive on campus at Etowah County Schools could be required to agree to random drug ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214728751/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:05:46 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214728751/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Paden Allen, a senior at Etowah High School, gets the first look of the vehicle she won on Thursday, May 23, 2013. This is the sixth year that the Devan Lowe dealership has given an honor roll student a vehicle; it is the first year an Etowah student won. The winner is randomly selected from entries sent by ten area high ... http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214728752/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:05:46 -0400 http://www.birminghamstar.com/index.php/sid/214728752/scat/dc5bac5ce154af20