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The 50th Super Bowl goes to the San Francisco Bay Area 2017 title game to be in Houston
BOSTON - The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area and the NFL championship will go to Houston the following year. Team owners voted Tuesday for the 49ers' new stadium as host of the 2016 game. That facility in Santa Clara, Calif., is due to open for the 2014 season. San Francisco beat out South Florida, which was stymied in its bid to stage an 11th Super Bowl when ...
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Local woman uses Facebook to connect with family in Oklahoma
In the aftermath of the deadly tornado outbreak in Oklahoma, many people are recounting memories from the April 27, 2011 tornadoes in Central Alabama. Kristina Osgood of Fultondale, Al. says her house was damaged two years ago. For the past 24 hours, she has been using Facebook to make contact with her relatives in Moore, Oklahoma. Osgood says this is an emotional time for her and her entire ...
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UA in the News May 21 2013
Alabama seafood coast documentary ‘In the Path of the Storms’ nominated for Emmy (video) Al.com - May 21 At an awards ceremony in Atlanta on Saturday June 8, a locally-made documentary starring Bayou La Batre will be in the running for the Emmy for Outstanding ...
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Ala. courts facing layoffs without extra money
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama's chief justice expects to lay off 150 employees after the state's new fiscal year starts Oct. 1 unless the court system gets more money than the Legislature ...
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Mississippi beats Kentucky 4-1 in SEC tournament
HOOVER, Ala. - Mike Mayers gave up just one unearned run over 6 1/3 innings to lead Mississippi past Kentucky 4-1 in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Tuesday.Mayers (5-5) scattered six hits and walked one while striking out four. Tanner Bailey threw a scoreless ninth inning to earn his fourth save of the season.Ole Miss jumped ahead 1-0 in the first inning on Andrew ...
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Laurence named publisher of Richmond Register
RICHMOND, Ky. - Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. has named Ann Laurence publisher of the Richmond Register.The newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/10ivbEN) Laurence began her new responsibilities Monday.Since 2005, she has been publisher of The News Courier in Athens, Ala., where she oversaw daily newspaper operations that included digital, print and niche publications. She joined CNHI in ...
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Rescue Workers Describe First Phase of Tornado Aftermath
Today phase two of rescue and recovery begins in Moore Oklahoma. Rescue workers were able to locate 101 missing people overnight. Most of them were trapped in storm shelters, that might have been covered in the ruble of the ...
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Salvation Army asking for help for Oklahoma
Monetary donations are encouraged by The Salvation Army to help the people affected by tornadoes in Oklahoma. The money will be used to purchase specific needs for the areas rather than items or supplies that may not work at this particular disaster. Go ...
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Ballot question could add foreign law protections
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - In a swift-moving late-night session, the Alabama Legislature approved a bill that will put a Constitutional amendment in the hands of the voters. If passed, the amendment would prohibit the state from recognizing laws of other states in making legal decisions if they violate the public policy of Alabama. Further, it would prohibit applying foreign law in violation of ...
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Judge sets date for hearing for Desmonte Leonard
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) - A Lee County judge has scheduled a hearing for a man accused of killing three people at an Auburn apartment complex last year. Circuit Judge Jacob A. Walker set the date for the hearing for 23-year-old Desmonte Leonard for 2 p.m. Oct. 15 in Lee County Court. The Opelika-Auburn News reported ...
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Your Health 5-21-13 Music in ICU
Birmingham, AL - Music really does make you feel better. A new study shows critically ill patients were soothed by their favorite music and it made a difference in their need for sedation medicine. The Ohio State University research included patients in the intensive care unit who were placed on ventilators. Researchers say participants who were allowed to listen to their music experienced a ...
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Sports Minute Here is the latest Alabama sports news from The Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Alabama basketball coach Anthony Grant has promoted Antoine Pettway to assistant coach and elevated John Brannen to associate head coach. Grant also announced the hiring of strength and conditioning coach Lou DeNeen on Monday. Pettway is a former Crimson Tide point guard who spent the past three seasons as director of operations. MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Former Alabama ...
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Real estate investors sentenced in Alabama fraud case
MONTGOMERY - AL - Two real estate investors have been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for bid rigging at public foreclosure auctions and mail fraud. Department of Justice officials said Monday that Jason Brannon, of Mobile, and his father, Robert Brannon, of Laurel, Mississippi, were each sentenced to 20 months in prison. Authorities say the two conspired with others to fraudulently ...
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Turtle Travels exhibit in Gadsden
The Turtle Travels exhibit at the Imagination Place Children's Museum in Gadsden will wow you and your children. It's 3000-square-feet of turtle information complete with a Critter ...
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Bob Dylan Will Play Tuscaloosa AL With My Morning Jacket and Wilco Too
The AmericanaramA tour has added another date. On July 3, the multi-band tour will roll into Tuscaloosa, AL's Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre. As of press time, this stop on the extended tour will feature Bob Dylan, My Morning Jacket, Wilco and Richard Thompson Electric Trio. Ticket information is available ...
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Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister
A member of a security team helps guard an area of rubble from a destroyed residential neighborhood, one day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against the winds. (AP Photo/Brennan ...
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Suspect arrested in deadly Northport hit and run
NORTHPORT, AL (WBRC) - Tuscaloosa County investigators have arrested a suspect in a deadly hit and run in Northport from Monday night. Investigators say a male pedestrian was struck and killed on Highway 82 West and Highway 43 North around 9 p.m. His identity has not yet been released. Police say the suspect left the scene and drove west on Highway 82. Witnesses gave a description of the ...
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Rape victim left in cemetery
PLEASANT GROVE - AL - Jefferson County Sheriffs investigators are looking in to a rape case. ABC 33/40 has learned a woman was left in the Forest Grove Memorial Gardens Tuesday morning. That cemetery is located on the corner of Forest Road and Acre Road in Pleasant Grove. Deputies on the scene said the female victim was "okay." However, they are not yet releasing any other details. ...
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AP photographer sees kids pulled from Okla. school
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too ...
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Ala. legislators view of session depends on party
The Senate's Republican leader, President Pro Tem Del Marsh, of Anniston called it the best session since Republicans gained a majority in the 2010 election. Republicans passed the Alabama Accountability Act, loosened restrictions on guns, started the consolidation of state law enforcement agencies, and kept a promise to commit to the repayment of money removed for the Alabama Trust ...
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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb kills 51 crews dig through the night
A teacher hugs a child at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...
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Governor Bentley signs both state budgets
Gov. Robert Bentley has signed the state General Fund budget and state education budget into law. The governor's press secretary, Jennifer Ardis, announced Monday night that Bentley had signed both of the Legislature's spending plans without changes on the last day of the 2013 legislative session. The Legislature passed the budgets nearly two weeks ago, and Bentley had ...
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Builders preserve Montgomery buildings past
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Builders are putting the final touches on a three-story loft project in downtown Montgomery, and they are highlighting the 1907 building's historic ...
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Woman who drove car into lake dies at hospital
Hoover police say 68-year-old Deanna Owen Shumate was taken to a hospital after driving her car into Star Lake on Friday night.Investigators tell WBRC-TV ...
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Toomer’s for Tuscaloosa reaching out to Oklahoma
BIRMINGHAM, AL - In the aftermath of Monday's massive tornado in Oklahoma, Toomer's for Tuscaloosa is reaching out to help those affected. Toomer's for Tusaloosa is a non-profit disaster relief group that was first established in April of 2011 after a deadly tornado outbreak devastated parts of Alabama. Since 2011, the group has assisted with disaster relief efforts across the ...
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Tuscaloosa bypass remains contentious
The $250 million interstate bypass to the east of Tuscaloosa is moving ahead with infinite lethargy and recently became bogged down in further delays, which were made necessary in part by the fact that the project had become delayed and certain aspects of it were out of date.
It was decided by the city of Tuscaloosa in 1989 that they needed a bypass to the east to relieve some of the traffic on U.S. Highway 43 and U.S. Highway 82, both of which were reaching their carrying capacity and creating massive backlogs and congestion on Woolsey Finnell Bridge, which crosses the Black Warrior River. Read more
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