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Alabama governor offers help to Oklahoma
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's governor says the state stands ready to help Oklahoma recover from a deadly tornado. Gov. Robert Bentley says he's been in touch with Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin's office and offered whatever assistance Alabama can provide. He said other states helped Alabama rebuild after deadly tornadoes hit on April 27, 2011, and Alabama is ready to do the same ...
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Autopsy shows Moss Point fisherman drowned
http://bit.ly/10RyfaJ ) an autopsy Monday confirmed the cause of death for 56-year-old Timothy Gordon Sr., of Moss Point. Broadus said the autopsy showed no other causes contributing to his ...
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Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister
This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Steve ...
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Community Forum to Discuss the New Cooper Green Indigent Healthcare System
BIRMINGHAM - AL - The leader of Jefferson County's largest physicians group will speak at a community forum about why the new indigent healthcare system at Cooper Green is failing poor patients and how it could increase everyone's healthcare costs. The forum is set for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, at the Five Points West Public Library (4812 Avenue W, Birmingham, AL 35208), ...
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Several drop spots set up for Oklahoma tornado survivors
Birmingham, Alabama - Toomer's for Tuscaloosa and 95.3 The Bear in Tuscaloosa will collect gift cards and much needed items at the Wal-Mart and Chick Fil A in Northport. Other areas in the area will also have drop spots set up for Oklahoma survivors. See list below: BIRMINGHAM- Jefferson State Junior College on Carson Road in the George Layton Building Room 123. NORTH SHELBY COUNTY: ...
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Alabama Legislature lifts limit on corporate campaign donations
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama lawmakers have agreed to a litany of changes to state election law, including eliminating the cap on corporate political contributions, The compromise version of Senate Bill 445 emerged on the session's final day Monday .The Senate approved the final version 27-4 and the House 90-3. The bill now goes to Gov. Robert Bentley for his consideration. The bill ...
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Annual Shroud Award given to Rep. Todd
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The annual light-hearted humorous jab known as the Shroud Award was presented in the Alabama House of Representatives Monday night. The award, replete with runners up and less honorable mentions, is given yearly to the state representative who proposed a law that had little, if any, chance of passage. The empty suit mounted in an open cardboard box accompanied by a ...
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Alabama Senate and House pass Accountability Act without amendment
State legislators end their session at midnight. School security and a gun bill were on the table and a disagreement put the Governor and the Legislature at odds on the Alabama Accountability Act. Today, it passed both the House and Senate without Governor Robert Bentley's executive ...
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American Cancer Society celebrates 100 years
BIRMINGHAM– On Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the American Cancer Society will mark its milestone of 100 years of medical breakthroughs and saving lives. In fact, experts with the organization, credited as the largest volunteer health group in the U.S., say ACS is the reason for hundreds of birthdays. "The American Cancer Society has played a role in nearly every cancer research ...
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Ala. House approves legislative consolidation bill
The consolidation measure passed the House on a 72-26 vote Monday night. The bill returned to the Senate to sort out differences between House and Senate versions of the legislation with slightly more than two hours left in the legislative ...
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Hospitals treat more than 120 after Okla. tornado
OKLAHOMA CITY -; Officials at two hospitals say they're treating more than 120 patients, including about 70 children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma ...
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Congresswoman Sewell to hold town halls
On Friday, May 24th, Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) will launch a "Congress in Your Community" town hall meeting tour through Jefferson County to provide an opportunity for residents of the 7th Congressional District to share their concerns and hear updates on the latest activity in Congress. The Jefferson County town halls are a continuation of the "Congress In Your ...
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Lawmakers Corporate contribution limits may end
Leading lawmakers have agreed to a litany of changes to Alabama election law, including eliminating the cap on corporate political contributions and making it easier for regulated utilities to influence ...
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ALA county cracking down on prenatal drug exposure
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in Etowah County say they're going to start cracking down on women who give birth to drug-addicted babies. At a news conference Monday, officials from the Etowah County sheriff and district attorney's office and the Department of Human Resources announced that women whose babies test positive at birth for drugs will be charged with chemical ...
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State legislature kills delay for school tax credits
The Republican majority in the Alabama Legislature has handed the Republican governor a major defeat by rejecting his proposal to delay the start of private school tax credits for two ...
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Ala. Legislature responds to Caylee Anthony case
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Legislature has passed a bill making it a felony for a parent to neglect to promptly notify authorities when their child is missing or dead in response to the Caylee Anthony case in ...
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Last day levity Ala. House Dems sport bow ties
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Members of the Democratic minority were inspired to show off their sartorial splendor on the last day of the legislative Session in honor of Mobile's Democratic Rep. Napoleon ...
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California man wanted in Alabama arrested in Ariz.
SAN LUIS, Ariz. -; Federal authorities say a California man wanted in an Alabama murder case has been arrested near the southern Arizona ...
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Summary of action in Alabama Legislature
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A summary of action in the Alabama Legislature on Monday, the 30th and final meeting day of the regular session: HOUSE: Rejected the governor's proposal to delay Alabama's new private school tax credits for two years. Gave final approval to a major overhaul of Alabama's gun laws, including allowing workers to keep guns in their vehicles while at their ...
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Etowah County Sheriff warns pregnant women against using drugs
Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin says just because a woman wants to put her own life at risk with drugs, doesn't give her the right to endanger her unborn child. Entrekin says this must end. Women are being prosecuted for actions that endanger their unborn children. Sheriff Entrekin says this problem is serious in Etowah County. Some fifty babies are born at Gads den Regional Medical ...
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Judge tosses ex-BP executives obstruction charge
NEW ORLEANS -; A federal judge on Monday dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico in ...
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Questions linger in shooting of NY college student
The godfather of a New York college student accidentally killed by a police bullet says the officer should have negotiated instead of firing as an armed intruder held the young woman ...
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Tornado Hits 2 Schools Flattens Neighborhood in Moore
Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was ...
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Legislature approves bond issue for storm-damaged schools
The bill provides $15 million for Mobile's Murphy High School, which was damaged by a tornado on Christmas Day. There is also money for five other schools damaged by tornadoes on April 27, 2011. Three schools in the Tuscaloosa area will benefit, with $3 million for Alberta City Elementary and $2.5 million each for University Place Elementary and Holt Elementary. Phil Campbell High School ...
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Alabama auctions off broken BCS trophy
A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its ...
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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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