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Dead zone predictions much less spread than 2012
NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. In the Chesapeake Bay, a smaller than average dead zone is expected.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released predictions Tuesday for areas with too little oxygen to support life.It says the Gulf zone prediction is 7,286 to 8,561 square miles - anywhere ...
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Your Health 6-18-13 Adult smokers decline
Birmingham, AL - There are less smokers these days. A new study indicates the number of American adults who smoke fell to 18 percent in 2011. The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey involved 35,000 adults. The smoking rate was 9 percent among people ages 65 and older but about 20 percent for younger adults. Men had a higher smoking rate than women. Experts say factors that ...
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UA Culverhouse Professors Named Leading Editors
College of Commerce & Business Administration TUSCALOOSA, Ala. --Drs. Alexander Ellinger and Glenn Richey, professors at The University of Alabama, have received the 2013 Leading Editor(s) Award acknowledging the high commitment they have shown to the journal they edit and recognizing their efforts to raise and maintain the journal's global reputation and standing. Ellinger and ...
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Alabamas new tax credits limited to transfers
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama's Department of Revenue says the state's new private school tax credits don't apply to students who are already in private schools, even though they are zoned for a failing public ...
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Ala authorities on lookout for infant boy and teen
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Alabama authorities are looking for a missing infant and a teen-aged girl who may be linked to his alleged abduction.The Department of Public Safety issued an alert Tuesday for 2-month-old De'Anthony Dejuan Kelly and 14-year-old Dor'Sayde Gathright.Officials say Gathright walked off with the child while he was being cared for by Gathright's mother, who is the ...
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Missing Child Alert Issued For 10-Month-Old Birmingham Baby
BIRMINGHAM - AL - The Alabama Department of Public Safety has issued a missing child alert for a 10-month-old baby. Investigators say De'Anthony Dejuan Kelly was taken by Dor'Sayde Gathright early Monday Morning. Gathright and another unknown female were seen with the child getting into a 2010 Silver Dodge Charger driven by an unknown black male. It is believed they are heading to ...
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NSA director continuing defense of surveillance program
Washington, D.C. - The head of the National Security Agency is telling Congress that the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots around the world. Army Gen. Keith Alexander tells the House Intelligence Committee that the two programs that were recently disclosed are critical in the terrorism fight. One program gathers U.S. phone records, and ...
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Two UA Students to Meet 35 Nobel Laureates in Germany
College of Arts & Sciences TUSCALOOSA, Ala. --The first week of July will see 35 Nobel Laureates congregate at Lake Constance in Germany to meet the next generation of leading scientists and researchers, including two University of Alabama chemistry students, at the 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. More than 600 young researchers from nearly 80 countries will be part of this special ...
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Tuscaloosa City Board of Education to Vote on New Visitor Policy
Tuscaloosa is introducing a new policy for its schools. The Tuscaloosa City Board of Education will on whether school guests and volunteers should undergo a sex offender registry check. Some may even be subject to a full criminal background check before they can work with students. Assistant superintendent says it is up for debate because they want to be consistent with how many people ...
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Governor Bentley to reinstate merit raises for state employees
STATEWIDE - Many Alabama state employees are going to get their first raises in five years. Governor Robert Bentley says he plans to reinstate merit raises starting January 1st. State employees got their last merit raises and cost of living raises in 2008. There have been none since then because the recession affected state tax collections. Governor Bentley signed a letter saying state ...
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Tuscaloosa Teachers Credit Union robbery suspect arrested
TUSCALOOSA, AL - The man suspected to be responsible for a robbery at the Tuscaloosa Teachers Credit Union was arrested this morning. Keondrae Devon Long, 23, of Tuscaloosa, was taken into custody after Tuscaloosa Police received multiple tips identifying him. Tuscaloosa Police Department Criminal Investigators and Patrol Officers located Long and apprehended him on a warrant for second ...
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Two shot in Tuscaloosa burglary attempt
TUSCALOOSA, AL - Two men were shot in the course of a Tuscaloosa burglary early Saturday morning. According to the Tuscaloosa Police Department, police were called around 12:45 a.m. in response to a 19-year-old male that was brought to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg. He was brought in a private vehicle driven by 19-year-old Milton Prentice. Shortly after, a 21-year-old male ...
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30 Central Alabama schools deemed failing
MONTGOMERY - AL - The Alabama Department of Education just released a list of 78 failing schools under the Alabama Accountability Act. Of those, 30 are in Central Alabama- 11 within the Birmingham City Schools district. The list includes: Anniston Middle School in Anniston City Bush Middle School, Center Street Middle, Green Acres Middle School, Hayes K-8, Hill Elementary School, Martha ...
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Ala. Rep. Chad Fincher running for US House
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Republican state Rep. Chad Fincher of Semmes has joined the crowded field to replace U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner in Alabama's 1st District congressional race. The two-term legislator kicked off his campaign Monday. The 39-year-old Fincher owns a real estate agency. He says he decided to run in part because of his struggles and frustrations as a small-business owner. Fincher ...
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Miss. woman pleads not guilty in injection death
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi woman has pleaded not guilty to killing an Alabama woman by giving silicone injections as a buttocks enhancement. Tracey Lynn Garner entered the plea Tuesday in Hinds County Circuit Court. Judge Winston Kidd says he'll consider Garner's request to be released on bond. Kidd also extended a gag order to ...
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Schools failing under Alabama Accountability Act
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Here are the 78 Alabama schools classified as failing by the Alabama Department of Education under the Alabama Accountability ...
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APNewsbreak Ala. governor reinstating merit
Gov. Robert Bentley says he plans to reinstate merit raises starting Jan. 1. State employees got their last merit raises and cost-of-living raises in late 2008. There have been none since then because the recession affected state tax ...
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Former school in Sardis to be sold at auction
http://bit.ly/17j4054 ) that the Dallas County School Board on Monday approved a plan to hold a public auction for Shiloh Elementary School in ...
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Crews cleaning up after storms in north Alabama
Utilities workers from Huntsville were clearing streets Tuesday after overnight storms left damage in the Gurley area.In Athens, officials say more than 2,000 electric customers lost power because of storms with high winds on Monday.Forecasters say more rain is possible, and storms could be strong in central and south ...
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Wrong birth date engraved on Koch’s tombstone discovered months after death
New York - Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch meticulously planned his own funeral. He didn't plan for this error. Months after his death, it has been discovered that his tombstone has the wrong birth date. A television station out of New York is reporting that the headstone lists his birth year as 1942 instead of 1924. Tommy Flynn, the engraver, says it was "an inadvertent ...
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School volunteers to be checked for sex offenders
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- The Tuscaloosa City Board of Education is set to vote on a new school guest and volunteer policy that would require visitors at Tuscaloosa City Schools to undergo a sex offender registry ...
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Alabama mayor Town will reconsider pit bull ban
CLAY, Ala. (AP) -- 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 ...
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State to release list of schools failing in Ala
The state is releasing the names of schools that are failing under a new Alabama law that lets parents receive tax credits for sending their children to a better ...
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Southern GOP leaders meeting in Alabama
Alabama Republican Chairman Bill Armistead says the two-day meeting of state party chairs and executive directors concludes Tuesday in Birmingham.Party leaders hope to retain all their current U.S. Senate seats and pick up six new ones, which would allow the GOP to take control of the Senate.A statement by Armistead says the discussions will include ways to defeat Democratic Sens. Mark Pryor of ...
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Former Alabama prison guard testifies that supervisor said to kill inmate
Former correctional officer Scottie Glenn testified on the opening day of the trial for former Lt. Michael Smith. Smith 38, of Auburn, is charged with violating Rocrast ...
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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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