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Franklin residents start tornado relief effort
RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- After Oklahoma residents shipped items to Franklin County following a devastating 2011 tornado, the community is looking to repay the ...
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Analysis Toomers Oaks as old as 85 years
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- An analysis of Toomer's Oaks has revealed the trees were as old as 85 years when they were removed last month after being poisoned by a University of Alabama ...
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Report Nations kids need to get more physical
The prestigious Institute of Medicine is recommending that schools provide opportunities for at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day for students and treat physical education as a core ...
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Patels firm acquires Novel Infosolutions
Tanveer Patel's company Concert Care has acquired an Indian company called Novel Infosolutions. A small and still relatively new Birmingham firm created to help more modest-sized medical practices improve operations will significantly grow its team and services this year with the acquisition of another firm from Chennai, India. Entrepreneur Tanveer Patel, the CEO of Concert Care, told me ...
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Stock slump continues on Wall Street
FILE - In this Thursday, May 2, 2013, file photo, Trader John Liotti works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday May 23, 2013 after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. (AP Photo/Richard ...
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Malaysian Student Charged with Sedition 2 Others Arrested
Malaysian authorities have charged a student activist with sedition and have detained two others, including an opposition politician, on similar charges after their involvement in a campaign to challenge what they say are fraudulent election results. Prosecutors Thursday charged Adam Adli under the country's controversial Sedition Act for allegedly telling a political forum that ...
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Thunderstorms hail slow Oklahoma tornado cleanup
Jesse Edgar takes a break in the shade while helping salvage items at a friend's home Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues two days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and ...
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Ralph Laurens 4Q profit rises 35 pct
NEW YORK (AP) - Ralph Lauren Corp. reported a 35 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit as the luxury retailer benefited from lower cotton prices. But economic challenges here and abroad and the move to eliminate some businesses to focus on the most profitable ones cut into sales. The results, announced Thursday, show how the New York based luxury company is seeing increasing profits since ...
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ECB official New bank authority indispensable
A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under fire from an outraged ...
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Britain Soldier slaying suspects had been probed
LONDON (AP) -- Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had featured in previous investigations by security services, a British official said Thursday, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instill terror on the streets of ...
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Oil down to near $93 on Chinese recovery concerns
The price of oil fell near $94 a barrel Wednesday as the nation's oil supply fell less than expected and demand for gasoline remained ...
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Senator Assaults let military culture continue
President Barack Obama on Thursday is expected to address some of the thornier aspects of national security policy, including drone strikes, the prison at Guantanamo Bay and the dire threats Americans continue to face - ...
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U.S. Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
View Photo Associated Press/Jim Young, Pool - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday, May 23, 2013. The United States and Israel are ...
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No injuries after shots fired outside graduation
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) -- Macon County School Superintendent Jacqueline Brooks says shots were fired after a high school graduation ceremony in Tuskegee, with no injuries ...
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Auburn among fastest-growing US cities
The estimate released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau shows Auburn was among the top 15 fastest-growing cities with populations of at least 50,000 ...
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Alabama loses to LSU 3-0
HOOVER — Seventh-seeded Alabama lost to No. 2 seed LSU 3-0 in the second round of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament ...
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UK official Suspects part of previous probes
LONDON (AP) -- A British government official says both suspects in the brutal killing of a solider were part of previous security services investigations for possible terror ...
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Markets roiled by Nikkeis 7.3 percent slide
A man walks past an electronic stock indicator showing the Nikkei 225 index which nosedived 1,143.28 points, or 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98 in Tokyo Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. (AP Photo/Shizuo ...
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US equities sell-off goes on futures slump
NEW YORK - The momentum of a late sell-off on Wall Street is carrying through for a second day, with U.S. futures and global stock markets in retreat.Dow Jones industrial futures are down 102 points to 15,218. S&P futures have lost 13.2 points to 1,642.40. Nasdaq futures are down 23.25 points to 2,977.75.U.S. stocks began selling off late Wednesday when minutes from the Federal Reserve left ...
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10 Things to Know for Today
By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OBAMA TO REMAKE COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY The president will announce changes in the way the U.S. conducts unmanned drone strikes after disclosing that a fourth U.S. citizen had been killed in secretive strikes abroad. 2. SOLDIER HACKED TO DEATH ON LONDON STREET ...
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Pakistan arrested American before he was killed in US drone strike
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped after being released on bail. The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that Jude Kenan Mohammad died in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region, making him the fourth American citizen killed by unmanned aircraft in ...
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Japan gyrations underline economys vulnerability
TOKYO -; Japan's financial markets gyrated wildly Thursday, underscoring the vulnerability of its economy to a loss of investor confidence as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attempts shock monetary easing to end two decades of ...
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Obama to sign bill for Birmingham bombing victims
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - President Barrack Obama plans to sign a bill Friday that awards the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to the four girls killed in the 1963 bombing of a Birmingham church. Alabama Reps. Terri Sewell and Spencer Bachus sponsored the bill, which received final approval May 9. Sewell told al.com ...
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Birmingham moves up nearly 30 spots on economic index
The Birmingham metro area vaulted 27 spots on the On Numbers index of economic vitality in the month of May. Suddenly, the Birmingham area's economic health seems to be headed in a positive direction. The Magic City jumped 27 spots on the On Numbers Economic Index for the month of May, based on data compiled by our parent company American City Business Journals. Birmingham is ranked No. 49 ...
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Brown hounded for calling Manila gates of hell
American novelist Dan Brown's description of Manila as the gates of hell in his latest book, Inferno, has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital. -- ST FILE PHOTO: JAMIE ...
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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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