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  • Local firefighters undergo lifesaving training

    BIRMINGHAM - AL - Central Alabama firefighters were called to action Wednesday. Several departments worked together to help rescue people from collapsing buildings and holes. It was just a training exercise, but the obstacles weren't new. All of the drills were incidents that firefighters encountered in Oklahoma and even in Alabama following the April 27, 2011 tornadoes. Firefighters ...

  • Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Jefferson Co. until 430 p.m.

    ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: The storm over northern Shelby County has become intense and a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for northeastern Shelby and southeastern Shelby ...

  • Refuel Ministries headed to Oklahoma

    BIRMINGHAM - AL - "It's a calling," Darrin Jarvis said. Thursday, Jarvis is headed to Moore, Oklahoma, with Refuel Ministries to help those still coming to terms with the aftermath of the recent tornado. And he won't be alone. He'll be with his father, Lavaughn Jarvis. "There's nothing like it," Lavaughn said. "He's been on every trip ...

  • Electrical contractor dies while working on power lines in Birmingham

    An electrical contractor died Wednesday after being electrocuted while working on power lines in Birmingham. The victim, a Star Construction employee, was killed while working in an alley near the 3700 block of 6th Avenue South at around 11:30 a.m. Birmingham police and fire responded to the scene and a crew from Alabama Power arrived a short time later to secure the power lines in the area. ...

  • Tax credit could benefit downtown Birmingham

    Economic development in downtown Birmingham is expected to get a boost from a new Historic Tax Credit that was passed by the Alabama legislature and signed by Governor Robert Bentley. The law will allow real estate investors a tax credit of 25% of their expenses, up to $5 million in state income taxes, for their stake in the redevelopment of a qualifying historic property. For years developers, ...


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Movie Review

Boiler Room [DVD]

Boiler Room [DVD]

Ben Younger's "Boiler Room" is about a small-time crook who tries to go legit, but ends up unwittingly becoming a big-time crook. It's a capitalistic cautionary tale about the dangers of the new American Dream in the era of "Who Wants to Be A Millionare" and Internet stocks going through the roof overnight: trying to get too rich too quick. ...

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  • UPDATE Lock down lifted on Birmingham school

    BIRMINGHAM - AL - Norwood Elementary School is no longer on lock down following a nearby shooting. But police are continuing to search for evidence. Police were called to the 3200 block of 17th Avenue North across the street from the school around 2 p.m.. A spokesperson says a man was sitting on his porch when the suspect came up and started firing. The victim was shot several times and ...

  • 29-year-old cystic fibrosis patient gets life-saving lung transplant thanks to $80 plastic helmet

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Medical professionals at the University of Alabama at Birmingham took a new technology, added some ingenuity, inventiveness and a plastic helmet, and enabled a 29-year-old cystic fibrosis patient to get a life-saving lung transplant. After waiting for a transplant for 11 months, Brandon Rylant's lungs were failing. As 2012 wound to a close, Brandon could no ...

  • SEC Baseball Tournament Arkansas downs Ole Miss 2-1 in 10 innings

    HOOVER, Ala. (AP) - Brian Anderson scored on a wild pitch in the 10th inning to give Arkansas a 2-1 victory over Mississippi in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Wednesday. Anderson started the Razorbacks' 10th inning rally with a one-out, ground-rule double. Dominic Ficociello followed with a single that moved Anderson to third and then Tyler Spoon was ...

  • UA in the News May 22 2013

    University of Alabama students help restore historic landmark in Marion CBS 8 (Montgomery) - May 21 Students from the University of Alabama are helping to restore a historic landmark in Perry County. The students are renovating a portion of one of the buildings at the Lincoln Normal School in Marion. Lincoln was one of the first institutions established to educate African Americans after the ...

  • Ala. school board votes to lease laptops

    Laptops had already been loaned out to 950 students before the board voted to lease additional ones. Burrage says the district will loan laptops to 1,250 high school students and about 700 middle school students. Administrators will meet with students this fall to discuss proper use and care of the ...

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