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  • Outdoor athletes converge on Ala park for race

    PELHAM, Ala. (AP) - Hundreds of athletes are converging on Alabama's largest state park for a major competition this weekend. About 1,000 pro and amateur athletes will be at Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham beginning Saturday for the XTERRA Southeast Championship. The triathlon includes a one-mile swim, a 20-mile mountain bike ride and a 10k off-road run through woods just a few miles ...

  • News Minute Here is the latest Alabama news from The Associated Press

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Supreme Court has reinstated a $3.2 million malpractice verdict awarded to the estate of a Montgomery woman who died in 2005 after being treated at the Baptist East Emergency Room in Montgomery. Lauree Durden Ellison had visited the Baptist Medical Center-East emergency room, operated by the Health Care Authority for Baptist Health. She was initially released ...

  • Alabama Blanks Jacksonville State in NCAA Regional

    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Following a weather delay of more than two hours, the Alabama Crimson Tide beat the Jacksonville State Gamecocks 4-0, to close day one of the 2013 NCAA Softball Tuscaloosa Regional being held at Rhoads Stadium this week. The Tide picked up two runs each in the third and fifth innings. In the third, junior Ryan Iamurri and senior Kayla Braud crossed home plate on a Molly ...

  • Hoover Police Investigating Car Submerged in Lake

    HOOVER - AL - Update: Captain Coker, with Hoover Police, tells ABC 33/40 this is a one car accident. Woman inside was transported to UAB. The extent of her injuries is unknown. Weather may have played a roll in the accident. Hoover Police Dive team are searching the lake. Hoover Police and fire were called out to Star Lake off Highway 31 around 10 p.m. When authorities arrived they found a ...

  • Police bust suspected illegal gambling operating

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Police in Birmingham have shut down a recording studio and removed 33 machines they say were being used for illegal ...


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The Canterbury Tales (I racconti di Canterbury) [Blu-Ray]

The Canterbury Tales (I racconti di Canterbury) [Blu-Ray]

The middle film in Pier Paolo Pasolinis controversial Trilogy of Life, The Canterbury Tales (I racconti di Canterbury) is also the darkest and least appealing of the three films, which is ironic given than Pasolini ends with himself playing Canterbury au ... ...

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  • Multi-use sports facility in the works for Tuscaloosa

    TUSCALOOSA, AL - Tuscaloosa is a step closer to getting a new multi-purpose facility that many say the town needs. Right now it's an open field with a couple of hay barrels. But the Tuscaloosa County Park and Recreation Authority or PARA has big plans for a multi-purpose, multi-use facility that could boost local revenue. PARA's Public Relations Manager Becky Booker said, "Our ...

  • Ala. Supreme Court reinstates $3.2 million verdict

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Supreme Court has reinstated a $3.2 million malpractice verdict awarded to the estate of a Montgomery woman who died in 2005 after being treated at the Baptist East Emergency Room in ...

  • Possible tornado surprises Athens

    ATHENS, Ala. (AP) - An unconfirmed tornado has knocked down trees, flipped Dumpsters and damaged the roof of the nearby WalMart in Athens. A forecaster at the National Weather Service in Huntsville said the suspected tornado started about a mile south-southeast of Athens and moved in a line toward southwest Ardmore Friday. The unsettled weather system continued to concern forecasters as it ...

  • Flag mural dedicated in Jacksonville

    JACKSONVILLE - AL - In 2011, Ben Tomlinson's life changed forever. The Jacksonville native was shot while serving in Afghanistan. He was paralyzed from the waist down. Now, he's working hard to make a come back. And, his community has rallied behind him. A mural of the American flag, painted to honor Tomlinson's service and the service of other veterans was dedicated Friday ...

  • OSHA impersonator gets 57 months in oil spill scam

    spill NEW ORLEANS - A woman has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for bilking Gulf Coast residents by posing as a federal safety official after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that 47-year-old Connie Knight, formerly of Belle Chasse, had claimed to be an Occupational Safety and Health Administration safety instructor. She held classes in ...

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