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  • Obama OKs honor for Birmingham bombing victims

    WASHINGTON -; Four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement are receiving the highest honor Congress gives to ...

  • UAB Medical Students To Host Free Health Screening Saturday

    BIRMINGHAM - AL - Equal Access Birmingham will host a health screening Saturday at the Church of the Reconciler. EAB is a student-run initiative in the office of Undergraduate Medical Education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Saturday's screening is free and open to the public. It will begin at 1 p.m. and run through 3:30 p.m. The screenings will include ...

  • Ala. governor signs bond issues campaign bill

    Bentley spokesman Jeremy King said Friday the governor signed a $30 million bond issue to repair six schools damaged by tornadoes in 2011 and 2012. He also approved a $50 million bond issue to purchase equipment for technology training programs in public ...

  • Update Jefferson County woman shoots man while walking her dog

    ADAMSVILLE - AL - Update:This week, Sheriff's detectives presented the facts and evidence of the investigation to the District Attorney's Office. It was determined that the actions of the homeowner were justifiable under the circumstances and no charges will be filed. ----- The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is investigating an overnight shooting. Around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday ...

  • Shelby County Teacher Arrested On Sex Charges

    SHELBY COUNTY - AL - Deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office have arrested a Chelsea High School teacher. Deputies took 36-year-old John Martin Noles into custody yesterday at his house. He is charged with one count of school employee having sexual contact with a student under the age of 19. He was arrested without incident and transported to the Shelby County jail. ...


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Mission to Mars

When Pauline Kael wrote her ecstatic, glowing reviews of Brian De Palma's films in the 1970s and early 1980s, she always focused on De Palma's twisted sense of humor as both his greatest asset as a director and the reason why he was savaged by so many other critics. For Kael, all of De Palma's macabre thrillers were, at their hearts, comedies. She described "Carrie" (1976) as "a perverse mixture ... ...

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  • Your Health 5-24-13 Statins and diabetes

    BIRMINGHAM - AL - Certain cholesterol-lowering drugs may increase your chances of developing type 2 diabetes. A new study suggests the risk was greatest for patients taking Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor also known as simvastatin. The research focused on almost 500,000 people in Ontario, Canada. The study indicates people taking Lipitor had a 22 percent higher risk of new-onset diabetes, Crestor ...

  • Fiery single-vehicle accident near Athens kills 2

    Certain cholesterol-lowering drugs may increase your chances of developing type 2 diabetes. A new study suggests the risk was greatest for patients taking Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor also ...

  • Dothan board weighs officers Facebook posts

    DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) -- The Dothan Personnel Board expects to take a few weeks to decide what could be a landmark case involving the use of social media by ...

  • Alabama AM names alum as new band director

    http://bit.ly/1af5V6x ) that the school announced this week that Carlton Wright will be the new band director. He replaces interim director Derrick ...

  • No deaths reported after Washington bridge collapse

    Mount Vernon, WA - Washington Governor Jay Inslee says work has already started to design detours after a partial bridge collapse in Mount Vernon, Washington, but state Transportation Secretary Lynn Peterson asked people to avoid Interstate 5 in the area for the next several days. The National Transportation Safety Board is sending an investigative team. Three people were injured but ...

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