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    MYSTERY RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES Alabama closes mystery illness probe MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama health officials investigating a cluster of respiratory illnesses say the total has increased to 10, but they are closing the investigation. State Health Officer Don Williamson said Thursday the cases are unrelated and all have reasonable explanations. He said health officials took extraordinary ...

  • Bell to attend ceremony honoring Four Little Girls

    Birmingham Mayor William Bell is headed to the nation's capital tomorrow. He will attend the ceremony where the four girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing will be honored with a congressional gold medal. At a new conference this afternoon, Mayor Bell said it's fitting that it passed this year, which marks 50 years since the Civil Rights Movement. He said. ...

  • Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty retrial set

    Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...

  • 22 charged in Alabama drug trafficking case

    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Police in Huntsville say more than 20 people have been arrested for their involvement in a drug trafficking operation. Authorities said Tuesday that 20 people were arrested and two others have been charged for their involvement in overlapping drug rings operating the Tennessee Valley. Investigators say federal and local authorities performed an undercover operation last ...

  • Lifesaver helicopter called to scene of motorcycle accident in Gardendale

    A Lifesaver Helicopter was called to the scene of an accident involving a motorcycle and a vehicle in Gardendale Thursday. The accident happened just after 4 p.m. near the intersection of Mt. Olive Road and Harden Road. Gardendale police and deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office are investigating the accident. Information regarding injuries has yet to be released at this ...


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Tomorrow Never Dies

Well, it's finally happened. The mass media have become so despised that they were turned into the latest supervillain in the 18th installment of the James Bond series, "Tomorrow Never Dies." Whatever happened to insurgent political evils? They're as passe as the Cold War. Slimy South American drug lords? That was back when Timothy Dalton was still holding the Walter PB-K. For today's evil, you do ... ...

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  • Elementary school teacher among eight arrested in heroin and cocaine trafficking ring

    A Bessemer elementary school physical education teacher is among those accused of being involved with a drug trafficking conspiracy that brought approximately $5 million worth of heroin and cocaine to the Birmingham area in less than a year. Jonesboro Elementary School PE teacher Vernon McAdory was one of eight people arrested on conspiracy or drug distribution charges in a 42-count April 2013 ...

  • Veteran Marine Corps K9s join Jefferson County Sheriffs Office

    JEFFERSON COUNTY - AL - The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has expanded its force by two. Earlier this month, deputies traveled to South Carolina to pick up a veteran Marine Corp K9. Last year, the sheriff's office K9 unit learned several dogs that had been in service with the Marine Corps would be retired. This was due to the downsizing of the contract with the company that ...

  • Bonner resigns from Congress to take UA job

    In the letter, Bonner said he will resign from Congress, effective in August to become vice chancellor of government relations and economic development at the University of Alabama ...

  • 2 charged in slayings of 6 on Tenn.-Ala. border

    FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. -; Authorities say two men have been charged in six killings, including a toddler and unborn baby, near the Tennessee-Alabama border last fall during a dispute over drug ...

  • Gulf anglers get longer red snapper season

    NEW ORLEANS -- Gulf of Mexico anglers will have a longer red snapper season than they thought.Federal regulators had said the season would be nine to 28 days depending on the state. But a week before opening, NOAA Fisheries announced that the recreational red snapper season in federal waters will be 17 to 34 days.NOAA says updated recreational landings data and new information from Louisiana ...

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