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Anniston on path to become Bike City

ANNISTON - AL - Bicycling always ranks in the top five most popular outdoor activities. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration surveys show almost half of Americans want more biking facilities in their communities. The City of Anniston gets it. The Coldwater Mountain trail is one of the best biking trails in the south. City leaders say why stop there! Anniston Mayor Vaughn ...
Private school leaders dont anticipate many transfers

The people in charge of two private school organizations don't expect tax credits to lead to many student transfers from failing public ...
Few transfers expected under Alabama tax credits

The leaders of two Alabama private school organizations don't expect many new students to apply in the wake of a law providing tax credits for students transferring from failing ...
Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill

Federal prosecutors have secured new indictments against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing probes of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of ...
Alabama Basketball Releases Non-Conference Schedule

Tuscaloosa, Ala. -Home games against Final Four participant Wichita State and Big East member Xavier, as well as contests against NCAA Tournament teams Oklahoma and UCLA highlight the 2013-14 Alabama men's basketball non-conference slate, which was announced by head coach Anthony Grant on Wednesday. In addition, the Crimson Tide will also be one of four host schools for the 2013 NIT Season ...

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Tabloid

Piped directly into theaters from the Department of You Cant Make This Stuff Up, Errol Morriss fascinating new documentary Tabloid is almost frighteningly well timed, arriving on the heels of the unexpected smash success on Broadway of Trey Parker and Matt Stones satirical musical romp ...

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Arrest made in child kidnapping investigation in Birmingham

A desperate search is underway for a 10-month-old baby taken from his Birmingham home. Investigators believe 14 year old Dor'Sayde Gathright abducted De'Anthony Kelly early Monday morning from his home. ...
Brother suspected of killing sister in Pell City

Pell City, AL - A 29 year old Pell City woman was killed overnight by her brother. Police say 30 year old Brett Christopher Love killed his sister Lindsey Michelle Love around 3 AM Wednesday morning in the 100 block of ...
Highway 51 in Shelby County Closed

SHELBY COUNTY - AL - Shelby County Highway 51 south of the intersection of U.S. Highway 280 in the Westover area of Shelby County is closed right now. The Sheriff's Office is on the scene of a motor vehicle crash involving a train. There are no reported injuries. Shelby County deputies are on the scene. Motorists can use Shelby County Highway 55 as an alternate ...
Accountability Act failing schools in Tuscaloosa

TUSCALOOSA, AL - Tuscaloosa city and county systems have schools on the list. In the city, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, Westlawn Middle, and Central High School are all considered "failing." As well as Davis-Emerson Middle School in the county system. The three schools that the Accountability Act considers failing in the city system are two and a half miles or less apart. ...
Crossville woman arrested on drugstolen property charges

DEKALB COUNTY - AL - Denise Marie McGathey of Crossville has been arrested in connection to a drug and stolen property case. DeKalb County Sheriff's Office investigators went to her home on County Road 370. Investigators and Crossville Police officers were doing a follow-up on a recent burglary. That's when they found drugs and drug paraphernalia in the house. Officers also found a ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

Hassan Rouhani

Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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New York-New York Hotel & Casino

Awe struck us on our arrival at this relatively new hotel and casino establishment at the top of the Strip. ...

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Abnormal heartbeat linked to faster cognitive decline

A new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health has found that an abnormal heartbeat, known as atrial fibrillation, is associated with faster cognitive decline.

Atrial fibrillation is an irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications.

Study lead author Evan Thacker, Ph.D., statistician in the Department of Epidemiology, wanted to investigate whether people who had not experienced a stroke had cognitive decline, or memory and thinking problems, more quickly after being diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. Stroke has previously been found to increase cognitive decline.

"We found that age-related declines in average cognitive test scores did occur faster after diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, even after accounting for other factors that can hasten cognitive decline," Thacker said.

"This means that people with atrial fibrillation may, on average, reach a state of significant cognitive impairment or dementia at earlier ages than people without atrial fibrillation," he added.

Thacker and his team tracked participants in the Cardiovascular Health Study, about 5,000 people age 65 and older, with 100-point memory and thinking tests every year for an average of seven years. ...