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  • Annual Shroud Award given to Rep. Todd

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The annual light-hearted humorous jab known as the Shroud Award was presented in the Alabama House of Representatives Monday night. The award, replete with runners up and less honorable mentions, is given yearly to the state representative who proposed a law that had little, if any, chance of passage. The empty suit mounted in an open cardboard box accompanied by a ...

  • Alabama Senate and House pass Accountability Act without amendment

    State legislators end their session at midnight. School security and a gun bill were on the table and a disagreement put the Governor and the Legislature at odds on the Alabama Accountability Act. Today, it passed both the House and Senate without Governor Robert Bentley's executive ...

  • American Cancer Society celebrates 100 years

    BIRMINGHAM– On Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the American Cancer Society will mark its milestone of 100 years of medical breakthroughs and saving lives. In fact, experts with the organization, credited as the largest volunteer health group in the U.S., say ACS is the reason for hundreds of birthdays. "The American Cancer Society has played a role in nearly every cancer research ...

  • Ala. House approves legislative consolidation bill

    The consolidation measure passed the House on a 72-26 vote Monday night. The bill returned to the Senate to sort out differences between House and Senate versions of the legislation with slightly more than two hours left in the legislative ...

  • Real estate investors sentenced in Ala. fraud case

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Two real estate investors have been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for bid rigging at public foreclosure auctions and mail fraud.Department of Justice officials said Monday that Jason Brannon, of Mobile, and his father, Robert Brannon, of Laurel, Miss., were each sentenced to 20 months in prison.Authorities say the two conspired with others to fraudulently purchase ...


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Apocalypto

Apocalypto

When word first got out that Mel Gibson was taking the millions of profits and industry clout he earned from the runaway success of The Passion of the Christ (2004) and heading deep into the heart of Mexico to film an epic about the Mayan civilization starring unknown actors and fil ... ...

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  • Hospitals treat more than 120 after Okla. tornado

    OKLAHOMA CITY -; Officials at two hospitals say they're treating more than 120 patients, including about 70 children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma ...

  • Congresswoman Sewell to hold town halls

    On Friday, May 24th, Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) will launch a "Congress in Your Community" town hall meeting tour through Jefferson County to provide an opportunity for residents of the 7th Congressional District to share their concerns and hear updates on the latest activity in Congress. The Jefferson County town halls are a continuation of the "Congress In Your ...

  • Alabama governor signs both state budgets

    The governor's press secretary, Jennifer Ardis, announced Monday night that Bentley had signed both of the Legislature's spending plans without changes on the last day of the 2013 legislative ...

  • Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb kills 37

    A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...

  • ALA county cracking down on prenatal drug exposure

    GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in Etowah County say they're going to start cracking down on women who give birth to drug-addicted babies. At a news conference Monday, officials from the Etowah County sheriff and district attorney's office and the Department of Human Resources announced that women whose babies test positive at birth for drugs will be charged with chemical ...

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