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  • Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb killing 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 ...

  • State legislature kills delay for school tax credits

    The Republican majority in the Alabama Legislature has handed the Republican governor a major defeat by rejecting his proposal to delay the start of private school tax credits for two ...

  • Ala. Legislature responds to Caylee Anthony case

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Legislature has passed a bill making it a felony for a parent to neglect to promptly notify authorities when their child is missing or dead in response to the Caylee Anthony case in ...

  • Last day levity Ala. House Dems sport bow ties

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Members of the Democratic minority were inspired to show off their sartorial splendor on the last day of the legislative Session in honor of Mobile's Democratic Rep. Napoleon ...


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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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  • California man wanted in Alabama arrested in Ariz.

    SAN LUIS, Ariz. -; Federal authorities say a California man wanted in an Alabama murder case has been arrested near the southern Arizona ...

  • Summary of action in Alabama Legislature

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A summary of action in the Alabama Legislature on Monday, the 30th and final meeting day of the regular session: HOUSE: Rejected the governor's proposal to delay Alabama's new private school tax credits for two years. Gave final approval to a major overhaul of Alabama's gun laws, including allowing workers to keep guns in their vehicles while at their ...

  • Etowah County Sheriff warns pregnant women against using drugs

    Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin says just because a woman wants to put her own life at risk with drugs, doesn't give her the right to endanger her unborn child. Entrekin says this must end. Women are being prosecuted for actions that endanger their unborn children. Sheriff Entrekin says this problem is serious in Etowah County. Some fifty babies are born at Gads den Regional Medical ...

  • Judge tosses ex-BP executives obstruction charge

    NEW ORLEANS -; A federal judge on Monday dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico in ...

  • Questions linger in shooting of NY college student

    The godfather of a New York college student accidentally killed by a police bullet says the officer should have negotiated instead of firing as an armed intruder held the young woman ...

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