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  • Alabama voters to get more info on campaign money

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama voters will soon be able to learn about candidates' contributions and expenditures without scrolling through page after page of campaign finance reports on their ...

  • Consumer warning on security products and services

    Tis the season. During the summer months consumers need to be aware of unscrupulous solicitations and pressure tactics used to try to frighten an individual into buying or upgrading security products and services that may not be needed. Wednesday morning, Attorney General Luther Strange joined with the Electronic Security Board of Licensure to warn consumers to be cautious. The Board has ...

  • Tim Tebow Coming To Alabama

    BIRMINGHAM - AL - The Gridiron Men's Conference is bringing thousands of men to Birmingham, including Tim Tebow. The conference will be held June 14-15 at Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center. The two-day event features messages from Tebow, best-selling author Josh McDowell, Southern Baptist Convention President Fred Luter, Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy and author and speaker Phil Waldrep. ...

  • 4 teens shot at high school graduation party in Huntsville

    Huntsville - AL - Police in Huntsville say four teenagers were shot at a high school graduation party. The search is now on for the gunman. The shooting happened in the early hours Wednesday at a home on Michael Drive. Madison County sheriff's deputies say a fight broke out during the party. People jumped someone at the party, who then began shooting. Two of the victims were taken by ...

  • Author talks about book on Apostle Paul

    Here is a description taken from Amazon.com: "We will all be ambushed at some point in our lives. The ultimate query is how we will react to this event. This novel focuses on how Paul, a self-driven man, dealt with his life changing confrontations. Paul was a criminal, terrorist, and murderer. After he was ambushed, he went from persecutor to being persecuted and from taking life to giving ...


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Movie Review

Boiler Room [DVD]

Boiler Room [DVD]

Ben Younger's "Boiler Room" is about a small-time crook who tries to go legit, but ends up unwittingly becoming a big-time crook. It's a capitalistic cautionary tale about the dangers of the new American Dream in the era of "Who Wants to Be A Millionare" and Internet stocks going through the roof overnight: trying to get too rich too quick. ...

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  • UA Recognizes Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers

    Undergraduate Research TUSCALOOSA, Ala. --Thirteen University of Alabama undergraduate researchers have received recognition through the Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program. The program recognizes the best research activity conducted by UA undergraduates, who are nominated by faculty and staff research directors. In 1997, the Randall Publishing Co., now Randall-Reilly ...

  • Dear friends in Oklahoma Hope will find you

    In Alabama, we have an idea of what you are going through in the Oklahoma community of Moore. We continue to recover from the tornado that destroyed much of our city, Tuscaloosa, in 2011. If there's one thing we learned, it's that hope will find you, even when you can't find ...

  • Your Health 5-22-13 Americans health

    Birmingham, AL - Americans' overall health is not improving much. A new government report shows about six in 10 people are either overweight or obese and large numbers are engaging in unhealthy behaviors like smoking, heavy drinking or not exercising. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only one in five adults met federal guidelines for both aerobic activity and ...

  • BSA voting on change to openly gay Scouts policy

    Grapevine, TX - Boy Scouts of America leaders are meeting in Texas to vote on whether or not to change the long standing ban on openly gay Boy Scouts. The two day meeting of 1,400 local Boys Scout leaders begins Wednesday and will conclude Thursday with the vote. Scouting officials have proposed allowing openly gay Scouts while keeping the ban on gay adult Scout leaders. The first of ...

  • Tuscaloosa mayor elected to municipal league post

    TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox has been elected president of the Alabama League of Municipalities. The Tuscaloosa News reports ...

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