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  • 2 schools evacuated after Ala. train derailment

    BEAR CREEK, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in northwest Alabama say a train has derailed near the town of Bear Creek. Marion County emergency dispatcher Heather Burgett says no injuries were reported after the derailment Thursday afternoon. Officials say 12 cars came off the tracks and two schools were evacuated after the accident. Information on what the train was carrying and what caused the ...

  • Margaritaville Biloxi turns one

    BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - A year after thousands danced to the tunes of Jimmy Buffett at the May 22, 2012, opening of the Margaritaville Casino, crowds have thinned and management has changed. It was the first casino to open in South Mississippi since Hard Rock in 2007 in Biloxi. Now, Margaritaville is moving aggressively with major additions; the first of which is a hotel. Margaritaville CEO Doug ...

  • Ministry leaves for Oklahoma Birmingham residents donate goods

    BIRMINGHAM - AL - Packed up and headed west, Refuel Ministries is Oklahoma bound. About 10 volunteers are traveling with boxes and coolers filled with food to serve those who lost everything in Monday's tornado. "I'm just doing whatever I can to help out," Isaac Hardison said. 15-year-old Hardison is the youngest of those who are going. "I felt like I needed to ...

  • One man shot and killed after fight with relative in southwest Birmingham

    Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in southwest Birmingham Thursday. According to Sgt. Johnny Williams, a fight between two men led to a fatal shooting at a home in the 700 block of 23rd Street Southwest just before noon. Officers were called to the location at around 11:40 a.m. on a report of an altercation between two male relatives. Upon arriving, police found one man ...

  • Alabama - Mississippi goes to 10 innings Bama wins

    Mikey White hit a two-run single in the 10th inning to give Alabama a 7-5 victory against Mississippi at the Southeastern Conference tournament on Thursday. Alabama (34-25) trailed 3-0 early in the elimination game, but rallied for two runs in the fourth, one in the fifth and two more in the sixth to take a 5-3 lead. The Rebels' Stuart Turner hit a two-run single in the seventh ...


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A Woman is a Woman (Une femme est une femme) [DVD]

A Woman is a Woman (Une femme est une femme) [DVD]

Jean-Luc Godard spend the decade of the 1950s writing influential film criticism for the French journal Cahiers du cinma, and when he launched his own filmmaking career in 1959, he dove in and never looked back. In just over a year, from 1959 to 1960, he had completed three ... ...

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  • Alabama Power Warns of Scam

    BIRMINGHAM - AL - Alabama Power is warning customers to beware of a scam using its name. A spokesperson says in the last week, they have received a number of calls from customers about a man calling customers telling them their power will be cut off late that afternoon unless they made a payment. The man tells the customer to go buy a reloadable debit card and place the amount of the payment ...

  • NOAA predicts another busy hurricane season

    COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season.Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes.The prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is more than what's considered an average Atlantic season. Last year was the third-busiest ...

  • Tests No common germ behind illness cluster

    In tests on seven of the nine patients, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found no sign that the illnesses were caused by any single germ, CDC spokeswoman Sharon Hoskins said in an ...

  • Vicksburg marks anniversary of Civil War siege

    VICKSBURG, Miss. -- The Mississippi River town of Vicksburg is holding several events this week to mark the 150th anniversary of its siege during the Civil War.Concerts, lectures and wreath-laying ceremonies are planned at the Vicksburg National Military Park.On Thursday, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a Vicksburg stamp that's part of a Civil War commemorative series. On Saturday, ...

  • Ala. governor reviewing some bills from final day

    CLANTON, Ala. (AP) -- Gov. Robert Bentley says he's signed many of the bills the Legislature passed on its final meeting day, but he's holding back a few for additional ...

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