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Braves Gattis lands on DL with strained oblique
Atlanta Braves rookie Evan Gattis landed on the disabled list with a strained oblique. The injury occurred in the 7th inning of Monday's win over the New York Mets. Gattis struck out looking. Brian McCann was on deck to pinch hit for Gattis in the 9th when Freddie Freeman delivered a two-run walk off home run. Gattis is second on the team in home runs (14) and RBIs (37). Atlanta ...
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Revenue Department clarifies tax credit rules
The Alabama Department of Public Safety has issued a missing child alert for a 2-month-old baby. Investigators say De'Anthony Dejuan Kelly was taken by Dor'Sayde Gathright early Monday Morning. ...
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Birmingham superintendent defends school performance after state...
Birmingham City Schools Superintendent Craig Witherspoon reacts to 10 city schools being placed on the Alabama Accountability Act failing schools list by the Alabama Department of ...
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Alabamas new tax credits limited to transfers
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama's Department of Revenue says the state's new private school tax credits don't apply to students who are already in private schools, even though they are zoned for a failing public ...
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Missing child alert issued for Birmingham baby
The Alabama Department of Public Safety issued a Missing Child Media Alert after a 2-month-old baby was allegedly taken by a 14-year-old girl early Monday ...
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Ala authorities on lookout for infant boy and teen
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Alabama authorities are looking for a missing infant and a teen-aged girl who may be linked to his alleged abduction.The Department of Public Safety issued an alert Tuesday for 2-month-old De'Anthony Dejuan Kelly and 14-year-old Dor'Sayde Gathright.Officials say Gathright walked off with the child while he was being cared for by Gathright's mother, who is the ...
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Governor Bentley to reinstate merit raises for state employees
STATEWIDE - Many Alabama state employees are going to get their first raises in five years. Governor Robert Bentley says he plans to reinstate merit raises starting January 1st. State employees got their last merit raises and cost of living raises in 2008. There have been none since then because the recession affected state tax collections. Governor Bentley signed a letter saying state ...
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Ala. Rep. Chad Fincher running for US House
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Republican state Rep. Chad Fincher of Semmes has joined the crowded field to replace U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner in Alabama's 1st District congressional race. The two-term legislator kicked off his campaign Monday. The 39-year-old Fincher owns a real estate agency. He says he decided to run in part because of his struggles and frustrations as a small-business owner. Fincher ...
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Miss. woman pleads not guilty in injection death
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi woman has pleaded not guilty to killing an Alabama woman by giving silicone injections as a buttocks enhancement. Tracey Lynn Garner entered the plea Tuesday in Hinds County Circuit Court. Judge Winston Kidd says he'll consider Garner's request to be released on bond. Kidd also extended a gag order to ...
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Attalla Man Charged With False Identity
ETOWAH COUNTY - AL - An Attalla man has been arrested and charged with giving false identification to law enforcement officers. According to Sheriff Todd Entrekin, 38-year-old Allen Lee Deal was arrested after giving a sheriff's office investigator a false identification when they stopped the vehicle he was riding in last Friday. Deputies stopped the vehicle after they noticed an ...
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Schools failing under Alabama Accountability Act
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Here are the 78 Alabama schools classified as failing by the Alabama Department of Education under the Alabama Accountability ...
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APNewsbreak Ala. governor reinstating merit
Gov. Robert Bentley says he plans to reinstate merit raises starting Jan. 1. State employees got their last merit raises and cost-of-living raises in late 2008. There have been none since then because the recession affected state tax ...
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Former school in Sardis to be sold at auction
http://bit.ly/17j4054 ) that the Dallas County School Board on Monday approved a plan to hold a public auction for Shiloh Elementary School in ...
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Crews cleaning up after storms in north Alabama
Utilities workers from Huntsville were clearing streets Tuesday after overnight storms left damage in the Gurley area.In Athens, officials say more than 2,000 electric customers lost power because of storms with high winds on Monday.Forecasters say more rain is possible, and storms could be strong in central and south ...
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Langford and Bell may have saved Birmingham
I honestly can't remember seeing a picture of Birmingham in the National Press in the past 50 years that didn't include pictures of dogs and fire ...
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Wrong birth date engraved on Koch’s tombstone discovered months after death
New York - Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch meticulously planned his own funeral. He didn't plan for this error. Months after his death, it has been discovered that his tombstone has the wrong birth date. A television station out of New York is reporting that the headstone lists his birth year as 1942 instead of 1924. Tommy Flynn, the engraver, says it was "an inadvertent ...
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School volunteers to be checked for sex offenders
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- The Tuscaloosa City Board of Education is set to vote on a new school guest and volunteer policy that would require visitors at Tuscaloosa City Schools to undergo a sex offender registry ...
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Alabama mayor Town will reconsider pit bull ban
CLAY, Ala. (AP) -- The mayor of an Alabama town says that city officials will reconsider a ban on pit bulls after dozens of pet owners and animal advocates showed up at a city council meeting to protest the ...
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Birmingham outperforms most metro areas in creation of STEM jobs
An unusually high proportion of jobs in metro Birmingham are so-called STEM jobs that offer relatively high wages, a report by the Brookings Institution ...
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State to release list of schools failing in Ala
The state is releasing the names of schools that are failing under a new Alabama law that lets parents receive tax credits for sending their children to a better ...
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Southern GOP leaders meeting in Alabama
Alabama Republican Chairman Bill Armistead says the two-day meeting of state party chairs and executive directors concludes Tuesday in Birmingham.Party leaders hope to retain all their current U.S. Senate seats and pick up six new ones, which would allow the GOP to take control of the Senate.A statement by Armistead says the discussions will include ways to defeat Democratic Sens. Mark Pryor of ...
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Former Alabama prison guard testifies that supervisor said to kill inmate
Former correctional officer Scottie Glenn testified on the opening day of the trial for former Lt. Michael Smith. Smith 38, of Auburn, is charged with violating Rocrast ...
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Ga. man sentenced on sex trafficking charges
ATLANTA (AP) - U.S. Attorney's officials say a metro Atlanta man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on sex trafficking charges. Officials said Monday that 30-year-old Demario Hillmon, of Douglasville, Ga. was sentenced for his involvement in transporting a minor across state lines for prostitution. Authorities say Hillmon targeted young girls on social networking sites and enticed ...
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Government pushing for more tools to keep tabs on people
Capricorn If you've been grappling with a knotty problem recently you could have a breakthrough today when you suddenly see the light. It will help to discuss the whole thing with other people because they'll help you to view it from a fresh perspective, and that could make all the difference. Don't worry if you come up with a rather strange or unusual solution, because that may ...
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Alabama divided into Medicaid districts
The Legislature earlier this year approved a reorganization of Medicaid into districts around the state. Acting Medicaid Director State Health Officer Don Williamson says it was difficult to decide how to divide the counties, and added that some counties could be shifted before the map is finalized Oct. ...
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Redevelopment of Fair Park at the heart of the budget mess
The city council of Birmingham is facing the difficult task of trying to redevelop a badly run-down part of the city with money that is short, and transforming the local economy to a cleaner one at a time of great recession, yet this must be done if we are to plan for the future.
Birmingham is a city that grew up as a manufacturing hub in the American south. The city was hit badly by the Great Depression, and it wasn’t until after the Second World War that things started to look up. The current situation in Birmingham is no different, although the local economy has diversified considerably since back then, it is still heavily reliant on manufacturing activities. Read more
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