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Top of the List Tourist Attractions
Red Mountain State Park This weeks Birmingham Business Journal lists the areas most notable tourist attractions, listed alphabetically. Click here to see a photo map of the Birmingham Tourist Attractions, or check out our slideshow below to see the entire List. Click the white arrow in each picture to collapse or expand the description of each attraction. One Birmingham outdoor adventure venue ...
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Horrified trucker describes I-5 bridge collapse in Washington
Rescue workers form a human chain as they begin to remove a woman who reaches out from a smashed pickup truck that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the I-5 bridge Thursday in Mt. Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco ...
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Illinois judge charged with possession of heroin guns
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A southwestern Illinois judge already under scrutiny after a colleague died of a cocaine overdose at his family's hunting lodge was charged Friday with possession of heroin and guns. Wearing cutoff shorts and a T-shirt with the slogan "Bad is my middle name," St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook pleaded not guilty to federal counts of possessing heroin ...
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Video What would an end to the war on terror look like
Flash Points: President Obama declared that the war on terror, "like all wars, must end," during a speech on Thursday, and CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate talks with CBS News National Security Correspondent Bob Orr about what the president meant when he said that and why any adjustments in counterterrorism policy must reflect a changing - but still perilous - ...
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Birmingham murder victim Ashley Lane was loving and caring sister says
It's been more than two weeks since Ashley Lane was killed , and police said they don't know much more today than they did the day the 37-year-old woman's body was found on a Woodlawn ...
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Honda makes donation to Hands On Birmingham
Hands On has been partnering with the United Way to accomplish over 100 community service projects over the course of the past ...
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Your Health 5-24-13 Statins and diabetes
BIRMINGHAM - AL - Certain cholesterol-lowering drugs may increase your chances of developing type 2 diabetes. A new study suggests the risk was greatest for patients taking Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor also known as simvastatin. The research focused on almost 500,000 people in Ontario, Canada. The study indicates people taking Lipitor had a 22 percent higher risk of new-onset diabetes, Crestor ...
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Fiery single-vehicle accident near Athens kills 2
Certain cholesterol-lowering drugs may increase your chances of developing type 2 diabetes. A new study suggests the risk was greatest for patients taking Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor also ...
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Dothan board weighs officers Facebook posts
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) -- The Dothan Personnel Board expects to take a few weeks to decide what could be a landmark case involving the use of social media by ...
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Alabama AM names alum as new band director
http://bit.ly/1af5V6x ) that the school announced this week that Carlton Wright will be the new band director. He replaces interim director Derrick ...
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No deaths reported after Washington bridge collapse
Mount Vernon, WA - Washington Governor Jay Inslee says work has already started to design detours after a partial bridge collapse in Mount Vernon, Washington, but state Transportation Secretary Lynn Peterson asked people to avoid Interstate 5 in the area for the next several days. The National Transportation Safety Board is sending an investigative team. Three people were injured but ...
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5.7 magnitude earthquake hits northern California No serious damage reported
An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage. The magnitude-5.7 quake broke dishes and shook mirrors when it struck at 8:47 p.m. Thursday, officials said. It was centered near Greenville, about 25 miles southwest of Susanville in far northeastern ...
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Huntsville approves entertainment districts
http://bit.ly/1aeMVoU ) the Huntsville city council on Thursday approved two separate entertainment districts. People will be allowed to walk around with an alcoholic beverage in the districts on Thursdays and Fridays starting June ...
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Extra troopers less road in Ala. during weekend
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Motorists traveling through Alabama during the long Memorial Day weekend will see extra state troopers on the road. Alabama officials announced the extra troopers are the result of the state participating in the nationwide Click It Or Ticket campaign to increase the use of safety belts. Many of the state's city and county law enforcement agencies are also ...
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Bentley to speak Friday in Greenville Point Clear
MONTGMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley will join other state and local leaders to make an announcement about new jobs coming to Greenville. Details concerning the new economic development project will be announced by the governor and other officials at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the old West Point Building on Glendale Avenue in Greenville. Also Friday, the governor will be at the Marriott ...
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Grilling this Memorial Day Here is a warning
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 ...
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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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