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a success for Red Cross
';Uncorked: The Derby 2013,'; raised a little more than $42,000 for the Etowah-Cherokee chapter of the American Red Cross, according to chapter Director Joy ...
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Food preservation workshop to be offered
The Etowah County Cooperative Extension Service will offer a free workshop in preserving vegetables by salt fermentation called ';Learning Lacto Fermentation of Vegetables'; from 10 a.m. to noon June 18 at the extension ...
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Local funds raised for Oklahoma tornado relief
More than $2,000 has been donated locally to the American Red Cross to help with disaster relief in Oklahoma following Monday’s tornado, according to Etowah-Cherokee chapter Director Joy ...
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East Gadsden man robbed at gunpoint inside home
The man was asleep in the bedroom of his East Broad Street home, according to the reports, when he heard a large boom and heard someone inside of his living room. He saw the man carrying a small pistol.He tried to hold his bedroom door shut, but when the man threatened him, he got down on the floor as instructed. The man took about $100 in cash before leaving.The investigation is ...
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HPs 2Q offers hope even as revenue slump deepens
A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star ...
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Tishomingo County voters OK beer alcohol sales
With more than half Tishomingo County's voters casting ballots, legalizing alcohol passed by 42 votes, while legalizing beer and light wine passed by 73. The county borders Alabama and ...
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Carney Criticism of IRS response legitimate
White House press secretary Jay Carney gestures as he speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. At the briefing Carney announced that President Obama will travel to Oklahoma to visit tornado affected communities. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn ...
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Pentagon New record plan wont help vet backlog
WASHINGTON -; The Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system to be able to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs, but officials cautioned that it was part of a "long-term modernization" effort and would not help ease the backlog in VA disability ...
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Outlook improves for Alabamas PACT program
MONTGOMERY — The financial outlook for Alabama’s prepaid-college-tuition plan has turned around since the state’s highest court ruled the program can pay tuition at fall 2010 rates rather than current rates, a financial expert said ...
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Strange calls for special prosecutor in IRS case
Attorney General Luther Strange Strange pointed out that an IRS official invoked the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination earlier Wednesday when called before a House committee. (Dave Martin | Associated Press | ...
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Down syndrome support group marks anniversary
PADS-Gadsden marked its one-year anniversary last month. The Parent Advocates Down Syndrome support group meets on the third Tuesday of each month at Life Church in Rainbow ...
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British officials Radical Islam behind London attack
Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to ...
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Okla. tornado damage Thousands of homes $1.5-$2B
(AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger). Penny Phillips throws out a bag of salvaged clothing as she goes through the remains of her home on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Moore, Okla. that was destroyed by Monday's tornado in the area near 4th and ...
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4 plead guilty in Ala. college hazing case
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Four men have pleaded guilty to their involvement in hazing at Jacksonville State University. The Anniston Star reports ...
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Talk of lies pride as Trump case goes to jury
As a jury deliberates whether Jodi Arias should live or die for killing her one-time boyfriend, the convicted murderer says she deserves a chance at freedom ...
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Alabama governor signs bill on carrying guns
The bill by Republican Sen. Scott Beason of Gardendale passed the Legislature Monday, and Bentley's press secretary, Jennifer Ardis, announced the Republican governor signed it into law ...
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Health officials probe deadly respiratory illness in Alabama
By Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - U.S. and state health authorities are investigating an unidentified respiratory illness that has killed two of 10 people hospitalized with it in Alabama since last week. Preliminary tests do not indicate the bird flu, nor a new mutation of any known influenza virus, said Dr. Mary McIntyre, an assistant state health officer at the Alabama ...
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EBSCO to merge two divisions
Two divisions of EBSCO Industries will be merging beginning in July. EBSCO Industries Inc. Wednesday announced the merger of two of its business divisions into one entity which will operate as EBSCO Information Services. The EBSCO Publishing business (EP) and the EBSCO Information Services business (EIS) will combine as of July 1. While the two businesses have worked closely together for the ...
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EBSCO to merge two divisions
Two divisions of EBSCO Industries will be merging beginning in July. EBSCO Industries Inc. Wednesday announced the merger of two of its business divisions into one entity which will operate as EBSCO Information Services. The EBSCO Publishing business (EP) and the EBSCO Information Services business (EIS) will combine as of July 1. While the two businesses have worked closely together for the ...
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EBSCO to merge two divisions
Two divisions of EBSCO Industries will be merging beginning in July. EBSCO Industries Inc. Wednesday announced the merger of two of its business divisions into one entity which will operate as EBSCO Information Services. The EBSCO Publishing business (EP) and the EBSCO Information Services business (EIS) will combine as of July 1. While the two businesses have worked closely together for the ...
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EBSCO to merge two divisions
Two divisions of EBSCO Industries will be merging beginning in July. EBSCO Industries Inc. Wednesday announced the merger of two of its business divisions into one entity which will operate as EBSCO Information Services. The EBSCO Publishing business (EP) and the EBSCO Information Services business (EIS) will combine as of July 1. While the two businesses have worked closely together for the ...
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EBSCO to merge two divisions
Two divisions of EBSCO Industries will be merging beginning in July. EBSCO Industries Inc. Wednesday announced the merger of two of its business divisions into one entity which will operate as EBSCO Information Services. The EBSCO Publishing business (EP) and the EBSCO Information Services business (EIS) will combine as of July 1. While the two businesses have worked closely together for the ...
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EBSCO to merge two divisions
Two divisions of EBSCO Industries will be merging beginning in July. EBSCO Industries Inc. Wednesday announced the merger of two of its business divisions into one entity which will operate as EBSCO Information Services. The EBSCO Publishing business (EP) and the EBSCO Information Services business (EIS) will combine as of July 1. While the two businesses have worked closely together for the ...
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IAEA report Iran expands nuclear technology
Herman Nackaerts, left, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, shakes hands with Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, after their talks at the permanent mission of Iran in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. U.N. nuclear agency officials are meeting with Iranian counterparts in a renewed attempt ...
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Egypt leader claims victory in captives release
This image made from video broadcast on Egyptian State Television shows members of the Egyptian security forces after their release by kidnappers, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation, the country's ...
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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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