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SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea says North Korea has fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters. Pyongyang routinely test-launches such ...
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Obama Agenda Seems to Be Weathering Controversies
Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office. "Absolutely not," Steven Miller, the recently resigned acting head of the Internal Revenue ...
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Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash
FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to Connecticut hospitals, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast ...
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Investigator Top US Treasury officials told of tax probe in June of campaign year 2012
WASHINGTON - The ousted head of the U.S. tax agency apologized to Congress for his agency's tougher treatment of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, including during last year's presidential election, saying it resulted from a misguided effort to handle a flood of applications, not political bias. Lawmakers from both parties harshly criticized the Internal Revenue Service ...
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Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges
Blasphemy charges were not uncommon in Egypt under the now-ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak's regime, but there has been a surge in such cases in recent months, according to rights activists. The trend is widely seen as a reflection of the growing power and confidence of Islamists, particularly the ultraconservative ...
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Escaped Alabama inmate recaptured
Sheriff's spokeswoman Natalie Barton says 30-year-old Justin Wade Hopkins, of Collinsville, was working in the kitchen when he escaped early Friday morning.Hopkins is described as a white man, 6 feet tall and weighs about 220 pounds. Barton says Hopkins has brown eyes, a shaved head and was wearing tan jail pants and a T-shirt.Anyone with information on the man's whereabouts is asked ...
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Conn. commuter trains collide 60 go to hospitals
FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five critically injured and one very critically injured, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. There were no reports of ...
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Possible tornado surprises north Alabama city
Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said ...
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Report Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr
NEW YORK (AP) - Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company's board of directors will meet Sunday evening to consider approving a $1.1 billion acquisition of online content-sharing ...
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Police bust suspected illegal gambling operating
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Police in Birmingham have shut down a recording studio and removed 33 machines they say were being used for illegal ...
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Worship Guide for May 18
• Morningstar Baptist Church, 1311 Fourth St. N.W., Attalla — 3 p.m. May 26, 100 Women in White program will be presented. Guest speaker will be Dr. Gertie Thompson Lowe. Other guests will be Sister Debra Adams, Sister Jennifer Huff and the Rev. Bettye Robinson. Refreshments will be served. Today, beginning at 10 a.m. Morningstar will have its May Day Celebration.• James Memorial ...
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Ala. Supreme Court reinstates $3.2 million verdict
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Supreme Court has reinstated a $3.2 million malpractice verdict awarded to the estate of a Montgomery woman who died in 2005 after being treated at the Baptist East Emergency Room in ...
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Venturi US Open champion and CBS analyst dies
His son, Matt Venturi, says he died Friday afternoon in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Venturi had been hospitalized the last two months for a spinal infection, pneumonia and an intestinal ...
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Ex-Groupon CEO working 9 to 5 on business album
Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is diving into several new ventures, including indulging his inner rock star with an album of "motivational business ...
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Tornado-ravaged Texas town to start recovery
Power lines damaged by Wednesday's tornado litter the streets in Cleburne, Texas on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Ten tornadoes touched down in several small communities in Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless. Emergency responders were still searching for missing people Thursday ...
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Yahoo CEO to announce something special in NYC
NEW YORK - Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is promising to unveil "something special" Monday in New York as she tries to attract more traffic and advertising to the Internet company.The Sunnyvale, Calif., company gave no further details Friday other than that Mayer will be discussing a product. Reporters are being invited to attend the 5 p.m. event at a lounge located in New York's Times ...
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PAPER PULPIT Trusting spiritual feelings
Scientists who are against religion — let’s call them SARs — want us to believe that religious feelings are nothing more than nerve activity in specific areas of the brain, such as temporal lobe epilepsy or old- age atrophy of the ...
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Historic church at Keener to hold final service
Church-goers head in to an old-fashioned community church service May 29, 2011 at the historic Keener United Methodist Church in Keener, Ala. Members of churches in the Duck Springs and Keener communities and local residents got together for the service. The church will hold its final service ...
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Run For The Wall to stop Tuesday near Asheville
The Run For The Wall veterans’ motorcycle ride from California to Washington, D.C., will stop near Ashville between 2:10 p.m. and 3:10 p.m. ...
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Etowah Middle School sets make-up registration
Etowah Middle School will have make-up registration from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. May 28 for any student planning to enroll in grades 6 through 8 for the 2013-2014 school ...
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Boaz Council continues discussions on aquatic center
Prior to that, the council interviewed candidates for the school board vacancy that will occur at the end of the month.Four interviews had been planned, but two candidates removed themselves. Tim Whitt and Rhonda Smith were interviewed.Whitt was a strong candidate for a position last year and is expected to be nominated and voted on at the May 28 council ...
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NM mom I followed instincts in chasing abductor
A mother who chased down a man and ran into his car after he grabbed her 4-year-old says her "mother's instincts" kicked in when she launched her ...
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Possible tornado surprises Athens
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) - An unconfirmed tornado has knocked down trees, flipped Dumpsters and damaged the roof of the nearby WalMart in Athens. A forecaster at the National Weather Service in Huntsville said the suspected tornado started about a mile south-southeast of Athens and moved in a line toward southwest Ardmore Friday. The unsettled weather system continued to concern forecasters as it ...
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OSHA impersonator gets 57 months in oil spill scam
spill NEW ORLEANS - A woman has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for bilking Gulf Coast residents by posing as a federal safety official after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that 47-year-old Connie Knight, formerly of Belle Chasse, had claimed to be an Occupational Safety and Health Administration safety instructor. She held classes in ...
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Perry tours neighborhood hit by deadly tornado
A man walks in front of a home damaged by Wednesday's tornado in Cleburne, Texas on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Ten tornadoes touched down in several small communities in Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless. Emergency responders were still searching for missing people Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo/Ron Russek ...
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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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