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Obama honors victims of 1963 Birmingham church bombing
On hand for Friday's signing ceremony with President Barack Obama are, from left, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, sponsor of the legislation; victims' relatives Lisa McNair, Thelma 'Maxine' Pippen McNair and Dianne Braddock; and the Rev. Arthur Price Jr., pastor of the 16th Street Baptist Church, the site of the bombing. / ...
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Bentley signs bond issues campaign bill
King said the governor also approved a $50 million bond issue to purchase equipment for technology training programs in public schools. The technology programs are part of the State Board of ...
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Friend of suspect in U.K. slaying arrested
Lee Rigby , hacking at his body with knives and a meat cleaver, on a London street in front of dozens of passersby on Wednesday afternoon. Both suspects were shot by police at the scene and are hospitalized under guard in stable condition. The BBC said Nusaybah was arrested by police outside its studios Friday night immediately after recording the interview. "This interviewee had ...
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Female suicide bomber injures 11 in Russian region of Dagestan
MAKHACHKALA, Russia - A female suicide bomber injured at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, police said. Police spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov said the bomber blew herself up in the central square in the provincial capital, Makhachkala. He did not give details about the injured children. Since 2000, at least two ...
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Jordan king says extremism grown fat on Israel-Palestinian conflict
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan - Jordan's King Abdullah II says extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. "Good faith talks must get going," he said in Saturday remarks at the opening of a two-day meeting of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum on the shores of the Dead Sea. He pointed to an Arab peace initiative that ...
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In Ethiopia African Union celebrates 50 years
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Dozens of African leaders are meeting in the Ethiopian capital to mark 50 years since the founding of the African Union, a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial ...
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Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Nigeria must respect human rights as it cracks down on the Islamist extremists. He's also pledging to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South ...
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Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair
BEIRUT -; Activists say forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have unleashed their heaviest artillery barrage in a week to dislodge rebels from a strategic western ...
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Haynes Johnson Dead Pulitzer-Winning Journalist And Author Dies At 81
WASHINGTON - Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post reported he died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. In a statement to the Post newsroom, Managing Editor Kevin Merida said Johnson died of a heart ...
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Obama awards Congressional Gold Medal to Birmingham victims
President Barack Obama on Friday is joined by Attorney General Eric Holder, his wife, Sharon Malone, left, and Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala. IPTC: U.S. President Barack Obama says a few words before signing a bill designating the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating the lives of the four young girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church of Birmingham, Alabama, in the Oval ...
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Piedmont man dies in Friday wreck
Alfred L. Mayse II, 29, was driving a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am when the wreck happened about 4 a.m.Mayse died in the wreck that occurred about 1 mile south of Piedmont on Alabama 21, when Mayse ran off the road and struck a ...
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Man survives train vs. truck collision
The driver of this truck walked away with minor injuries Friday after his vehicle was hit by a train in Glencoe. The wreck happened about 11:1a.m. on Keysburg Road near U.S. Highway 431. John Paul Moore, 22, of Glencoe, was driving his Toyota pickup and crossed into the path of the ...
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Police collect $1400 in counterfeit bills
Gadsden Police visited local stores on Thursday and collected counterfeit money in an effort to protect businesses and consumers from the rash of fake bills flooding ...
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Woman stealing employees credit cards in Gadsden Attalla
Gadsden Police Department | Special to The Times This woman is suspected of stealing credit cards from employees of local businesses, seen on a surveillance video from a Gadsden shoe ...
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Thrift stores fund rehab ministry
An online explanation of a thrift store is that it is not a high-end retailer, but a store with merchandise that is varied because it relies on donations to be sold in a no-frills shopping environment. Casual wear, furs and evening dresses, children’s clothing, toys, appliances, books and baby items are found at prices much below regular retail, and the money spent at thrift stores most ...
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Worship Guide for May 25
The deadline is noon Tuesday to submit special services articles for publication in Saturday’s Worship section. Send announcements to news@gadsdentimes.com with ';Worship Guide'; in the subject line or mail to The Gadsden Times, Worship Guide News, P.O. Box 188, Gadsden, AL 35902, or 401 Locust ...
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Ministry center serving up faith with a cup of coffee
PHIL CARLSON | QUINCY HERALD-WHIG | ASSOCIATED PRESS | FILE The inside of the North Street Ministry Center and coffee shop is shown April 20 in Hannibal, Mo. The facility has a cabin feel, with one-off furniture, fishing nets and lures and reclaimed barn siding adding to the ambiance. Along with a simple coffee house atmosphere in part of the site, the center also features a bookstore, ...
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Around Here for May 25
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Alabama falls to LSU
LSU teammates embrace Jared Foster after he scored the game-tying run against Alabama on Friday. (Vasha Hunt | AL.com | Associated ...
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Indy 500 could be better than 2012s epic race
Dario Franchitti, of Scotland, framed through a stack of tires, talks with his crew following the final practice session for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Friday, May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Darron ...
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Gas cylinder blast on Pakistan school bus kills 17
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A pair of suspected militant attacks killed nine people in two different areas of northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said.In the deadlier of the two attacks, suspected militants armed with heavy weapons attacked a police convoy in Mattani, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing six policemen and wounding seven others, said senior ...
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Ivalee Elementary student gets to dance
It was a dream come true for 13-year-old Alyssa Bartlett as she twirled in the hand of her dance partner, Steve Craft. The smile on her face was unmistakable. She was having the time of her ...
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Pacers steal Game 2 from Heat 97-93
MIAMI — David West's right hand helped the Indiana Pacers grab home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals. Roy Hibbert scored 29 points, West knocked away two passes by LeBron James for huge turnovers in the final minute, and the Pacers evened the East title series with a 97-93 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the series on Friday night. Paul George scored 22 ...
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Penguins rip Ottawa 6-2 move to conference finals
Pittsburgh Penguins' Brenden Morrow (10) celebrates his first-period goal with teammate Jussi Jokinen (36) in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in their NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs series, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. ...
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Official 2 dead after Angel Flight crashes in NY
Forty years have passed since Eastern Flight 401 slammed down in the Florida Everglades, yet no memorial has been raised to remember the 101 people who perished that ...
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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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