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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Birmingham News.Net http://www.birminghamnews.net/ en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:49:18 -0500 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:49:18 -0500 30 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Alabama legislature's regular session starts Tuesday and lawmakers already have a full docket.Topics up for consideration include amending the immigration law -- as well ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280735&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:08:51 -0500 NBC 13 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280735&cat=0cd1f7701040892f If you live in these areas and saw a suspicious vehicle or person, please contact the Etowah County Sheriff’s Office at 256-546-2825 or the Etowah County Tip Line at ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280736&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:08:49 -0500 NBC 13 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280736&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Birmingham police said Mason had been going to several shops around 27th Street North and harassing people when a shop owner told him to leave his business -- Soul Ville Head ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280737&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:04:51 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280737&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Leo With the luminous Moon sailing through your first house of personality, it is time to strut your stuff. Relationships and interactions with others are exciting and glamorous as Uranus lends a ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280738&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:04:43 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280738&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Montgomery, AL (WIAT) - The retrial of the Bingo trial has begun in Montgomery. Victoryland owner Milton MacGregor along with Senator Harri Anne Smith, lobbyist Tom Coker, former senators Larry ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280739&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:32:03 -0500 CBS 42 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280739&cat=0cd1f7701040892f BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Ivanhoe Newswire)--The perfect male birth control contraceptive would be cheap, reliable, and reversible. It would have few side effects and would be long lasting. A new study used ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280742&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:32:00 -0500 CBS 42 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280742&cat=0cd1f7701040892f BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Ivanhoe Newswire)-- A recent study showed that the protein beta-amyloid which is found in the brain and associated with Alzheimer's disease may even affect the mental function ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280743&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:31:58 -0500 CBS 42 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280743&cat=0cd1f7701040892f BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Here’s an eye-opener for those suffering from severe sleep apnea. It may increase your risk of silent strokes and lesions in the brain.People with ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280741&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:31:58 -0500 CBS 42 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280741&cat=0cd1f7701040892f BIRMINGHAM - AL - The metal that moves through a machine as it bends and screeches in downtown Birmingham is the beginning of what Foster Phillips hopes will change people's thoughts on how ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280731&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:26:31 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280731&cat=0cd1f7701040892f MONTGOMERY - AL - Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard and Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey will gavel the house and senate into session Tuesday. Alabama lawmakers are expected to search for a solution ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280732&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:26:28 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280732&cat=0cd1f7701040892f MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Residents have submitted about 70 suggestions for the name of Montgomery's new east side high school. The Montgomery Advertiser reports ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280733&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:26:24 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280733&cat=0cd1f7701040892f DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Police investigators say a highly decorated Iraqi war veteran shot and killed his wife before fatally shooting himself in their Daytona Beach apartment. Authorities found ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280734&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:26:21 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203280734&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Restaurant operator GMRI Inc. has requested $200,000 in incentives from Birmingham to open a new restaurant in The Summit shopping center. Seasons 52, a grill and wine bar with locations across the ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203279406&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:44:32 -0500 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203279406&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Proposed bills in the Alabama House would raise the state sales tax on vehicles from 2 to 4 percent and would allow revenue-starved Jefferson County to raise vehicle-tag fees by up to 5 percent. ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203279407&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:44:26 -0500 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203279407&cat=0cd1f7701040892f A concrete home construction company is seeking a $2.5 million loan from the city of Birmingham today for the redevelopment of blighted residential properties. PowerConcrete Building Technologies ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203279408&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:44:21 -0500 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203279408&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Follow this company data by On Numbers. Out of the nation's 100 largest metro areas, Birmingham ranked No. 86 in percentage growth. The metro area added 300 jobs during the year, ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203279409&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:44:15 -0500 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203279409&cat=0cd1f7701040892f According to the Birmingham News , McGregor, Sen. Harri Anne Smith of Slocomb, former state Sens. Jim Preuitt and Larry Means, lobbyist Tom Coker and former Country Crossing casino spokesman Jay ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203279410&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:44:10 -0500 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203279410&cat=0cd1f7701040892f More and more older people are getting sexually transmitted diseases. That's coming from a new study published in the British Medical Journal. Researchers say 80 percent of people 50 to 90 ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203275515&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:06:53 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203275515&cat=0cd1f7701040892f The Centers for Disease Control says adults are skipping out on life-saving immunizations. A new report released Thursday shows in 2010, fewer than 20% of people at high risk for developing ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203275514&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:06:50 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203275514&cat=0cd1f7701040892f TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect the top prize of $95,518.44, the Florida Lottery said Monday. The winning tickets were bought in Lady Lake and ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203275516&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:06:49 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203275516&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Court records show that the owner of the retail complex at The Wharf has purchased the remaining bank-owned real estate -- including a 220-slip marina and the 10,000-seat amphitheater -- for ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203270899&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:35:12 -0500 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203270899&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Follow this company is forming a center focused on cardiovascular disease that proponents say could be a new model for health care and ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203274028&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:35:06 -0500 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203274028&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Support is growing for using an unopened facility in Bessemer as a regional jail to help with Jefferson County's money woes and relieve crowding at the downtown jail in ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203274029&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:35:00 -0500 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203274029&cat=0cd1f7701040892f According to the Tuscaloosa News , John Ziegler, spokesman for the Alabama Department of Mental Health, said a new access road off Helen Keller Boulevard leading to the construction site has been ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203271508&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:34:54 -0500 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203271508&cat=0cd1f7701040892f TUSCALOOSA - AL - The city of Tuscaloosa will close Lake Avenue between 15th and 16th streets for about one hour on Monday between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. for a media event. The Tuscaloosa Police ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203269955&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:27:47 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203269955&cat=0cd1f7701040892f JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Rica Lewis-Payton, a former director of Mississippi's Medicaid program, will oversee 10 Veterans Affairs medical centers in eight states. The Clarion-Ledger reports ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203269956&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:27:45 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203269956&cat=0cd1f7701040892f TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - The Arbor Day Foundation and the Alabama Forestry Commission are giving away 30,000 trees to help replant Alabama communities that were devastated by tornadoes last year. ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203269957&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:27:43 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203269957&cat=0cd1f7701040892f By PHILLIP RAWLSAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The retrial in Alabama's gambling corruption case is starting after a one-week delay. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ordered ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203269958&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:27:41 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203269958&cat=0cd1f7701040892f By BOB JOHNSONAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Auburn University trustee selection committee is expected to recommend nine nominees for vacancies on the Board of Trustees. The ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203269959&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:27:39 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203269959&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Gov. Robert Bentley said a shortage of enough state tax income to support all services may result in significant cuts to both state budgets for the next fiscal ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203269251&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:03:39 -0500 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203269251&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Fifty-eight fewer beds would be included in a proposed replacement hospital for Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital if the Certificate of Need application for the new facility is approved by the State ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203268159&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:03:34 -0500 Birmingham Business Journal http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203268159&cat=0cd1f7701040892f BIRMINGHAM, AL (WIAT) - After the Super Bowl turn it to CBS42 for our complete recap of National Signing Day at 10 pm. It's a special edition of Inside Sports with Patrick Claybon & Lauren ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203263912&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:54:44 -0500 CBS 42 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203263912&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Whether you're hosting a watch party, visiting local sports bars, or just taking it easy, Sunday night, football fans celebrated the biggest game of the NFL ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203263910&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:51:46 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203263910&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Buoyed by the success of its Comprehensive Cancer Center, UAB is forming a similar center focused on cardiovascular disease that proponents say could be a new model for health care and ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203262591&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:38:15 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203262591&cat=0cd1f7701040892f INDIANAPOLIS – Eli Manning did it again.Four years ago, Manning proved he was one of the most clutch quarterbacks in the game, leading the Giants to the shell-shocking Super Bowl victory ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203262592&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:18:29 -0500 CBS 42 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203262592&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Teacher of the Year around that time. Many parents may be wondering how something like that could happen, but similar scenarios have played out before in Central Alabama. Some draw parallels between ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203260230&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:01:17 -0500 CBS 42 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203260230&cat=0cd1f7701040892f HOOVER-AL - Hoover Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred late Saturday night. Cpt. Jim Coker with Hoover Police says the accident occurred around 11:40 p.m. when a man and a ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203260229&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:59:12 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203260229&cat=0cd1f7701040892f The UAB women’s basketball team saw a 16-point lead disappear Sunday at Marshall but withstood the Thundering Herd’s challenge to pull out a 50-45 Conference USA road victory at the Cam ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203258685&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:21:00 -0500 CBS 42 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203258685&cat=0cd1f7701040892f KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Auburn battled, but a pair of Tennessee runs kept the Tigers (11-13, 3-8 SEC) from pulling the upset Sunday in Knoxville, Tenn., falling to the No. 8 Lady Volunteers (17-6, ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203258686&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:20:57 -0500 CBS 42 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203258686&cat=0cd1f7701040892f -ranked Georgia Lady Bulldogs, 81-66, in women’s basketball action Sunday afternoon at Foster Auditorium. Alabama’s leading scorers were sophomore Shafontaye Myers and junior Meghan ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203258687&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:20:54 -0500 CBS 42 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203258687&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Birmingham, AL (WIAT) - On Jan. 4, 2012, a single-vehicle crash at 9:50 p.m. claimed the life of a St. Clair County man. The crash occurred just five miles north of Springville on County Road 31. ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203257359&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:42:50 -0500 CBS 42 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203257359&cat=0cd1f7701040892f CULLMAN-AL - Cullman police continue to investigate the death of 48-year-old Shelia Givens who was found unresponsive in the parking lot of Twin Willow apartments on Warnke Road Saturday morning. ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203257358&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:40:37 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203257358&cat=0cd1f7701040892f By SHANNON McCAFFREYAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - Newt Gingrich is wooing NASCAR voters. As he charts a possible course to the Republican nomination, aides say Gingrich will paint frontrunner ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203257357&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:40:35 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203257357&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Agriculture and Industries covering much of the time that former Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee Ron Sparks was the department's ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203256384&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:30:11 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203256384&cat=0cd1f7701040892f TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Police are seeking two men who robbed a coin shop in Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa Police spokesman Sgt. Brent Blankley told the Tuscaloosa News ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203256382&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:08:08 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203256382&cat=0cd1f7701040892f OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) - Long Beach High School students have a chance at a national title after beating 21 other teams from five Southern states in a contest of ocean science knowledge. The ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203256383&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:08:05 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203256383&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Virgo The Sun and Mercury in your solar sixth house of work and health create some tension, but the energy picks up as the day flows on.. There are interruptions to your daily routine as co-workers ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203255279&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:53:59 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203255279&cat=0cd1f7701040892f JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Unless she wins her appeal, a 45-year-old Mississippi woman will serve a year in jail for going to Alabama to buy a box of Sudafed. Diane Avera was convicted in Demopolis of ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203255278&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:31:40 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203255278&cat=0cd1f7701040892f COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - A substitute teacher's attorney says a Lee County grand jury has declined to indict him on charges he made sexual statements to a student. Jeremy Armstrong told the ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203254055&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:58:05 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203254055&cat=0cd1f7701040892f RIVERVIEW, Fla. (AP) - A traffic stop in Florida led to a human trafficking case that authorities say started in Alabama. A Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office report says a deputy stopped a ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203254057&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:58:01 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203254057&cat=0cd1f7701040892f ORONO, Maine (AP) - The University of Maine made it look easy in a 5-0 shutout that completed a weekend sweep over the University of Alabama-Huntsville on Maine's home ice. The Black ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203252922&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:16:47 -0500 ABC 3340 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203252922&cat=0cd1f7701040892f - The Birmingham Public Library was just named one of the top ten libraries for children in the ... http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203251196&cat=0cd1f7701040892f Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:05:20 -0500 NBC 13 http://feeds.birminghamnews.net/?rid=203251196&cat=0cd1f7701040892f