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27 min ago | WVTM

Student Suspended for Setting Fire at Birmingham School

The Birmingham Fire Department responded to the fire call at the school just before 9 a.m. Tuesday morning.

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Related Topix: Fire, Birmingham Metro

4 hrs ago | News Courier

Teen to face trial as adult in moma s murder

A judge has denied youthful offender status for a 17-year-old Birmingham girl charged in the slaying of her adoptive mother in Madison County.

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Related Topix: Madison County, AL, Toney, AL, Huntsville, AL

8 hrs ago | WVTM-TV Birmingham

Family of Murdered Man Increases Reward

BIRMINGHAM: The family of a Birmingham murder victim hopes a larger reward will help find their son's killer.

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Related Topix: Birmingham Metro

Mon Oct 06, 2008

WVTM

Bull Connora s Tank Returns to Birmingham

This time, its blue police paint faded, and exterior rusting, the vehicle wasna t quite as intimidating.

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Everything Alabama

Montevallo man killed in four-wheeler accident

Posted by Jeremy Gray -- The Birmingham News and Associated Press October 06, 2008 8:25 AM A 21-year-old Montevallo man was killed Sunday when a four-wheeler he was driving flipped, according to the Bibb County ...

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Related Topix: Montevallo, AL, Bibb County, AL, Brierfield, AL, Lawrence County, AL

Sun Oct 05, 2008

WVTM-TV Birmingham

Birminghama s 11th Annual Battle of The Bands

If you were anywhere near Legion Field Sunday night - you heard it: The battle was between the bands, but the fight to keep thousands of fans safe was top priority.

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Everything Alabama

Two shot to death in Jefferson County this weekend

Midfield and Birmingham police are investigating two homicides that happened within less than 14 hours of each other, according to the Jefferson County Coroner's Office.

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Related Topix: Midfield, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Bessemer, AL

WQEN-FM Birmingham

Drought Worsens

September has been labeled one of the driest Septembers on record in Alabama. September 2008 was the third driest September for Tuscaloosa , sixth driest for Birmingham , and eighth driest for Anniston .

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Related Topix: Weather, Birmingham Metro, Anniston Metro, Anniston, AL

Sat Oct 04, 2008

WAAY-TV Huntsville

Proposed coal mine near Smith Lake stirs protest

John Parker Wilson threw for 205 yards and one touchdown, as eighth-ranked Alabama built a huge first-half lead and held on for a 41-30 victory over No.

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Related Topix: Cullman, AL, Cullman County, AL, Birmingham Metro

Hometown Annapolis

Our Legacy: A moving trip to Birmingham, Ala.

Well we are back! Zastrow Simms and I attended the 10th annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival in Birmingham, Ala., last weekend and it was awesome.

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Related Topix: Birmingham Metro, University of Maryland Baltimore County

NBC13.com

Court Hearing For Suspect In Face Shooting In Birmingham

A judge decided to send an attempted murder case to a grand jury. According to a court clerk, Judge Shelly Watkins sent the case of the defendant, Joe Lacino, to a grand jury.

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Related Topix: Birmingham Metro

Fri Oct 03, 2008

WVTM-TV Birmingham

Birmingham Woman Battles Cancer For Fifth Time

The month of October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. One Birmingham woman has been fighting breast cancer for more than a decade.

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Related Topix: Birmingham Metro, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

WERC-AM Birmingham

Man Found Murdered in Car

The search is underway for who killed a man found dead in his car, in North Birmingham.

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Related Topix: Birmingham Metro

NBC13.com

How Healthy Are Alabama's Banks?

It's a sampling of Birmingham's banks: large, medium, small. How healthy are they? How are they faring since the Wachovia buyout? And what's the future of assets at these institutions? They are Birmingham's ...

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Related Topix: Birmingham Metro

Thu Oct 02, 2008

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Birmingham Men Charged with Armed Bank Robbery

JIMMY DEE SMILEY, 44, and ALDARIUS EDWARD MOORE, 26, both of Birmingham, Alabama, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of Armed Bank Robbery and Carrying a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.

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Related Topix: Birmingham Metro, Prison, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Prisons

NBC 15 Online

Selma's First Black Lawyer Dies

J.L. Chestnut Jr., the first black lawyer in Selma and a prominent attorney in civil rights cases across a half century, died Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Howard University, Agriculture, Science

WVTM-TV Birmingham

Feds Indicts 5 People in Bank Robbery Cases

Five men face federal bank robbery charges in separate cases. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Birmingham said they include the armed robbery of a Wachovia Bank in downtown Birmingham on Aug.

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Related Topix: Birmingham Metro, Winston County, AL

WIAT-TV Birmingham

63rd Homicide Victim Identified

The victim in Birmingham's 63rd homicide of the year has been identified. The victim was 63-year-old Joseph Scholl of Tarrant.

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Related Topix: Birmingham Metro, Tarrant, AL

Wed Oct 01, 2008

WVTM-TV Birmingham

Fla. Man Indicted in Bribery Scheme at Redstone

A federal grand jury in Birmingham has indicted a Florida man on bribery charges.

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Related Topix: Birmingham Metro, Redstone Arsenal, AL, Huntsville Metro, Huntsville, AL

NBC13.com

Bridge Crews Discover Latest Birmingham Homicide

Crews working to widen Interstate 65 near Finley Boulevard discovered Birmingham's latest homicide victim Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Birmingham Metro

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Birmingham, Alabama is located in Jefferson County and is part of the Birmingham Metro Area. Zip codes in Birmingham, AL include 35211, 35206, and 35204.

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