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15 hrs ago | ABC 33/40

Shots Fired at Sheriff's Deputies, 3 Arrested

Gunshots were fired at two Shelby County sheriff's deputies late last night when they attempted to serve a felony arrest warrant on a woman wanted for violating probation. via ABC 33/40

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Related Topix: Alabaster, AL

Thursday | WAGT

Woman Accused Of Killing Children Found Dead In Georgia

An Alabama woman accused of driving her car into the Cahaba River with her two children in the back seat almost three years ago has been found dead in Georgia. via WAGT

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Wednesday May 14 | The Mobile Register Online

Today's eye-openers: Highlights from Wednesday's Birmingham News

“Parents and grandparents have replaced the local drug pusher as (drug) pur veyor of choice, ... and the pa rents don't realize it”

The 2008 class of J. Craig and Page T. Smith Scholarship winners gathers Tuesday at the Birmingham Museum of Art. via The Mobile Register Online

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Vestavia Hills, AL

Sunday May 11 | Montgomery Advertiser

Trail of vineyards Wineries boost economy, tourism in state

“I think it has a lot of potential because (the wineries) are spread out all over the state. It's just another tool and attraction that we haven't had before”

CALERA -- Just off the interstate deep in Shelby County, the grapes have yet to peek from their vines. via Montgomery Advertiser

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Related Topix: Calera, AL, Atmore, AL, Florence, AL, Shelby, AL, Marketing

Friday May 9 | WBHM-FM Birmingham

May 8, 2008

The U.S. Hispanic population is booming. The Census Bureau estimates there are almost 46 million Hispanics in the country, or about 15 percent of the population. via WBHM-FM Birmingham

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL

Wednesday May 7 | The Birmingham News

Birmingham News wins Sweepstakes Award, other awards in 2008 Alabama...

The Birmingham News won the Sweepstakes Award for large daily newspapers in the Alabama Press Association's 2008 advertising contest. via The Birmingham News

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Alabama, Birmingham Metro, Cullman, AL, Columbiana, AL

Monday May 5 | WAAY-TV Huntsville

Off-duty sheriff's deputy shot in home by burglar

An off-duty Jefferson County sheriff's deputy was shot in the shoulder by a burglar at his home. via WAAY-TV Huntsville

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Related Topix: Jefferson County, AL

Sunday May 4 | News Observer

Slavery went by other names

“Cottenham's offense was blackness.”

Writing in 1921, newspaperman Herbert J. Seligmann reported that decades after emancipation, white Southern judges routinely sold African-Americans into peonage or quasi-slavery for such "crimes" as debt and ... via News Observer

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Friday May 2 | Everything Alabama

Students at Bluff Park Elementary help build 1-acre outdoor classroom

“We've been shoveling out the mud”

Posted by Jon Anderson -- Birmingham News May 01, 2008 12:05 PM Birmingham News reporter Tiffany Ray, in Wednesday's Hoover News, told us about a 1-acre outdoor learning center under construction at Bluff Park ... via Everything Alabama

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Entomology, Science, Hoover, AL, Jefferson County, AL

Wednesday Apr 30 | Birmingham News Online

Worth Noting Candidate meetings

The Birmingham News, as it traditionally has done, will make recommendations in the party primaries, set this year for June 3. We invite any candidate for statewide office as well as those running in Jefferson ... via Birmingham News Online

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Jefferson County, AL, Opinion

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