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34 min ago | ABC News

Alabama Mystery Illness Solved

It turns out the mystery Alabama illness was a coincidental cluster of varying viruses, but that doesn't mean public health officials were wrong to raise the alarm, experts say.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government, Medicine, Common Cold, Health, Bird Flu, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

3 hrs ago | Local 15

Extra troopers, less road in Ala. during weekend

Alabama officials announced the extra troopers are the result of the state participating in the nationwide Click It Or Ticket campaign to increase the use of safety belts.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government

7 hrs ago | WSFA-TV Montgomery

Alabamians arrive in Oklahoma to help tornado survivors

Jonathan Hardison reports from Moore, Oklahoma on the influx of Alabama volunteers.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government, Weather

11 hrs ago | Anniston Star

Editorial: Thanks for nothing. Seriously. - Inaction works best for Alabama's Common Core standards

"Sometimes nothing is a pretty cool hand." - The title character in the 1967 film "Cool Hand Luke" On occasion, government acts best when it sits still.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Martha Roby, Alabama Government, Opinion

Thu May 23, 2013

The Montgomery Advertiser

Rep. Jo Bonner resigning to take University of Alabama post

<![CDATA[MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner announced Thursday that he is resigning from Congress effective in August to take a post with the University of Alabama system. In the letter to his congressional colleagues, the 53-year-old six-term Republican said he will resign to become vice chancellor of government relations and economic development at the University of Alabama System. He holds undergraduate and law degrees from the university. Bonner represents a southwestern Alabama district that includes Mobile. He is a member of the House Appropriations Committee. His sister, Judy Bonner, is president of the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa -- one of the three campuses in the system. It will be up to Republican Gov. Robert Bentley to call a special election to fill Bonner's seat. The governor's press secretary Jennifer Ardis said the governor has not set a timetable for the special election. "Congressman Bonner has made a tremendous difference for the people of South Alabama," Bentley said in a statement. "He's worked hard on several major issues, including the ongoing recovery from the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. He's a devoted family man and a true friend. I wish him nothing but the best." The governor will call a special election to fill the vacancy. Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard said, "Jo Bonner is a first-class person and his strong voice and character will be greatly missed in the Alabama congressional delegation. He is highly respected by our Legislative Leadership and Members for his 10 years of loyal service to the state." UA system spokeswoman Kellee Reinhart said school officials have not determined how much Bonner will make in his new position. Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead praised Bonner for the way he has served the residents of the 1st Congressional District. "We have a lot of great conservative Republican talent who I am sure will line up to run for this open seat," Armistead said. The chancellor of the University of Alabama system, Robert Witt, said Bonner will officially begin his job with the university on Aug. 16. Witt said Bonner is taking a new position. Witt said Bonner's government experience and economic development record make him well-suited for the position.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jo Bonner, University of Alabama, Mobile, AL

Alabama Live

Rep. Jo Bonner resignation stuns constituents, sparks candidates

U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, announced Thursday that, effective Aug. 15, he was resigning the congressional seat he's held since 2003 for a new job at the University of Alabama System.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jo Bonner, Mobile, AL, Robert Bentley, US Governors

ABC 33/40

Conflict arises over sentence for Ala. juveniles

The sentence a juvenile who has been convicted of capital murder should receive is currently up in the air.

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Related Topix: US Supreme Court, US News, Alabama Government

Alabama Live

Decatur's Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q is highest ranking Alabama restaurant on Southern...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Two of the top 10 rib joints in The South can be found in North Alabama, according to Southern Living 's "Best Rib-Stickin' Joints" rankings.

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Related Topix: Huntsville, AL, Birmingham, AL, Entertainment

WKRN

Alabama governor promotes hurricane preparedness

Gov. Robert Bentley has kicked of Hurricane Emergency Preparedness Week with a seminar and workshop at the Alabama Emergency Management Agency's headquarters in Clanton.

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Related Topix: Robert Bentley, US Governors, Hurricane, Alabama Government, Natural Disasters, Weather

Neighbors

Alabama Farmers Federation Applauds Sessions Irrigation Amendment

Alabama Farmers Federation President Jimmy Parnell praised the U.S. Senate's adoption of an amendment by Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Jeff Sessions, US Senate, Republican, Alabama Government, Agriculture, Science, United States Department of Agriculture

Alabama Live

Alabama 53, U.S. 431-Dug Hill Road upgrades on track for 'mid-summer' completion

Construction crews work on the U.S. 431-Dug Hill Road intersection in this photo from January 2012.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government, Huntsville, AL

Recordpub.com

Dana Milbank: An Alabama senator's lost cause

Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabaman taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff Sessions is taking now.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Jeff Sessions, US Senate, Republican, Alabama Government, Senator Mike Lee, Chuck Grassley, Opinion

Examiner.com

Mountaintop, about Dr. Martin Luther King, debuts at The Unicorn in Kansas City

Travel back 45 years to April 1968 when America stood divided on the big social issue of the day, Civil Rights and an inspirational Black minister, Dr.

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Related Topix: African-American, Theater, Arts

WSFA-TV Montgomery

Shooting Cancels Classes in Macon County, Graduation Party Shooting Update, Red Cross Relied Drive

All classes in the Macon County school system are canceled today after shots were fired at a high school graduation ceremony Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Tuskegee University

WDHN

Two Viruses Revealed In Mysterious Deaths Case

A health report shows one of the two people who died recently due to respiratory illness suffered from the H1N1 virus.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government

Journal Watch

Cluster of Unidentified Respiratory Illnesses in Alabama

Seven people in southeastern Alabama have been hospitalized with an unidentified respiratory illness in recent weeks, and two of them have died, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government

Wed May 22, 2013

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Ala. mystery illness cases climb to 10; CDC still investigating

The number of mystery illness cases affecting Alabama is growing. Wednesday, Alabama Department of Public Health spokeswoman Dr.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alabama Government

Alabama Live

A look at the highly skilled guest workers of Alabama

"But should our immigration policy serve the national interests or the special interests of certain companies?"A A Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Jeff Sessions, US Senate, Republican, Immigration Reform, Birmingham, AL, University of Alabama

The Montgomery Advertiser

Alabama Voices -- U.S. Rep. Martha Roby: Bill would rein in federal intrusion in education

Like many states, Alabama is working through the important task of improving its public education system.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Martha Roby, Robert Bentley, US Governors

Alabama Live

The Boost: Alabama man's world-record fish back from the taxidermist, and much more

The Boost is a daily guide to news, living, and entertainment in Birmingham and in Alabama.

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Related Topix: World Records, Birmingham, AL, Dora, AL

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