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31 min ago | 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

31 min ago | 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

3 hrs ago | 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

3 hrs ago | 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

4 hrs ago | 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

5 hrs ago | 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

Alabama Live

Ex-Justice Department lawyer talks dead voters, Alabama voter fraud in Mobile speech

Former Justice Department lawyer J. Christian Adams speaks to the Mobile, Alabama, chapter of the Federalist Society on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Mobile, AL, Hale County, AL, Lowndes County, AL

The Montgomery Advertiser

Alabama court system facing layoffs, chief justice says

Alabama's chief justice expects to lay off 150 employees after the state's new fiscal year starts Oct.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government, US Governors, Robert Bentley

Alabama Live

Songs by Alabama band, Little Big Town featured in group performances on 'The Voice'...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- When Blake Shelton chooses the songs for group performances on "The Voice," is he in an Alabama frame of mind? Sure seems like it.

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Related Topix: Alabama, Country, Little Big Town, Birmingham, AL, Blake Shelton, Entertainment

Alabama Live

Best and worst: From Alabama Accountability Act to failure of...

Best and worst: From Alabama Accountability Act to failure of anti-gambling bill, Gary Palmer recaps the Alabama Legislature's 2013 session Alabama Gov.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government, Healthcare Law, Law, Robert Bentley, US Governors, Abortion, Montgomery, AL

Hartselle Enquirer

PES receives $1,800 grant

Priceville Elementary School was recognized as one of five North Alabama Schools to receive a Kroger Earning for Learning Grant in 2013.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Alabama Live

Lawyers look to Alabama Supreme Court on juvenile killer sentences after legislature fails to act

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - How Alabama judges will handle the sentencing of juveniles convicted of capital murder - for at least the immediate future -- now appears to be in the hands of the Alabama Supreme Court after the Alabama Legislature failed to enact a bill addressing the issue .

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Related Topix: Alabama Government, Violent Crime, Criminal Defense Law, Law

The Miami Herald

Mysterious illness kills 2 in southeast Alabama

A mysterious respiratory illness has left five people hospitalized and two dead in southeast Alabama, state health officials said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government

WHNT-TV Huntsville

Governor Bentley: Alabama Ready to Assist Oklahoma as Needed in Tornado Recovery

Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday said various state agencies in Alabama are in contact with their counterparts in Oklahoma to offer any assistance needed in the recovery from Monday's deadly tornado.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma Government, Oklahoma, Alabama Government, Robert Bentley, US Governors, Non-Profit

Alabama Live

Alabama residents favor Medicaid expansion but not Obama reforms as a whole, poll shows

Alabama residents support the part of the Affordable Care Act which would fund a state's expansion of Medicaid recipients, according to a new poll which shows sharp divides along racial lines.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government, Medicaid, Health

Alabama Live

Walt Maddox elected president of Alabama League of Municipalities

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox speaks at a press conference on the city's commercial revolving loan program for businesses locating in Tuscaloosa's recovery zone at the EDGE business incubator on Sept.

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Related Topix: Tuscaloosa, AL, Birmingham, AL

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