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1 hr ago | Alabama Live

Storms damage school in Springville, knock down trees across Alabama; rain likely to return Tuesday

Strong winds from an afternoon thunderstorm ripped a 40 foot section off of the roof of Springville Middle School and toppled trees onto a home across the street.

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Related Topix: Springville, AL, Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, St Clair County, AL

5 hrs ago | CBS Local

Two Naval Academy Graduates Die in Alabama

Alabama State Troopers say 25-year-old Patrick Hunt Drury of Meridian, Miss., and 25-year-old Christopher McArthur of Toomsuba, Miss., were killed early Sunday near York in Sumter County.

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6 hrs ago | The Wichita Eagle

Supreme Court rejects Arizona's proof-of-citizenship voting law

In the latest round of an immigration debate pitting state vs. federal powers, the court in a 7-2 decision declared that Arizona’s law went too far.

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Related Topix: US News, Immigration Reform, Antonin Scalia, John G. Roberts

10 hrs ago | The Decatur Daily

Daughter of famed Alabama QB may run for governor

Alabama Board of Education member Mary Scott Hunter of Huntsville is considering entering the Republican race for governor and plans to decide by the end of summer.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government, US News, Robert Bentley, US Governors, Bob R. Riley, University of Alabama

13 hrs ago | Alabama Live

Alabama GOP backed Goldwater; school-sponsored Bible reading ruled unconstitutional

As protests continued in Gadsden, city officials asked for state troopers to intervene.

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17 hrs ago | The Charlotte Observer

End of BP cleaning crews leaves questions on Gulf

In this Tuesday, June 11, 2013, photo, a small shell is embedded in a tar ball on the beach in Gulf Shores, Ala.

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Related Topix: Gulf Shores, AL, Oil Spill, Baldwin County, AL

21 hrs ago | Anniston Star

Jesse Salinas: Older Alabamians need larger safety net

A strong economic case has been made for why Alabama should make Medicaid health coverage available to more of our citizens.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Alabama Government, Medicaid, Health, Health Insurance, AARP, Opinion

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Alabama Live

Alabama's Mary Margaret McCord finishes second to Connecticut in Miss USA competition

Erin Brady of South Glastonbury, Conn., won after answering a question about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding widespread DNA tests.

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Related Topix: Connecticut, Connecticut Government, University of Alabama

Alabama Live

Expanding Alabama's aerospace industry, winning jobs focus for 2013 Paris Air Show

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley addressed a crowd of nearly 100 economic development officials and local elected leaders from across Alabama at a breakfast Sunday, June 16, 2013, at the Marriott Paris aA A' Rive Gauche Hotel.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Robert Bentley

Alabama Live

Texas law allows 'Merry Christmas' in public schools, should Alabama follow suit?

Texas Governor Rick Perry is joined by Reagan Bohac, whose father, Rep. Dwayne Bohac of Houston, who drafted the state's new "Merry Christmas Bill," at the law's signing last week.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Rick Perry, US Governors, Alabama Government

The Montgomery Advertiser

Alabama Voices - Max Wood: Measure to protect borrowers warrants scrutiny

If this proposal sounds familiar, that's because it was abandoned by lawmakers in the recently concluded legislative session.

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Related Topix: Alabama Government, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Knoxville News Sentinel

Alabama alum recalls sneaking out to watch Wallace's stand

The Ku Klux Klan has dwindled down to almost nothing and the government no longer regards them as a "domestic terrorist organization."

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Related Topix: University of Alabama, Fort Payne, AL, Sports

WTVY Dothan

Montgomery to Dedicate Park to Wright Brothers

Montgomery officials hope the heroics of American aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright will help boost the city's image.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

Alabama Live

Irondale Dedication and Blessing Ceremony For New Fire Trucks

The city of Irondale commissioned three new fire trucks with a Dedication and Blessing Ceremony held in front of City Hall Saturday June 15, 2013.

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Free Republic

GOP’s Quin Hillyer Slams Farrakhan’s Involvement with Alabama Democrats

PJ Media first reported on the anti-Semite, anti-white bigot Louis Farrakhan 's participation in a series of Democrat-sponsored rallies across Alabama in support of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

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Related Topix: US News

Examiner.com

Man arrested on single murder charge confesses to being cartel serial killer

Jose Manuel Martinez, 50, from Delano, Calif., was arrested in May in Ariz. on an outstanding homicide charge from Alabama.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

NewsOne

Re: Brittany Shante Robinson: Missing Alabama Teen Last Seen With Her ...

Home >> Nation >> Crime >> Find Our Missing >> Authorities Search For Missing Alabama Teen Last Seen With Her Father a Year Ago Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's database.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

NBC New York

Man Claims to be Cartel Hitman Who Killed Dozens

The killing in rural Alabama was apparently intended to avenge an insult to a woman.

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WDHN

Alabama Beef Jerky Recalled

An Alabama-based company has issued a recall for about 1,800 pounds of beef jerky.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

WTVY Dothan

Alabama to be Split into 5 Regions Under New Medicaid Plan

Alabama's revamped Medicaid Agency is expected to provide health care through five managed care organizations spread geographically over the state, State Health Officer Don Williamson said today.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, Alabama Government, Medicine

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