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    Religious group says churches will "wrestle" with decision to allow gay boy scouts Video included

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    One day after the Boy Scouts of America National Council voted to lifted a ban on gay youth membership --- Alabama Citizens Action Program, says churches will wrestle with that decision. More>>

    Veterans honored with wreath laying ceremony in Carrollton Friday

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    Three American Legion Posts in Pickens County held the ceremony in Carrollton Friday morning, outside the county courthouse. More>>

    New restaurant planned for Uptown in Birmingham

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    A new restaurant will soon come to Birmingham's Uptown. More>>

    President signed bill honoring four Birmingham girls killed in church bombing

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    President Obama signs a bill Friday that honors the victims of Birmingham's 16th street Baptist church bombing which took place on September 15, 1963.
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    No charges to be filed in Adamsville shooting death

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    The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office has decided not to charge an Adamsville homeowner in the shooting death of a 21 year old man.  More>>

    Chelsea High School teacher arrested for allegedly having sexual contact with a student

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    A Chelsea High School teacher was arrested yesterday for allegedly having sexual contact with a student. John Martin Noles, 36, of Hoover, was charged with one count of a school employee having sexual More>>

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    • Friday, May 24 2013 8:36 PM EDT2013-05-25 00:36:29 GMT
      The Alabama baseball team suffered a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to the No. 2 ranked LSU Tigers in an elimination game in the SEC Tournament on Friday afternoon from the Hoover Met. The Tigers scored a pair
      The Alabama baseball team suffered a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to the No. 2 ranked LSU Tigers in an elimination game in the SEC Tournament.
    • Friday, May 24 2013 11:57 AM EDT2013-05-24 15:57:12 GMT
      The Alabama Crimson Tide (34-25, 14-15 SEC) will take on the No. 2 ranked and second seeded LSU Tigers (49-9, 23-7 SEC) in a SEC Tournament elimination game on Friday. First pitch for the fourth-round
      The Alabama Crimson Tide will take on the No. 2 ranked and second seeded LSU Tigers in a SEC Tournament elimination game.
    • Thursday, May 23 2013 6:34 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:34:41 GMT
      A big honor for the late Mal Moore. The former Alabama athletics director was named the College Athletic Director of the Year by Street and Smith Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily. Moore
      A big honor for the late Mal Moore. The former Alabama athletics director was named the College Athletic Director of the Year.
    • National

    • A Southern California teen turned heads at his prom when he showed up with a Sports Illustrated model as his date.
      A Southern California teen turned heads at his prom when he showed up with a Sports Illustrated model as his date.
    • Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."
      The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water...
    • Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81.
      Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81.
    • International

    • Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks after the slaying of a young soldier, adding some 1,200 police to potential trouble spots.
      Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain's domestic spy agency, though investigators say it would have been nearly...
    • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. Ford did not say whether he has ever used crack.
      Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. The mayor of Canada's largest city did not say whether he has ever used...
    • Chile's environmental regulator has stopped construction and imposed sanctions on Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project, citing "serious violations" of its environmental permit.
      Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its...
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