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    Sick Alabama girl gets surprised with trip to Disney world

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    Magic Moments teamed up with the BB&T Lighthouse Project to make the dream of an Alabama child come true. More>>

    AM News: Al. Governor urges Alabamians to be hurricane storm ready

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    Please access the video player above to hear more about this news story, plus other news and weather headlines with Alabama's 13 News Bettina Boateng, Lisa Crane and Stephanie Walker.
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    Troopers to increase patrols for holiday weekend Friday

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    Alabama state troopers are reminding motorists to drive carefully during this year's Memorial Day holiday weekend.
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    President to sign bill honoring four Birmingham girls killed in church bombing

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    President Obama is set to sign 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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    Trinity Medical Center's relocation plans spurs restaurant development

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    A new seafood restaurant is finally coming to Birmingham, now that Trinity Medical Center will eventually move into its new home. More>>

    Boy Scouts vote to lift ban on homosexual scouts Video included

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    The Boy Scouts of America have voted to lift its ban on homosexual boys. More>>

    Train derailment forces school evacuation in Marion County

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    A train derailment in Marion County forced a school to be evacuated Thursday. More>>

    Slice Pizza and Brew gathers funds and shirts for OK tornado survivors

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    A Birmingham business is giving a portion of their sales to help folks recover from the Oklahoma tornado. More>>

    Books-A-Million accepting donations to help OK recovery efforts

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    Books-A-Million, Inc. announced this week that it will collect donations to support The Salvation Army's tornado relief efforts in Moore, Oklahoma. More>>

    ADPH: Flu, common cold, bacterial pneumonia caused "mystery" respiratory illness

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    Samples sent to the CDC for testing after a cluster of respiratory illness in southeast Alabama came back positive for influenza A, rhinovirus and bacterial pneumonia, according to the Alabama Department More>>

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    • 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.
    • Thursday, May 23 2013 5:36 PM EDT2013-05-23 21:36:06 GMT
      Alabama had a 5-3 lead in the 7th, but a two run RBI from Ole Miss's Stuart Turner tied the game up and it would stay that way after nine innings. This would become the 9th game of the season for the
      Alabama had a 5-3 lead in the 7th, but a two run RBI from Ole Miss's Stuart Turner tied the game up and it would stay that way after nine innings. This would become the 9th game of the season for the
    • Wednesday, May 22 2013 5:53 PM EDT2013-05-22 21:53:37 GMT
      In the second round of the 2013 SEC Baseball Tournament, the Alabama Crimson Tide suffered a 3-0 loss to the second-ranked and No. 2 seeded LSU Tigers on Wednesday afternoon from the Hoover Met. Following
      In the second round of the 2013 SEC Baseball Tournament, the Alabama Crimson Tide suffered a 3-0 loss to the second-ranked and No. 2 seeded LSU Tigers
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    • As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the...
      As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the...
    • 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."
      A truck carrying an oversize load struck a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only...
    • The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon.
      During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don't understand the dire warnings from forecasters to get out of its way. So this season, they hope to offer...
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    • Thursday, May 23 2013 7:28 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:28:29 GMT
      From: Ben Bryson
      One man was killed, after being shot on Birmingham's southwest side just before noon Thursday.
      One man was killed, after being shot on Birmingham's southwest side just before noon Thursday.
    • Thursday, May 23 2013 8:13 PM EDT2013-05-24 00:13:18 GMT
      There is a new book out for Auburn fans called Decades of Dominance: Auburn Football in the Modern Era. The books looks at Auburn football from the Pat Dye era until today. Don talks to the books author,
      There is a new book out for Auburn fans called Decades of Dominance: Auburn Football in the Modern Era. The books looks at Auburn football from the Pat Dye era until today.  
    • Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:14 PM EDT2013-05-22 02:14:25 GMT
      Her name is Just-A-Dream and she's the most decorated Arabian mare in the world. Just-A-Dream is back home at Cornerstone Ranch in Shelby County. She is back home with the other champions raised by
      Her name is Just-A-Dream and she's the most decorated Arabian mare in the world. Just-A-Dream is back home at Cornerstone Ranch in Shelby County.
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