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    Police: Woman whose car crashed in Hoover lake died at hospital

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    Police say she was transported to Brookwood Hospital after the accident, but did not survive. As we first reported this morning, the accident happened around 9:30 p.m. Friday at Star Lake in Hoover. More>>

    Saving Grace Animal Rescue working to find good, caring home for Mr. T

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    Saving Grace Animal Rescue is a Christian-based, nonprofit organization that helps others by helping animals. More>>

    Construction worker describes terrifying ordeal with robbery suspects

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    Police officers are searching for robbery suspects in east Birmingham Friday. More>>

    NWS Huntsville did confirm 2 EF-0 tracks

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    NWS Huntsville did confirm 2 EF-0 tracks. One storm produced the EF-0 in Athens (peak winds 75mph), picked up and then touched down again nearer Elkmont (also EF-0 with peak speeds 70mph). More>>

    Hoover woman rescued from lake and flooding rain tops Saturday morning news

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    Alabama's 13 Ashley Roberts and Harmony Mendoza have your morning headlines for 5.18.13. Click on the video for your headlines. More>>

    Woman rescued in Hoover after car goes into a lake

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    Just after 9:30 p.m. Friday, Hoover Police and Fire Departments responded to reports of a vehicle in Star Lake in Hoover.
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    Alabama's unemployment rate for April dips to 6.9% Video included

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    Good news on the jobless front in Alabama. The state's preliminary April unemployment rate fall to 6.9%, down from March's 7.2%. More>>

    Trinity gets green light to open Hwy. 280 hospital

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    After a lengthy battle, Trinity Medical Center finally got the green light to work towards moving to their Highway 280 location. The Supreme Court of Alabama today denied requests for further arguments More>>

    B-29 Superfortress stopped in Birmingham for weekend stay

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    FIFI, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, arrived in the Magic City Thursday evening, for a weekend stay at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. More>>

    Vestavia Hills school gets national recognition

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    The staff and students at Vestavia Hills Elementary East celebrated their distinction as a National School of Character. More>>

    Illegal gambling operation busted in Birmingham Friday Video included

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    An undercover operation led to many arrests and property seizures of an illegal gambling operation in Birmingham. More>>

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    • Friday, May 17 2013 7:50 PM EDT2013-05-17 23:50:32 GMT
      The game of golf can be tough on you mentally. But what the Auburn Women's Golf team is going through right now is simply brutal, after finding out their head coach Kim Evans has ovarian cancer. Despite
      The game of golf can be tough on you mentally, but what the Auburn Women's Golf team is going through right now is simply brutal.
    • Thursday, May 16 2013 11:51 PM EDT2013-05-17 03:51:05 GMT
      Conner Kendrick and Terrance Dedrick combined to hold No. 11 Arkansas to just five hits and kept them out of the run column for the entire night as the Auburn baseball team picked up a 3-0 win on Thursday.
      Conner Kendrick and Terrance Dedrick combined to hold No. 11 Arkansas to just five hits and kept them out of the run column for the entire night as the Auburn baseball team picked up a 3-0 win on Thursday.
    • Tuesday, May 14 2013 3:19 PM EDT2013-05-14 19:19:30 GMT
      The Southeastern Conference and Big 12 Conference have agreed to play in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, a men's basketball inter-conference event that will begin during the 2013-14 season.
      The Southeastern Conference and Big 12 Conference have agreed to play in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, a men's basketball inter-conference event that will begin during the 2013-14 season.
    • International

    • South Korea says North Korea has fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters. Pyongyang routinely test-launches such missiles.
      North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy...
    • Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi, but no casualties were reported.
      Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi, but no casualties were reported.
    • Syrian activists say that a wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings between rival Islamic militant groups in the northern city of Aleppo risks sparking large-scale internal fighting between rebels.
      Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections are held, rejecting a demand by the country's opposition that any talks on ending the nation's civil war...
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