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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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    • Niger's government spokesman told The Associated Press that the jihadists who attacked a military installation in the town of Agadez on Thursday had never taken any hostages, unlike their earlier statements.
      Niger's government spokesman told The Associated Press that the jihadists who attacked a military installation in the town of Agadez on Thursday had never taken any hostages, unlike their earlier statements.
    • China's state media says an envoy from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned there is no guarantee of peace on the Korean Peninsula, but also stressed that his country is willing to hold talks with all sides...
      A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent...
    • President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones to kill Islamic militants was well-received in two countries most affected by the strikes - Pakistan and Yemen - but criticism of the U.S. policy remains...
      President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners was largely welcomed Friday in two key countries affected by the policies- Pakistan and Yemen.
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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.
    • Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:16 PM EDT2013-05-21 21:16:10 GMT
      A grand jury indicted nine men charged in connection with a drug trafficking ring that brought $5 million in cocaine and heroin into the Birmingham metro over the course of a year. According to a statement
      A grand jury indicted nine men charged in connection with a drug trafficking ring that brought $5 million in cocaine and heroin into the Birmingham metro over the course of a year. According to a statement
    • 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.  
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