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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

Supreme Court tosses Eric Major's $500,000 jury award

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In the city's appeal, the state's high court ruled Friday that former State Rep. Eric Major's case against the city also should have been dismissed. The Alabama Supreme Court tossed out a $500,000 jury award to …
Study: Earthquake would be catastrophe for South

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency released the two-year study this week as part of the Catastrophic Earthquake Disaster Response Planning Initiative. Besides Tennessee, the seismic zone includes areas of Alabama …
Grant announced for historic Black Belt trail

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The trail includes significant sites in the civil rights movement, natural landscapes and historic antebellum homes in Lowndes, Dallas, Perry, Marengo, Hale, and Sumter counties. Alabama's Black Belt Nature and …
Man charged in bludgeoning death of 85-year-old woman

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Birmingham police have charged Antonio Reed, 31, with the January bludgeoning death of an 85-year-old woman known throughout her East Lake neighborhood as "Miss Grace." Authorities said Reed confessed to killing Grace …
Welsh students have heard about the 'Alabama Elephants'

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The first set of questions from students in Wales to students at Vestavia Hills High School were more of the icebreaker variety. "Why don't you wear uniforms?" "What time is it?" "What do you think about the Alabama …