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Report Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr
NEW YORK (AP) - Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company's board of directors will meet Sunday evening to consider approving a $1.1 billion acquisition of online content-sharing ...
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Police bust suspected illegal gambling operating
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Police in Birmingham have shut down a recording studio and removed 33 machines they say were being used for illegal ...
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Worship Guide for May 18
• Morningstar Baptist Church, 1311 Fourth St. N.W., Attalla — 3 p.m. May 26, 100 Women in White program will be presented. Guest speaker will be Dr. Gertie Thompson Lowe. Other guests will be Sister Debra Adams, Sister Jennifer Huff and the Rev. Bettye Robinson. Refreshments will be served. Today, beginning at 10 a.m. Morningstar will have its May Day Celebration.• James Memorial ...
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Ala. Supreme Court reinstates $3.2 million verdict
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Supreme Court has reinstated a $3.2 million malpractice verdict awarded to the estate of a Montgomery woman who died in 2005 after being treated at the Baptist East Emergency Room in ...
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Venturi US Open champion and CBS analyst dies
His son, Matt Venturi, says he died Friday afternoon in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Venturi had been hospitalized the last two months for a spinal infection, pneumonia and an intestinal ...
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Ex-Groupon CEO working 9 to 5 on business album
Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is diving into several new ventures, including indulging his inner rock star with an album of "motivational business ...
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Tornado-ravaged Texas town to start recovery
Power lines damaged by Wednesday's tornado litter the streets in Cleburne, Texas on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Ten tornadoes touched down in several small communities in Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless. Emergency responders were still searching for missing people Thursday ...
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Yahoo CEO to announce something special in NYC
NEW YORK - Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is promising to unveil "something special" Monday in New York as she tries to attract more traffic and advertising to the Internet company.The Sunnyvale, Calif., company gave no further details Friday other than that Mayer will be discussing a product. Reporters are being invited to attend the 5 p.m. event at a lounge located in New York's Times ...
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PAPER PULPIT Trusting spiritual feelings
Scientists who are against religion — let’s call them SARs — want us to believe that religious feelings are nothing more than nerve activity in specific areas of the brain, such as temporal lobe epilepsy or old- age atrophy of the ...
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Historic church at Keener to hold final service
Church-goers head in to an old-fashioned community church service May 29, 2011 at the historic Keener United Methodist Church in Keener, Ala. Members of churches in the Duck Springs and Keener communities and local residents got together for the service. The church will hold its final service ...
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Run For The Wall to stop Tuesday near Asheville
The Run For The Wall veterans’ motorcycle ride from California to Washington, D.C., will stop near Ashville between 2:10 p.m. and 3:10 p.m. ...
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Etowah Middle School sets make-up registration
Etowah Middle School will have make-up registration from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. May 28 for any student planning to enroll in grades 6 through 8 for the 2013-2014 school ...
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Boaz Council continues discussions on aquatic center
Prior to that, the council interviewed candidates for the school board vacancy that will occur at the end of the month.Four interviews had been planned, but two candidates removed themselves. Tim Whitt and Rhonda Smith were interviewed.Whitt was a strong candidate for a position last year and is expected to be nominated and voted on at the May 28 council ...
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NM mom I followed instincts in chasing abductor
A mother who chased down a man and ran into his car after he grabbed her 4-year-old says her "mother's instincts" kicked in when she launched her ...
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Possible tornado surprises Athens
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) - An unconfirmed tornado has knocked down trees, flipped Dumpsters and damaged the roof of the nearby WalMart in Athens. A forecaster at the National Weather Service in Huntsville said the suspected tornado started about a mile south-southeast of Athens and moved in a line toward southwest Ardmore Friday. The unsettled weather system continued to concern forecasters as it ...
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OSHA impersonator gets 57 months in oil spill scam
spill NEW ORLEANS - A woman has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for bilking Gulf Coast residents by posing as a federal safety official after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that 47-year-old Connie Knight, formerly of Belle Chasse, had claimed to be an Occupational Safety and Health Administration safety instructor. She held classes in ...
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Perry tours neighborhood hit by deadly tornado
A man walks in front of a home damaged by Wednesday's tornado in Cleburne, Texas on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Ten tornadoes touched down in several small communities in Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless. Emergency responders were still searching for missing people Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo/Ron Russek ...
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SPIN METER GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash
WASHINGTON -; Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service ...
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OJs ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns
The lawyer who defended O.J. Simpson on armed robbery charges delivered a potentially heavy blow to the former football star's bid for a new trial Friday, testifying that Simpson knew his buddies had guns when they ...
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What to watch for at the Preakness
(AP Photo/Garry Jones). Exercise rider Peter Shelton rides Preakness Stakes entrant Itsmyluckyday as they gallop at Pimlico Race Course Friday, May 17, 2013 in ...
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Authorities searching for escaped Ala. inmate
Sheriff's spokeswoman Natalie Barton says 30-year-old Justin Wade Hopkins, of Collinsville, was working in the kitchen when he escaped early Friday ...
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US stocks rise on hopeful signs for the US economy market rises for a fourth week straight
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Encouraging news about the U.S. economy is extending the stock market's rally. U.S. stock indexes rose for the fourth week in a row and are at record levels. A gauge of future economic activity rose more than analysts had expected, as did a measure of consumer confidence. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 121 points to close at 15,354 Friday, an increase of 0.8 per ...
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Judge delays ex-BP engineers trial
NEW ORLEANS -; A federal judge in an order Friday agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The judge also had some stern words for attorneys on both ...
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GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law
WASHINGTON -; Political scandals cause collateral damage and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will snag some really big game - President Barack Obama's health care ...
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Hagel orders review of sex-abuse prevention
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, May 17, 2013, to discuss sexual assaults in the military and the promotion of Lt. Gen. Curtis "Mike" Scaparrotti to command U.S. troops in South Korea, among other topics. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...
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Alabama gets funds for public housing
With several million public housing units being maintained by local authorities in over 3000 communities across the United States, renovations and upgrades are a constant and expensive concern, for this reason the US Housing and Urban Development Department regularly injects capital into these agencies to fund such projects. This year, Alabama received a $71 million share of the $2.3 billion fund set aside for this purpose.
The US Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) recently awarded the state of Alabama a grant of over $71 million to fund its expansion, improvement and maintenance programs across the range of public housing units managed by various state agencies. The funding from HUD was part of a greater $2.3 billion awarded to 3,131 local public housing authorities across the country. Read more
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