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Birmingham Zoo offers admissions break for food bank donation
All visitors will receive half-price admission -- $6 for adults, $3.50 for senior citizens 65 years and older and children ages 2 to 12 years old -- for those bringing a non-perishable food item, per individual, to support the canned food drive.
Alabama students struggle with reading
Birmingham News analysis of the 2008-09 Alabama High School Graduation Exam shows that 130 public high schools either failed reading or were classified as "borderline" failing, based on 11th-graders' performance on the Alabama High School Graduation Exam.
Free cake and coffee for Birmingham library patrons
Need something to go with your lunchtime reading? To celebrate Patron Appreciation Day, all Birmingham Public Library locations will give visitors free cake and coffee from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday.
Abundant new music opening Birmingham listeners' ears
A concert by acclaimed new music specialists eighth blackbird nearly fills Samford University's Brock Recital Hall.
Video: Birmingham mayoral candidate Jody Trautwein
Birmingham mayoral candidate Jody Trautwein visited NBC13HD on Thursday, Nov. 19. Check out his interview with Andrea Lindenberg on our Midday newscast.
Birmingham police chief shares story of murdered brother with crime victims
Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper spoke Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, to a crime victims group in Birmingham, telling them he understands their pain.
Irondale man shot to death Friday night in Birmingham
An Irondale man was shot to death Friday night in eastern Birmingham, police report.
Driver loses control while trying to avoid kids, hits 11 people in Fairfield crowd
Police are investigating after a woman lost control of her car and struck 11 people in Fairfield.
Birmingham man charged in brother's death
Police have charged a Birmingham man with manslaughter in the shooting death of his brother.
Jesse Jackson raps Artur Davis, then backs off
Artur Davis, U.S. Representative of Alabamaa TMs 7th congressional district in 2009, at a news conference announcing his bid for the 2010 Democratic nomination for governor.
Adamsville settles open meetings lawsuit
A lawsuit contended the council discussed issues June 25 at a closed meeting not allowed under the open meetings law and that it failed to give proper notice for a July 6 meeting.
Shelby County lawmen arrest 8 in crackdown on methamphetamine abuse
Two men charged in slaying of Mobile native in eastern Birmingham
Authorities have charged two men with capital murder in the shooting death of a man in east Birmingham earlier this week.
Detective: Man's boast to fellow inmate led to his arrest in 2 Birmingham deaths
Richard "Richie Rich" Johnston boasted to a fellow inmate about a 2005 double-homicide, not realizing the other inmate was a long-time friend of the victim, a Birmingham police detective testified today.
Former Prosecutor Announces AG Candidacy
Former federal prosecutor Michel Nicrosi says she plans to run for Alabama attorney general as a Democrat.
Birmingham civil rights leader, long-time barber dies
James Armstrong, a long-time Birmingham barber and civil rights foot soldier, died today.
Prostitution sting nabs 13-year-old boy
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.: An undercover officer posing as a prostitute in Alabama tried more than once to run off a 13-year-old boy who asked her for sex, but police say the teen insisted and had to be arrested.
Sarah Palin's New Book Hits the Shelves in Birmingham
It's a nationwide phenomenon and now it's in bookstores. Sarah Palin's new book, "Going Rogue" has finally hit the shelves and it's getting quite the response.
Victim identified in Birminghama s latest homicide
The person shot and killed while in a car in Birmingham has been identified. According to the Birmingham Police Department, the victim was found in the 7700 block of 4th Avenue South about 5:30pm CT Monday, November 16, 2009.
Birmingham police investigating second shooting in 24 hours on city's eastside
Today's shooting victim appears to have suffered life-threatening injuries, officers said.