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3 hrs ago | The Decatur Daily

Youths fish for college scholarship dollars

Adam Neill is proud to say there is something fishy about some of the assistance he is receiving to help pay his tuition at the University of Alabama this fall.

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10 hrs ago | Alabama Live

Westboro Baptist Church pickets UA; counter protestors, bikers unite in droves

When Westboro Baptist Church came to Tuscaloosa , they brought a boombox with them.

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Related Topix: Tuscaloosa, AL, Kansas, AL

Yesterday | The Las Vegas Sun

Study questions if bed rest prevents prematurity

New research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies _ bed rest _ doesn't seem to prevent premature birth, and might even worsen that risk.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alabama, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Fri May 17, 2013

Daily Home

Sid Brown is new band director at PCHS

Newly hired band director Sid Brown said he expects the Pell City High School band to continue to grow.

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Related Topix: Pell City, AL, Jacksonville, AL, Jacksonville State University

On Common Ground News

Bishop Gary Hawkins, Sr. presents future First Lady of VOF

Voices of Faith Ministries soon will have a new First Lady. Bishop Gary Hawkins, Sr.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Mother's Day

Mass Transit

AL: First Transit Awarded Transit Contract from the...

The company will begin operations at the university in July. First Transit will manage and operate campus shuttle service for the students and faculty of UAB, located in Birmingham, Ala.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL

The Decatur Daily

McClain's unfortunate legacy

It does not matter if you grew up poor, he could have said. It does not matter that you are a black child in a city still struggling with a racist legacy.

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Related Topix: Decatur, AL

Patch.com

Colleges That Say Yes To Swampscott High Students

Here are colleges to which Swampscott High students - the Class of 2013 has 201 students - have been accepted as of April 25.

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Related Topix: Adelphi University, Allegheny College, American University, Anna Maria College, Assumption College

Thu May 16, 2013

Neighbors

Federation Announces Summer Internships

Three interns are joining the Federation staff for the summer: Katie Wendland in Communications; Josh Willis in Governmental and Agricultural Programs; and Will Dodd in Governmental Affairs.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Robert Aderholt, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Autaugaville, AL, Auburn University, Pell City, AL, Faulkner University

EurekAlert!

Clemson receives $5M for alliance to increase African-Americans in computer sciences

The National Science Foundation has awarded Clemson University a $5 million grant to launch the Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences.

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Related Topix: African-American, Science, Computer Science, Clemson University, Auburn University, Carnegie Mellon University

PR-inside.com

Greenville EyeCare Expands Team of Doctors

Greenville, SC - - May 16, 2013 - - Greenville EyeCare Associates, a provider of comprehensive eye healthcare services, is pleased to announce the merging of optometry services performed by Dr.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Greenville, SC, Optometry, Clemson University

Alabama Live

Rape case involving self-deported UAH hockey player littered with lingering questions

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - The former University of Alabama in Huntsville hockey player charged with first-degree rape confessed to police that he engaged in non-consensual sex with the victim, according to campus police records.

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Related Topix: Huntsville, AL, Madison County, AL

Local 15

Judge: Saban's Daughter to Get Records in Lawsuit

A Tuscaloosa County judge is ordering the University of Alabama's counseling center to turn over records sought by the daughter of Alabama football coach Nick Saban in a lawsuit.

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Related Topix: Tuscaloosa County, AL

Alabama Live

Alabama grad Hunter Bell wins NBC's 'Fashion Star' reality show, $3 million prize

As winner of the show, Hunter Bell won a $3 million contract and will launch an exclusive collection that will be sold in Macy's, Saks Fifth Avenue and Express.

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Related Topix: Alabama, Entertainment

Wed May 15, 2013

Patch.com

Q&A with Taylor Holland, New Chief of Staff for Supervisor Jeff McKay

Although he's no longer the person wielding the voice recorder or the pen and notepad, Taylor Holland - the new chief of staff for Supervisor Jeff McKay - is still a journalist at heart.

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Related Topix: Alabama

Alabama Live

UAB is "model" for Georgia research institution, says top official

UAB got an "honest-to-goodness" compliment from a Georgia university today in a story published on the Augusta Chronicle's website.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Medical College of Georgia

Alabama Live

Amy Bishop seeks rehearing before appeals court on its upholding her guilty plea, sentence

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Amy Bishop is appealing the decision last month by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals to uphold her guilty plea to capital murder last year in connection with the 2010 shootings at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

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Related Topix: Huntsville, AL, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Violent Crime

Alabama Live

Birmingham School of Law dean is county attorney candidate

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A Birmingham law school dean has emerged as the latest candidate for Jefferson County attorney, setting off a round of behind the scenes discussions over who can earn enough votes to get the job.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Southern College, Birmingham-Southern College

Anniston Star

Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama awards $23,000 in scholarships

From left: Brittnay Bradford, Joshua Wilson, Mattie Crisp, Brady Magouirk, Anna Davis, Jade Dalson, Courtney Carlisle, Desmond Curry, Jaylaan Parker, Timothy Clay, Jillian Elizabeth Bridges and Rodney Fomby all received scholarships during the Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama Scholarship Reception.

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Related Topix: Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Circulation

Explicit Consideration of Baseline Factors to Assess Recombinant...

From the Stroke Outcomes Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Comprehensive Stroke Program, Houston, TX ; Department of Medicine , Neuroscience Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA ; Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL ; ... (more)

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Related Topix: Houston, TX, University of Cincinnati, African-American