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Alabama News

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7 hrs ago | WIAT-TV Birmingham

Report says Renters Spend More than Home Owners in Alabama

You always hear it's cheaper to buy a home than to rent a place to live. Now a report by the advocacy group Alabama Arise shows that is true for much of the state.

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Related Topix: Country

Fri Jul 25, 2008

WIAT-TV Birmingham

Report says Renters Spend More than Home Owners in Alabama

You always hear it's cheaper to buy a home than to rent a place to live. Now a report by the advocacy group Alabama Arise shows that is true for much of the state.

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Related Topix: Country

Thu Jul 24, 2008

WAAY

Alabama renters paying more than homeowners

A report by advocacy group Alabama Arise has found that the state's 500,000 renters spend more on housing costs than homeowners and many lack enough income for affordable housing.

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Related Topix: Country, Calhoun County, AL

Wed Jul 23, 2008

CMT.com

Please Come to My '80s Country Music Festival

When I was at Telluride , I posed this question to my friend and fellow festivarian: "If you could book your own festival, who would you get?" Almost instantly, she decided on a '80s country music theme, and I ...

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Related Topix: Country, The Bellamy Brothers

Mon Jul 21, 2008

The Myrtle Beach Herald

Ahh ... the good life

Mark Herndon, drummer for the legendary group Alabama, gets a ride down the sidewalk Tuesday night from Victor Shamah, owner of the Bowery.

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Related Topix: Country

Sat Jul 19, 2008

Times-Journal

The gift that kept on giving

Sometimes' it really is the thought that counts. I realized how true this saying really is while at a birthday cookout for my father Sunday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Country

Thu Jul 17, 2008

K99FM

Pass It On Down - Alabama

Alabama 3 was one of the oddest musical outfits to arise from late-'90s London, but also one of the most original.

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Related Topix: Country

Tue Jul 15, 2008

CMT.com

"Mountain Music" Always Takes Me Home

I swear I can remember the concert. I can hear the commotion, the noise and who could forget the music? I even remember dancing.

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Related Topix: Country

Sun Jul 13, 2008

CMT.com

Blake Shelton Hits No. 1 With "Home," Taylor Swift Keeps Top CD

A round of applause, please, for Blake Shelton as his version of Michael Buble's "Home" scrambles this week into the No.

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Related Topix: Blake Shelton, Country, Willie Nelson

Fri Jul 11, 2008

NOLA.com

Peach party: An impromptu gathering celebrates bounty

It all started with a simple e-mail. Our friend Susan Tucker wrote to say she was back in town, with Alabama peaches.

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Related Topix: Country, Bayou La Batre, AL, Point Clear, AL, Dining, Life, Cookies, Dessert, Baked Goods

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Vancouver Sun

Country Artist Jessie Farrell: 'I can always handle more'

Jessie Farrell has had some big breaks in her brief career as a country singer. The Vancouver-raised singer-songwriter has opened for country superstars Brooks & Dunn.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Nickelback, Trisha Yearwood, Country, Hank Williams Jr., Dierks Bentley, The Judds

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Ann Arbor News

After Dave, the party rages on

Brian Duggin, of Chicago, dances to Sound Tribe Sector Nine at the Ranch Arena early Sunday morning at Rothbury.

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Related Topix: Rothbury, MI, Alabama 3, Country, Sound Tribe Sector Nine, Ambient, Music, Entertainment

Sat Jul 05, 2008

The Orlando Sentinel

Don't miss boat -- O.A.R. is coming

What a fine, upstanding-looking bunch of young men, these guys in O.A.R. And supposedly they spawned from the hipster college venues of the Midwest? If you say so, Internet.

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Related Topix: Reggae, The Maytals, Toots & the Maytals, Melbourne, FL, Country, Orlando Metro, Orlando, FL, Entertainment

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Valdosta Daily Times

Randy Owen: Going solo from Alabama

It's got to be tough. He's sold millions of albums, won countless awards, and is a member of one of the biggest country supergroups, if not the biggest country group ever, but, to promote a Randy Owen show, ...

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Related Topix: Country, Andy Griffith

WKDF-FM Nashville

103 WKDF Requests

And we do it in long blocks: 103 Minute Music Marathons of commercial free country.

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Related Topix: Country

Tue Jul 01, 2008

LiveDaily

Sara Evans returns to the road

The road trip is scheduled to kick off June 28 in Richland Center, WI, and visit a variety of venues, fairs and festivals across the US and into Canada through late August.

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Related Topix: Sara Evans, Country, Houston, TX

Sun Jun 29, 2008

ContactMusic.com

Alabama Star Owen Pens Memoirs

ALABAMA star RANDY OWEN is planning a busy end to 2008 - his first solo album and autobiography will be released on the same day.

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Related Topix: Country

Fri Jun 27, 2008

WAAY-TV Huntsville

Randy Owen Talks About Life In "Born Country"

NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Alabama's Randy Owen is writing a book about his life. Owen will recall his humble beginnings as the son of sharecroppers in north Alabama to eventually being inducted into the Country Music ...

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Related Topix: Nashville Metro, Nashville, TN, Country

Thu Jun 26, 2008

WMDH-AM New Castle

Jamey Johnson Polishes New Album

After winning Song of the Year from the Country Music Association last year for his work on the George Strait hit "Give It Away," Jamey Johnson is currently gaining attention for his new song "In Color." The ...

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Related Topix: George Strait, Country

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Montgomery Advertiser

State stamp has coastal flair

A new U.S. postage stamp featuring Alabama's state flag will soon adorn envelopes delivered all across America.

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Related Topix: Montgomery Metro, Montgomery, AL, Alabama, Country

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