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Comprehensive News Feed for Birmingham, AL.

Results 1 - 20 of 24,343 in Birmingham, AL

  1. Facelift for the 550 BuildingSince its founding in 1978, Birmingham, Ala.-based Graham & Company...Read the original story

    5 min ago | Financial News & Daily Record

    Since its founding in 1978, Birmingham, Ala.-based Graham & Company has grown into a full-service commercial real estate firm with properties throughout the Southeast.

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  2. Florida Installs New Citizens Insurance Board of Governors ChairmanRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Insurance Journal West

    ... iner (Tampa), Family Private Care (Palm Beach), and Amerifactors (Orlando). Additionally, Malone is a director of Birmingham, Ala.-based Regions Financial and Philadelphia, Pa.-based Ametek.

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  3. Bengals waive IronsRead the original story

    15 min ago | Cincinati Bengals

    ... e, but said the knee had felt better in the last month. Dr. James Andrews performed the surgery back in August in Birmingham, Ala.

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  4. AT&T plans $400M Alabama upgradeRead the original story

    21 min ago | The Birmingham News

    ... television service, called U-verse, as well as faster high-speed Internet and Internet phone service. The Birmingham City Council and Jefferson County Commission earlier this month approved agreements allowing AT&T to pursue the upgrade. McCallum ...

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  5. Kenny McKinley at SEC Media DaysRead the original story

    22 min ago | Alabama Live

    ... Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Ala. during the Southeastern Conference Football Media Days. Photo by Hal Yeager / The Birmingham News Uploaded by CTPow on 07/25/08 This photo is in the following galleries: SEC Media Days Email: click here to email this ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, NCAA Sports, University of South Carolina NCAA, South Carolina Gamecocks NCAA Football, NCAA Football, NCAA Football Players, Kenny McKinley

  6. Jasper Brinkley at SEC Media DaysRead the original story

    22 min ago | Alabama Live

    ... Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Ala. during the Southeastern Conference Football Media Days. Photo by Hal Yeager / The Birmingham News Uploaded by CTPow on 07/25/08 This photo is in the following galleries: SEC Media Days Email: click here to email this ...

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  7. Feds: Utah mine operator courted dangerRead the original story

    22 min ago | Arizona Daily Sun

    ... at Crandall Canyon and gambled on a risky rescue operation. MSHA tapped a district manager, Richard A. Gates of Birmingham, Ala., as chief of the investigative team. Six other members are career MSHA officials. Associated Press writer Paul Foy ...

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  8. Homeless man sleeping in car wash killed by equipmentRead the original story

    36 min ago | The Mobile Register Online

    ... when he and workers discovered the man's body entangled in the machinery, Curry said. A crew from outside of Birmingham had to be brought in to dismantle the machines and remove the man's mangled body. The victim has not been positively identified, ...

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  9. 960 WERC :: Birmingham's Information Station :: WERC-AMRead the original story

    1 hr ago | WERC-AM Birmingham

    An 11-year-old boy is enjoying a flash of fame in Brazil after biting a pitbull that attacked him as he played in his uncle's back yard, local media reported on Thursday.

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    Related Topix: Birmingham Metro, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Brazil, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, World News

  10. Post a commentRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Birmingham News

    ... all from reputable merchants. Report: Hyundai to cut production of Santa Fe SUV in Montgomery by Dawn Kent -- Birmingham News Friday July 25, 2008, 11:54 AM Korean automaker Hyundai will cut its U.S. production by 40,000 vehicles, or 8 percent, this ...

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    Related Topix: Birmingham Metro, Hyundai, Hyundai Sonata

  11. See All of Today's StoriesRead the original story

    22 min ago | The Birmingham News

    Welcome to the new al.com Alabama business and markets section where we will focus on breaking local and small business news with improved financial coverage.

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  12. Continue reading "Birmingham area foreclosures spike in second quarter, but rate remains low"Read the original story

    3 hrs ago | Birmingham News Online

    Foreclosures in metro Birmingham rose nearly 50 percent in the second quarter of 2008, compared to the first three months of the year.

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  13. Feds blame poor engineering for mine collapseRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Daily Herald

    ... to conduct a formal risk analysis for the rescue effort. MSHA tapped a district manager, Richard A. Gates of Birmingham, Ala., as chief of the investigative team. Six other members are career MSHA officials. Their 472-page report confirmed ...

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  14. South Carolina picked fourth in SEC EastRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Thestate.com

    ... The selection was announced Friday from a vote of media members attending the league's football gathering in Birmingham, Ala. The Gamecocks were chosen to finish behind Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. Kentucky was picked fifth and Vanderbilt came in ...

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  15. Brad Paisley: LIVE at the Verizon Wireless Music Center with Jewel...Read the original story

    4 hrs ago | WDRM-FM Hutsville

    Brad Paisley: LIVE at the Verizon Wireless Music Center with Jewel and Chuck Wicks on October 3rd, 2008 Brad Paisley's "The Paisley Party Tour" LIVE in Birmingham at the Verizon Wireless Music Center on October ...

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  16. Federal contracts pump $10B into AlabamaRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Birmingham Business Journal

    Ben Patrick of B.L. Harbert International stands at a construction site. Patrick said 30 to 40 percent of the Birmingham firm's business comes from federal contracts.

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  17. Federal judge allows property tax suitRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Alabama Live

    ... to dismiss the suit. The state claims federal court is not the place for the suit. The suit filed in March in Birmingham represents students in Lawrence and Sumter counties' public schools. The suit seeks class-action status. Plaintiffs' attorney ...

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  18. David Barber, Jefferson County's district attorney since 1984, plans to resign effective Sept. 1Read the original story

    5 hrs ago | The Mobile Register Online

    ... has spent 35 years working in the district attorney's office, declined further comment. He met with his staff in Birmingham at lunchtime Thursday to tell them his plan. Several of those staff members contacted Thursday declined to comment at his ...

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  19. There are better ways to move Birmingham forward than a sure-to-fail effort to land the 2020 OlympicsRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Birmingham News Online

    THE ISSUE: There are better ways to move Birmingham forward than a sure-to-fail effort to land the 2020 Olympics.

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  20. The rate that prices are dropping at the pump picked up speed...Read the original story

    5 hrs ago | WERC-AM Birmingham

    ... less than $4.72 a gallon. Montgomery's city average for regular is $3.87 the cheapest city average in Alabama. Birmingham has the most expensive city average at $3.93. The website www.gasbuddy.com reports the cheapest gas in the state is being sold ...

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