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Alabama Weather Update - 3:45 p.m. (ABC 33/40 Weather Blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:47:05 GMT

It was guaranteed to happen…I turned on the sprinklers at my house about 2 p.m. And look at the radar. Numerous storms are ongoing across Alabama at 3:45 p.m. Severe thunderstorm warning continues for Lamar and Pickens Counties until 4:15. Very strong storms continue from near Sulligent to northwest of Pickensvile. [...]

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2:45 pm in Alabama (ABC 33/40 Weather Blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:46:55 GMT

Strong thunderstorms continue over parts of NW Alabama at mid afternoon. NWS/Huntsville has issued a Significant Weather Alert for Franklin, Lawrence and Morgan Counties until 3:30. This was based on a cluster of strong thunderstorms across South Franklin, Lawrence and SW Morgan Counties. The strongest storm was 10 miles SW of Moulton moving east at [...]

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Storms Increasing NW Alabama (ABC 33/40 Weather Blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:02:47 GMT

NWS/Huntsville has issued Significant Weather Alerts (this is short of a warning) for these North Alabama counties recently: Marshall Morgan Colbert Franklin Lauderdale Limestone Madison Earlier, two or three counties came under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. At 1:45 this afternoon, small hail and 40 mph winds were reported 5 miles west of Athens. SHELBY COUNTY An isolated strong thunderstorm...

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Alabama 3 (rashbre central)

noreply@blogger.com (rashbre) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:32:07 GMT

I could have written about how I went to bed at five pm yesterday and slept until seven am. Instead I'll write about the Alabama 3. There's not three and they're not from Alabama, but they ripped a great unplugged set in the Avalon on Saturday. They describe themselves as a pop, punk rock, blues and country techno situationist crypto-Marxist-Leninist electro band. I describe them as...

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A Few Storms North Alabama (ABC 33/40 Weather Blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:55:02 GMT

... HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA… * UNTIL 1215 PM CDT * AT 1144 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPEAKE…OR ABOUT NEAR MOULTON…AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…...

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Alabama To Pharma: You Have 30 Days To Settle (Pharmalot)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:25:17 GMT

... negotiations by the state,” Jere Beasley, a lawyer for the state, told a news conference. Alabama wants $1 billion in compensatory damages and $3 billion in punitive damages. Alabama Attorney General Troy King said he had sent letters to the drugmakers telling them that settling the case now would minimize the expense of litigation, according to documents given to journalists by his...

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BRIEF: Alabama Man Charged With Home-Repair Fraud (Red Orbit )

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:00:23 GMT

By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Jul. 4--GULFPORT -- An Alabama man charged with felony home-repair fraud failed to meet codes on a Gulfport home, requiring the work to be torn down and started over, Attorney General Jim Hood said.

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TVA Seeks Power Hike At Alabama Nuke Plant (The Post Chronicle)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:28:35 GMT

The TVA says that it has studied similar power increases at other reactors and believes it can be done safely at Browns Ferry,...

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Georgia Doctor in Abortion Case Surrenders Alabama License (Pro-Life News)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:11:52 GMT

The Associated Pres MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A Georgia doctor who worked at a Birmingham abortion clinic that was shut down for glaring health violations surrendered her Alabama medical license, a move that stopped a state investigation of her actions. But...

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GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis to appeal $114 million verdict in Alabama drug price lawsuits (Star Tribune)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:29:11 GMT

The jury returned the judgments Tuesday following a trial of more than two weeks in Montgomery County Circuit Court. It was the second trial of the state's lawsuits against more than 70 drug companies accusing them of causing the Medicaid program to pay too much for prescription drugs.

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Alabama at 5 pm (ABC 33/40 Weather Blog)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:06:27 GMT

Very few showers over the entire north half of Alabama late on this Thursday afternoon. However, at 5 pm, a moderate shower was over the NW corner of Talladega County adjacent to the Calhoun County line. A few showers also over Cleburne County. They seem to be moving east. Way down south, several strong thunderstorms over Extreme [...]

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Alabama offers 30-day window in Medicaid drug case (OTB News)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:36:21 GMT

MONTGOMERY (Reuters) - Alabama said on Thursday it would offer the 69 drug companies it sued over alleged Medicaid price fixing 30 days to reach a settlement before taking further legal action.

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Angel from Alabama (Lazer Beams)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:46:23 GMT

Some of my favorite folks are from Alabama. They're a lot like Breslevers - spiritual, happy, and uncomplicated. My buddy Misha Bronstein told me a story that enhanced my fondness of Alabamans even more: Hershey Fellig, a Lubavitcher Chassid from...

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UN Investigator Finds Risk of Executing the Innocent in Alabama (Air America Radio -)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:50:37 GMT

Philip Alston, a special investigator with the U.N.'s Human Rights Council, has some harsh words for the State of Alabama's "refusal to even discuss the possibility that the state's capital punishment system is in need of improvement." "(Alabama) officials seem strikingly indifferent to the risk of executing innocent people and have a range of standard responses, most of which are characterized...

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Alabama Student Calculates Cost Savings of Recycling (ENN: Top Stories)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:37:16 GMT

A business student at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has found that the city of Birmingham could save as much as $1.8 million over 10 years if it could boost its recycling participation rate to 25 percent, reports the Associated Press.

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Alabama offers 30-day window in Medicaid drug case (Reuters)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:34:02 GMT

MONTGOMERY (Reuters) - Alabama said on Thursday it would offer the 69 drug companies it sued over alleged Medicaid price fixing 30 days to reach a settlement before taking further legal action.

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Alabama Reaction to UN Report (StandDown Texas Project)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:25:14 GMT

Today's Birmingham News has the editorial, "Alabama on the world stage." If the report were aimed at some backwater on the other side of the globe, perhaps our reaction would be different. We'd read: "Government officials seem strikingly indifferent to...

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Alabama is Only State with a Democratic-Republican Monopoly on the Ballot for All Non-Presidential Federal and State Office This Year (Ballot Access News)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:24:36 GMT

Every state in the United States will have some minor party or independent candidates on the ballot for some federal or state office this year (other than president), except Alabama. Also it is too early to tell about North Dakota, since independent candidate petitions aren’t due until September.

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Crimson and White Roundtable: Alabama Gameday Edition (Roll 'Bama Roll)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:00:06 GMT

Alabama Gameday took the reigns this week, so here we go. Which non-conference home-and-home series would you most like to see? Two possibilities. First, Miami. I've had Da U on the brain lately after winning a particularly thrilling defensive slugfest in NCAA '08 with the roommate (it was the FSU rivalry game, which wound up being a 10-7 affair with my only TD coming from the defense, much...

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Today in Alabama Football (The Wizard of Odds)

noreply@blogger.com (dawizofodds) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:05:00 GMT

With all the offseason troubles involving Alabama players, it was only a matter of time before somebody took the header of the Tuscaloosa News' TideSports .com and created this page. We thank Losers With Socks for this beaut, which you can click for closer inspection. Dig that houndstooth ski mask!

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