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The State of Alabama, also known as the "Heart of Dixie," is a state located in the Southern United States of America. Alabama is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. The twenty-second state admitted to the Union, Alabama seceded from the union in 1861 to become part of the Confederate States of America. Following the Civil War Alabama was readmitted to the union in 1868.
Until World War II, Alabama, like many Southern states, remained mired in poverty. In the years following the war, Alabama emerged as a growing economic power as the economy of the state transitioned from agriculture to diversified interests in heavy manufacturing, mineral extraction, education, and high technology. Today, the state is heavily invested in the aerospace, education, health care, banking, and various heavy industries including automobile manufacturing and mineral extraction and steel production and fabrication.
Alabama is officially nicknamed the Yellowhammer state. The capital is Montgomery and the largest city is Birmingham.
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News from The Birmingham News
Aruban divers find little in first look for possible Natalee Holloway skeleton
Mar 21, 2010 1:15 am
Underwater search to resume Sunday and Roy Williams -- The Birmingham NewsThis October 2009 underwater photo provided by John F. Muldowney shows a portion of the ...
Mar 21, 2010 1:02 am
Thunderstorms tonight could give way to showers, and the possibility of snow showers both Sunday night and Monday. There is an 80 percent chance of thunderstorms tonight, m...
Selma senator writes open letter to Artur Davis on health care
Mar 21, 2010 12:04 am
SELMA -- Sen. Hank Sanders, D-Selma, has written an open letter to U.S. Rep. Artur Davis, saying he is concerned about the congressman's plan to vote against legis...
Arubans search sea after couple says photo may show Natalee Holloway's skeleton
Mar 20, 2010 8:44 pm
Dive team still at sea and Roy Williams -- The Birmingham News Is it Natalee Holloway or a pile of rocks? The underwater photo taken in Aruba that a Pennsylvania c...
Mar 20, 2010 5:17 pm
Soldiers with the 135th Expeditionary Sustainment Command helped get the supplies delivered in 16 hours. Members of an Alabama Army National Guard unit recently c...
Area's spring-like respite to give way to rain tonight, and a chance of snow on Sunday
Mar 20, 2010 4:10 pm
Warmer temperatures should return on Tuesday. Spring starts today with spring-like temperatures, but wet, wintry weather will return before the weekend is over.Tod...
Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority nears decision on director
Mar 20, 2010 1:30 pm
Committee named to review system. Birmingham, Ala., Mayor William Bell. ( The Birmingham News / Michelle Williams )The Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authorit...
Metro Birmingham forecast: Warm, sunny day before rain arrives
Mar 20, 2010 11:23 am
Weather will turn colder Sunday and Monday It was 43 degrees at 6 a.m. in metro Birmingham as the area begins a Saturday that promises to be pleasant with a high n...
Judge allows Gov. Riley's gambling task force to resume
Mar 20, 2010 1:34 am
Task force still blocked from Macon County's VictoryLand. TUSKEGEE -- A judge allowed the Governor's Task Force on Illegal Gambling to resume investigatio...
Forecast: Sunny start to spring, but cold not gone yet
Mar 20, 2010 12:50 am
Monday's high is expected to be near 49. Spring officially arrives Saturday, but come Monday there might be some reminders of this year's bitterly cold w...
News from the Mobile Press-Register
Update: 2 dead, 1 sent to hospital after Old Shell Road police chase
Mar 21, 2010 4:29 am
MOBILE, Ala. -- Two occupants of a car that fled from a Mobile police officer were killed tonight in an explosive crash on Old Shell Road in Midtown, authorities said. ...
Fire destroys home on Holcombe Avenue
Mar 21, 2010 1:48 am
MOBILE, Ala. -- Fire destroyed a home on Holcombe Avenue south of the Loop on Saturday afternoon, and firefighters said two dogs died in the blaze. MOBILE, Ala. -...
Health care reform: State Sen. Hank Sanders writes open letter to U.S. Rep. Artur Davis
Mar 21, 2010 12:04 am
SELMA, Ala. -- Sen. Hank Sanders, D-Selma, has written an open letter to U.S. Rep. Artur Davis, saying he is concerned about the congressman's plan to vote against...
Photo gallery: Three-mile walk promotes fight against multiple sclerosis
Mar 20, 2010 9:53 pm
MOBILE, Ala. -- Supporters of the efforts to defeat the disease multiple sclerosis gathered for a three mile walk around the campus of Spring Hill College during the Walk M...
Tomorrow's forecast today for southwest Alabama
Mar 20, 2010 9:33 pm
Sunday: Mostly cloudy with showers and isolated thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 50s. Lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. Rain chance: 60-70 percent Sunday; 20-30 percent S...
Alabama high court lifts deadline in bingo case
Mar 20, 2010 9:27 pm
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Supreme Court has lifted a requirement that Alabama's attorney general decide by Monday whether he would take over the governor&...
Use of 'stealth marijuana' gathers momentum in Mobile area, authorities say
Mar 20, 2010 3:15 pm
MOBILE, AL -- "Spice" will be on the agenda when drug intelligence officer Joe Bettner speaks this month with the Baldwin County school board. View full...
More lifeguards one part of Gulf Shores' push for safe, clean shoreline for Spring Break
Mar 20, 2010 2:35 pm
GULF SHORES, Ala. -- From beefed-up lifeguard patrols to an automated parking system, as well as rules covering personal watercraft rentals and a partial ban on tents, city...
Gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne opposes Baldwin school tax plan
Mar 20, 2010 1:35 pm
Gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne said Friday that he will vote against an extra sales tax in Baldwin County that would go to public schools. (The Huntsville ...
Full report: Supreme Court affirms Wolff's win in contested, racially charged mayor's race
Mar 20, 2010 1:32 pm
EVERGREEN --An Alabama Supreme Court ruling issued today affirmed challenger Pete Wolff III as the winner in the racially heated 2008 Evergreen mayor's race. ...
Local News from The Huntsville Times via Yahoo! News
Jackson County to get $1 million in new money each year for schools, towns and the County Commission
Mar 20, 2010 5:20 pm
The Jackson County legislative delegation of Sen. Lowell Barron, D-Scottsboro; Rep. Butch Taylor, D-New Hope; and Rep. John Robinson, D-Scottsboro presented Jackson County officials with a $1 million ...
Huntsville airport asking area businesses to kick in money to help AirTran
Mar 20, 2010 11:50 am
Huntsville International Airport officials are asking businesses to commit 10 percent of their expected annual travel savings from AirTran's presence in the market to help the low-fare carrier stay in...
Hazel Green man needs help with service dog
Mar 20, 2010 11:05 am
HAZEL GREEN -- Wayne Perkins, a funeral director and embalmer for Berryhill Funeral Home, moved to Hazel Green five years ago from the Washington D. C. area. Guy Baker, a native of Madison County, is ...
Mar 20, 2010 11:05 am
Sivley Road: A 74-year-old woman reported the theft of her purse, an undisclosed amount of cash, $9,000 worth of jewelry and other personal property between 4 p.m. Feb. 14 and 9:27 a.m. March 3. The t...
Woman injured in Limestone County four-wheeler accident
Mar 20, 2010 12:50 am
A 30-year-old woman was injured in a four wheeler accident in Limestone County Friday evening.
Gov. Riley appoints Alison Strickland Austin to district judgeship
Mar 19, 2010 10:20 pm
Gov. Bob Riley has selected Alison Strickland Austin, a veteran prosecutor who grew up here, to become a Madison County district judge, filling a vacancy created last month.
"Come Out, Be Counted" census event planned for Saturday in Huntsville
Mar 19, 2010 5:50 pm
The event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Northwest Community Learning Center, 3404A Blue Springs Road in Huntsville. The event will include entertainment and education about the census.
Bob Jones graduate to lead University of Alabama's SGA
Mar 19, 2010 1:50 pm
As a student attending Discovery Middle School, James Fowler became interested in student government. His interest in student government continued in high school, where he was elected SGA president at...
Retirement nears for employee who has worked 50 years with city of Huntsville
Mar 19, 2010 1:20 pm
Pike, who turns 80 in October, started Huntsville's first volleyball league for women, directed the popular men's basketball league for 25 years and served on the state physical fitness board.
Teachers from Buckhorn, Julian Newman are finalists for state teacher of the year
Mar 19, 2010 12:50 pm
Buckhorn High's Theresa Durboraw and Julian Newman Elementary's Donna McDaniel are up for the award
