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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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Staying Safe in a Scary World
Many of today's seniors enjoyed an era where they weren't overly concerned about locking their doors and windows. They were even farther away from a time where they had to exercise genuine caution when talking on the phone or reading their email. Even the Read more...
News from The Birmingham News
Ex-commissioner Gary White's lawyer withdraws from case
Mar 16, 2010 3:53 am
In December, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated White's 2008 convictions on conspiracy and bribery, and returned the case to U.S. District Court in ...
Corrected: Pick-up hits pothole, sends rock through windshield injuring woman
Mar 16, 2010 1:17 am
Trooper report incorrectly reported woman's condition. A South Carolina woman is in critical condition at UAB Hospital tonight after she...
Forecast: More cloudy skies over the Birmingham area
Mar 16, 2010 1:02 am
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low around 39. There will be cloudy skies over the Birmingham area for much of the week, according to the National Weather Se...
Crowd hears arguments over bill to synchronize Birmingham mayor, council elections
Mar 16, 2010 12:23 am
Most speakers favored the idea but were split on how to accomplish it State Rep. Merika Coleman this evening night held a public hearing on her bill to ...
Birmingham man mauled by pit bulls out of hospital
Mar 15, 2010 9:40 pm
Birmingham police investigating the dog bite case. Marvin Bimbow of Birmingham was attacked by two pit bulls in the 900 block of 47th Place North, Sunday,...
Alabama news links: Some counties consider going back to gravel roads
Mar 15, 2010 8:25 pm
Travel delays in Montgomery; Dale County man held in drug case; Coffee County man fourth suspect in international fraud Links to news stories from around Alabama: ...
Alabama's court system to lay off more than 100 workers
Mar 15, 2010 7:10 pm
Chief justice blames state's financial pinch (Press-Register/Mike Kittrell)Alabama Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb, seen here on March 7, 2008, says the sta...
Tarrant school superintendent among four finalists to head Florence schools
Mar 15, 2010 6:20 pm
Interviews for Martha Rizzuto and others begin April 5 Martha Rizzuto is the current superintendent of Tarrant schools. (Birmingham News file)The hunt for a new F...
News from the Mobile Press-Register
Fire destroys duplex; three firefighters hurt
Mar 16, 2010 3:00 am
MOBILE, Ala. -- Fire destroyed a duplex on Bush Avenue near Five Points west of downtown Mobile tonight, injuring three firefighters and leaving six people homeless, author...
Trial begins for Mobile gun dealers accused of bypassing background checks
Mar 16, 2010 1:01 am
David Bridges went to Larry's Sporting Goods & Gun Shop in January 2008 to buy a gun and paid the Mobile store $650 for a Glock semiautomatic pistol. When a cr...
Mar 16, 2010 12:09 am
MILTON, Fla. -- A 14-year-old Milton boy was arrested after deputies say he swung an ax at his grandfather, apparently because the grandfather would not act quickly enough ...
Daphne officer resigns after being accused of inappropriate sexual contact with informant
Mar 15, 2010 11:40 pm
DAPHNE, Ala. -- A Daphne police officer involved with the Baldwin County Drug Task Force has resigned after being accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with a fema...
Supreme Court blocks attempt by Etowah County sheriff for bingo ruling
Mar 15, 2010 10:15 pm
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Supreme Court has blocked an effort by the Etowah County sheriff to get a legal ruling on electronic bingo machines proposed for the north A...
Future of Governor's gambling task force in Alabama Supreme Court's hands
Mar 15, 2010 10:14 pm
The court is considering arguments over whether the task force's commander, Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson, has legal authority in the post. ...
Sleeping woman towed in Jeep, breaks out of Panhandle towing service lot
Mar 15, 2010 9:15 pm
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. -- A 23-year-old Indianapolis woman fell asleep in the back of her Jeep in front of a tattoo shop and remained asleep as a Discount Towing truck tow...
Fodder: Florida man seeks to become 1st vampire president; homage to the super fan; fodder links
Mar 15, 2010 8:59 pm
Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey, a 45-year-old claims to be a direct descendant of Vlad II the Impaler, better known as Dracula. (Sometimes humorous, som...
Tomorrow's forecast today for southwest Alabama
Mar 15, 2010 8:55 pm
Tuesday: Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy. Highs in the low to upper 60s. Lows in the low to upper 40s. Rain chance: Less than 5 percent Tuesday and 20 percent Tuesday...
Local News from The Huntsville Times via Yahoo! News
Two restaurant employees suffer smoke inhalation
Mar 16, 2010 2:35 am
Two employees of Wendy's restaurant on University Drive were taken to Huntsville Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation following a fire at the restaurant Monday afternoon.
Charter schools hot topic at state Rep. Laura Hall's town hall meeting
Mar 16, 2010 2:05 am
Some of the 40 residents at the meeting said charter schools could bring back segregation, but others said charter schools should be an option to improve the education system.
Soulforce Equality Ride comes to Oakwood University
Mar 15, 2010 11:05 pm
"We didn't come here to try to get people to agree with us necessarily, but to have a conversation, to get to know you," -- Caitlin MacIntyre, 2010 Equality Ride director.
Alabama court system laying off 100 employees
Mar 15, 2010 9:20 pm
Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb said Monday the layoffs, involving about 4 percent of the court system's 2,300 employees, are effective March 31.
Rep. Robert Aderholt asks GAO if NASA is violating the law by starting Constellation shutdown
Mar 15, 2010 8:05 pm
Aderholt references the a 2009 law approved by Congress that requires NASA to get Congressional approval before shutting down Constellation.
Radio personality Michael Baisden seeking mentors in Huntsville
Mar 15, 2010 8:05 pm
Free show will be Tuesday night at Alabama A&M.
"Get Google" task force hopes to bring ultra-high speed broadband network to Huntsville
Mar 15, 2010 5:50 pm
Mayor Tommy Battle said Huntsville's history of technological accomplishments and large concentration of tech-savvy professionals makes it the perfect place for Google to test its fiberoptic network.
Isaac Newton meets hip hop in live show at Ed White Middle
Mar 15, 2010 3:20 pm
NASA and Honeywell sponsore the FMA Live! program, which visited Huntsville last week on a 10-week tour
Sunny weather at the beach for Alabama's spring breakers
Mar 15, 2010 2:35 pm
The forecast for Gulf Shores calls for sunny skies and a high near 70 degrees today with only a slight chance of rain. It's much the same for Tuesday, although nighttime temperatures will still be in ...
Alabama transparency advocates target 'serial meetings'
Mar 15, 2010 1:35 pm
As soon as the new open meetings law took effect in 2005, members of various boards began slipping through a loophole: they met in pairs or small groups so a majority wouldn't be present. That meant t...
