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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
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 Authority i...
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...
Update: Traffic moving again on Interstate 20/59 in downtown
Mar 19, 2010 11:30 pm
As of 6:30 p.m., all lanes have re-opened. Traffic is moving smoothly again on Interstate 20/59 North in downtown Birmingham after a wreck tied up traffi...
Bessemer resident claims city's bingo committee violated open meetings law
Mar 19, 2010 10:57 pm
The head of the committee denied the claims. A Bessemer resident has filed suit in Jefferson County Circuit Court against the Bessemer City Council's bingo committ...
Huntsville firm's contract for Ft. Benning hospital put on hold by Army Corps of Engineers
Mar 19, 2010 9:54 pm
GAO report upheld protests, finding conflicts of interest COLUMBUS, Ga. -- Groundbreaking for the replacement of Martin Army Community Hospital on Fort B...
Nuclear regulators set public meeting to discuss safety of 2009 operations at Farley Nuclear Plant
Mar 19, 2010 7:40 pm
Southern Co. plant under scrutiny [Click to view company PDF about Farley Nuclear Plant]DOTHAN, -- Federal regulators have scheduled a meeting to discuss 2009 sa...
News from the Mobile Press-Register
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...
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. ...
Fairhope's annual Arts & Crafts Festival begins Friday with 'busy' day
Mar 20, 2010 12:28 pm
FAIRHOPE, Ala. -- Spanish-born artist Fernando Mosquera talked boisterously with a constant flow of customers Friday morning about his metal sculptures, most of them colorf...
Health care bill could greatly expand coverage; Critics fear added costs and government control
Mar 20, 2010 11:48 am
WASHINGTON -- If the U.S. House of Representatives approves a landmark health care overhaul this weekend, experts say the result will be a slow-motion wave of changes that ...
EADS eyes Air Force tanker bid as Russian firm enters the race
Mar 20, 2010 11:00 am
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. on Friday edged closer to a decision to challenge Boeing Co. for the U.S. Air Force tanker contract, even as a Russian competi...
Judge allows antigambling task force to resume
Mar 20, 2010 12:55 am
TUSKEGEE, Ala. -- A judge allowed the Governor's Task Force on Illegal Gambling to resume investigations Friday in every Alabama county except Macon, where the sta...
Tomorrow's forecast today for southwest Alabama
Mar 19, 2010 11:14 pm
Saturday: Mostly cloudy and gusty. Highs in the upper 60s to mid- 70s. Lows in the upper 40s to mid- 50s. Rain chance: Less than 20 percent Saturday; 80 percent Saturday n...
Update: Tyson testifies Macon DA failed to enforce the law, leading to VictoryLand raid attempt
Mar 19, 2010 10:19 pm
TUSKEGEE, Ala. -- The commander of the governor's antigambling task force says he tried to raid the VictoryLand casino in Macon County because the local district a...
EADS wants time to prepare Air Force tanker bid
Mar 19, 2010 1:22 pm
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. edged closer to a decision to challenge Boeing Co. for the U.S. Air Force tanker contract, saying in a statement this morning ...
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 11:06 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
