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ISSUE: November 1, 2009

Articles about Alabama

The Southern Star - 8-15-2006

Courteney Cox may have moved to L.A. to make TV shows and movies, like this month's Zoom. But she still appreciates the city that raised her right: Birmingham, Alabama.

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... What other places do you like? I like Alabama football. I''m an Alabama fan; my sisters are...

... like? I like Alabama football. I''m an Alabama fan; my sisters are Auburn fans. Alabama plays...

...I''m an Alabama fan; my sisters are Auburn fans. Alabama plays at Tuscaloosa, a college town about an...

The Power Of One - 12-15-2003

Ever felt helpless in the face of the world’s big problems? Maybe you’re thinking too big. Try a single-minded focus on a single societal ill, and you may find — as these do-gooders did — that one person can change the world. "If we onl...

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... Dr. Betsy Rogers, 51, grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, knowing she wanted to teach. Her career began...

...It''s a long way from my classroom in rural Alabama, where poverty, abuse, and neglect are part of...

... "Twenty years ago, when I visited rural Alabama and saw the poverty afflicting these children, I...

Re-creation Instead - 7-15-2005

OF RECREATION When he retired, millionaire businessman Harvey Robbins went back to his hometown of Tuscumbia, Alabama and started a renaissance.

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...went back to his hometown of Tuscumbia, Alabama - and started a renaissance. In Tuscumbia,...

...- and started a renaissance. In Tuscumbia, Alabama, everybody knows Harvey Robbins. Inside the...

In Martin Luther King's Footsteps - 2-15-2002

Retracing the U.S. civil rights movement one historic landmark at a time, the author takes his son on a living history lesson that sets the stage for Black History Month.

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... Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, where on a Sunday morning in 1963, the Ku Klux...

...and capital of the Confederacy. The capital of Alabama, it served as the Confederacy''s capital for the...

World’s Longest Yard Sale - 7-15-2009

Upping the ante on your average stoop sale, the World’s Longest Yard Sale (www.127sale.com) sets up shop along 654 miles of America’s rural byways from August 6 to 9 for its 22nd year . Starting in West Unity, Ohio (a little over an hour from Toledo), the sale continues south on U.S. Route 127 through Kentucky and Tennessee; then switches to the Lookout Mountain Parkway, where it hits Georgia; and finally ends in Gadsden, Alabama.

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...it hits Georgia; and finally ends in Gadsden, Alabama. Harrodsburg, Kentucky ...

... Chattanooga, Tennessee Gadsden, Alabama BEST BUYS FROM LAST YEAR’S SALE
/ VINTAGE...

Birmingham - 12-1-2008

No visit to Birmingham would be complete without a tour of the important civil rights sites. But there’s plenty more to do around Alabama’s biggest city. Here are some recommendations from in-the-know locals.

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...But there’s plenty more to do around Alabama’s biggest city. Here are some...

Pure Sport - 2-15-2007

TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL? NOT THESE TWO AUTHORS, WHO WENT BACK TO EXPLORE THE CRAZY CULTURE OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS. CHICK FLICKS aren't JUST FOR CHICKS, YOU KNOW. PLUS MUCH MORE.

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... oddly addictive reality series about the Hoover, Alabama, football team; and the books Four Days to...

Get Shorties - 4-15-2002

Call it comfort food, call it down-home cooking, or just call it cheap eats, but short ribs seem to be the must-have meal of this new year.

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...Northside Pkwy.; (404) 233-3500 BIRMINGHAM, Alabama: HIGHLANDS BAR AND GRILL 2011 11th Ave. S.;...

More Music - 7-1-2002

Willie King, Living In A New World (Rooster Blues Records) There’s good news for fans of the blues. This 59-year-old bluesman from Aliceville, Alabama, tears it up once again on his second CD. With his North Mississippi-style blues, ...

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...This 59-year-old bluesman from Aliceville, Alabama, tears it up once again on his second CD. With...

Breakthrough - 10-1-2003

FLYING SOUTH Small-engine manufacturer Briggs & Stratton was in a bind. Its core product, lawn mower motors, sold well, but costs were rising, its giant manufacturing facility outside Milwaukee was aging, and its product lines we...

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...in rural college towns like Auburn, Alabama, and Murray, Kentucky.

“i Personally Don’t Believe The Mutual-fund Industry Can Police Itself.” - 3-15-2004

"I personally don't believe the mutual-fund industry can police itself." Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, chairman of the Senate Banking...

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The Eyes Have It - 11-1-2004

Planning a road trip soon? Then pack extra Visine. A recent survey by Acuvue Advance and Sperling’s BestPlaces reveals certain cities are murder on your eyesight. Findings account for criteria such as altitude, humidity, pollution, and temperature, ...

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...North Charleston, South Carolina 4 Mobile, Alabama 5 Portland, Oregon to...

The World's Best Destinations - 10-1-2002

The Grand Canyon is grand and the Great Wall of China is great. But what do you think is the world’s must-see spot? The Society of American Travel Writers recently issued its top-10 list of “most memorable, must see, once-in-a-lifetime ...

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... Surprisingly, the Hamburger King in Montgomery, Alabama, didn''t make the list. Neither did Gatorland in...

The Keys To Good Teaching - 4-15-2002

If you want to be a good leader, you need to be a great teacher. What does it take to teach talent how to grow? Here are two lessons from master teachers. How do you help rising superstars fulfill their potential? That’s the familiar...

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...his empathy to growing up in Montgomery, Alabama, where as a boy he marched with Martin Luther...

U-turn - 12-1-2005

Once headed for the industrial junk heap, Hyundai drove itself back from the brink by learning three little words: quality, quality, quality.

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... shining new manufacturing facility in Hope Hull, Alabama. Advanced robotics handle much of the work.

Back To The Future - 2-15-2006

NASA has bold plans to explore the final frontier again.

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... Sails program at Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. Last summer, he and a team successfully tested...