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          <title>Governor Riley pardons Clyde the turkey</title>
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Governor Bob Riley pardoned a Thanksgiving turkey on Friday as part of an annual tradition in Alabama that dates back to 1949.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Gas price remain steady in Alabama at $2.53</title>
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Gasoline prices in Alabama have not waivered too much in the past week.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fatality reported in Morgan County crash</title>
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A woman was killed in a two vehicle crash in Morgan County.           ]]></description>
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The number of people without jobs in Alabama has risen again.
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          <title>Tuscaloosa crime reports for November 19, 2009</title>
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Here are the crime reports from the Tuscaloosa Police Department for November 19, 2009.           ]]></description>
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          <title>AAA Projects Thanksgiving Travel to Increase 1.4 Percent from 2008</title>
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Fewer will travel by air this year due to budget concerns, reduced airline capacity and added charges           ]]></description>
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Holiday safety tips from Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale           ]]></description>
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Bessemer Mayor Ed May warned potential bingo halls to stay away from his city.           ]]></description>
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One company accuses Shelby county&#8217;s largest employer of dumping untreated hazardous waste into the ground.           ]]></description>
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CHICAGO (AP) - Oprah Winfrey&#8217;s production company says Winfrey will announce Friday that her talk show will end in 2011 after its 25th season on the air.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Jefferson County judge named to hear Paragon suit</title>
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Jefferson County Circuit Judge Tom King has been appointed to hear a lawsuit filed by an Alabama legislative oversight committee trying to block a $13 million no-bid contract.           ]]></description>
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          <title>University of Alabama sponsoring Toys for Tots drive</title>
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The University of Alabama Library Support Staff Association is sponsoring the 7th Annual Toys for Tots drive.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Update: Couple found dead in car hours after Pinson crash</title>
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          <title>Complete list of Birmingham&#8217;s mayoral candidates</title>
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          <title>Video: Birmingham mayoral candidate Jody Trautwein</title>
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Birmingham mayoral candidate Jody Trautwein visited NBC13HD on Thursday, Nov. 19.           ]]></description>
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The Etowah County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has recovered the body of Michael Winford Williams           ]]></description>
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          <title>UPDATE: FAA says flight system fixed</title>
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A problem in controlling flights in the country&#8217;s airports has been fixed.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Nicrosi to run for Alabama AG as Democrat</title>
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Former federal prosecutor Michel Nicrosi says she plans to run for Alabama attorney general as a Democrat.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Auto supply plant planned for Tuscaloosa Co.</title>
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Automotive supplier Faurecia North America says it will build a $15 million plant in Tuscaloosa County to make parts for the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Senator: FAA needs resources to prevent glitches</title>
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ATLANTA (AP) - New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer says the Federal Aviation Administration needs more resources to prevent problems like the computer glitch that&#8217;s causing cancellations and flight delays nationwide.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ala. Home Depot distribution center opens</title>
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The first 179 employees hired for the facility were decked out in orange shirts at grand opening ceremonies on Wednesday.
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Spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz said the report will be released Thursday.
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Widespread flight cancellations and delays nationwide are being caused by a problem with the FAA system that collects airlines&#8217; flight plans.           ]]></description>
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Here are the crime reports from the Tuscaloosa Police Department for November 18, 2009.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Riley thanks Baptists for supporting bingo fight</title>
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The convention approved a resolution opposing electronic bingo and praising the governor for his efforts to stop the games.
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 Foley Mayor John Koniar said the new city sick leave policy will allow workers to stay at home during a flu outbreak without a loss of pay.
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State Health Officer Don Williamson and state schools Superintendent Joe Morton said Wednesday the nasal mist vaccine would be administered at school-based clinics to children in kindergarten to third grade.
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 Eighteen-year-old James Cecil Willis III of Pontiac was scheduled to appear Wednesday before Oakland County Circuit Judge Wendy Potts. But the hearing was reset for Nov. 25.
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Attorney Joe Espy said the center closed its bingo operations at 5 p.m. Wednesday and would remain closed for at least two weeks.
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          <title>6 Ala. judges recuse themselves from Paragon suit</title>
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 The judges said in a one paragraph order released Wednesday that they all know defendants and plaintiffs in the case personally or professionally.           ]]></description>
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Jacob Shaffer is charged in six murders.
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 The dome stadium is still in the design phase and current construction cost estimates stand at $375 million.           ]]></description>
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It appears H1N1 swine flu vaccination clinics will start in schools, after the Thanksgiving break.           ]]></description>
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Tuscaloosa Check into Cash robbed this morning at 11:20.            ]]></description>
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Birmingham mayoral candidate Jimmy Snow visited NBC13HD on Wednesday, Nov. 18.           ]]></description>
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Birmingham mayoral candidate Stephanie Sigler Huey visited NBC13HD on Monday, Nov. 16.           ]]></description>
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Birmingham mayoral candidate Edith Mayomi visited NBC13HD on Friday, Nov. 14.           ]]></description>
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Brad Nelson, who says he&#8217;s meeting with lawyers, says he shares ownership of Secrets Gentlemen&#8217;s Club with Michael Gene Cox.
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 Rep. Bill Dukes, D-Decatur, announced on Sept. 11 that he would not run again.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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 Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett said 26-year-old Josh Hamer was recaptured in Ardmore, Tenn. on Tuesday afternoon and is in the custody of the Giles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department there.
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The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports Tuesday that Kyle Joseph Sheetz of Salem, Ala. and John Arnold McCoy, III of Opelika were charged with two counts of first degree robbery and two counts of first degree burglary.
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Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper announced a double digit crime decline through the first three quarters of 2009.
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Company will refund consumers and modify its cancellation and retention practices           ]]></description>
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State health officials hope to help kids stay in school with health screenings at school.           ]]></description>
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JEFFERSON CO., Ala.&#8212;More than 30 key business owners and leaders in Jefferson County gathered to support a new grassroots organization aimed at pushing for a quick solution to Jefferson County&#8217;s looming $3.2 billion sewer debt.           ]]></description>
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JEMISON, Ala. (AP) - Voters in Jemison will decide Jan. 12 whether they want to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages within the city limits.           ]]></description>
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MONTEVALLO, Ala. (AP) - The embattled president of the University of Montevallo will resign next year.           ]]></description>
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Attorney General Troy King is seeking input from district attorneys as he weighs an Alabama Supreme Court ruling on electronic bingo machines in the state.           ]]></description>
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$1.1 Million in Grants Awarded to Encourage Recycling           ]]></description>
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Motorcycle robber holds up a Helena grocery store at gunpoint.           ]]></description>
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A man has been arrested after an armed robbery in Tuscaloosa, in which LOJACK was used to find the stolen loot.           ]]></description>
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The person shot and killed while in a car in Birmingham has been identified.           ]]></description>
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 The director of the Fort Payne Housing Authority says her agency mistakenly reported a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development would create 7,280 jobs.
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Jurors deliberated about three hours Monday before returning a unanimous recommendation that Timothy Scott Boyle be given the death penalty in the 2005 death of Savannah White.
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33-year-old Christopher Iman Ulmer and 31-year-old Kowosky Tywan Christian, faced murder charges in the 2006 shooting death of Issac Dedarge Bulger of Clanton.
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&nbsp; An attorney for HealthSouth shareholders says the imprisoned executive&#8217;s house in Vestavia Hills and two adjacent lots will be sold together.            ]]></description>
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Three firefighters are recovering today, after a fire burned a Gadsden house.           ]]></description>
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Here are the crime reports from the Tuscaloosa Police Department for November 16, 2009.           ]]></description>
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 The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that probation isn&#8217;t enough punishment for Ken Livesay, who pleaded guilty to inflating earnings at HealthSouth.
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 Northfolk Southern furloughed 65 workers in July from what it calls its &#8220;Sheffield yard,&#8220; even though it is located in Muscle Shoals. Operations at the Sheffield Yard were shifted to Birmingham and Chattanooga, Tenn.
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The commission in the northwest Alabama county voted 3-1 Monday.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis and crew en route to ISS.            ]]></description>
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Jury selection is complete in the capital murder trial against Brandon Foster who&#8217;s charged with killing a Hoover grandmother while she walked her dog.           ]]></description>
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Tennessee officials say a stretch of
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; The Anniston Star reports that those killed in the shootings
early Sunday are identified as Thomas Dee Hart, a construction
worker, and his wife of nearly 23 years, 41-year-old Wendy Ramsey
Hart.
&nbsp;  &nbsp;  Thomas Hart&#8217;s sister, Debbie Brimer, says she believes her
brother&#8217;s judgment was affected by cancer and the medication and
radiation treatments he&#8217;d been undergoing.           ]]></description>
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A small earthquake was registered in northeast Alabama today.           ]]></description>
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The crime reports from the Tuscaloosa Police Department for November 13-15, 2009.           ]]></description>
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 Shaniya Davis was last seen Tuesday.            ]]></description>
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Four victims have been taken by ambulance to South Georgia Medical Center.
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Chicago stores accused of selling mattresses infested with bedbugs.            ]]></description>
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NASA announces presence of water on the moon.           ]]></description>
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The Tigers completed their 11-game marathon with Saturday&#8217;s 31-24 loss at Georgia.           ]]></description>
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Among the injured is 24-year-old Phillip Harris of Attalla, Ala. who is in critical.
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