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Man drowns in frigid creek while fleeing police

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — A north Alabama man who fled into a frigid creek while trying to escape ... Read more

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Griffith’s staff resigns after party switch

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Parker Griffith — the north Alabama congressman who switched to the Republican Party last ... Read more

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Florence, Ala. man charged with killing stepfather

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — A 21-year-old Florence man is in the Lauderdale County Detention Center, charged with murdering ... Read more

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Ala. police officer shot in 1993 buried

ARAB, Ala. (AP) — Funeral services have been held for a former Guntersville police officer who died lask ... Read more

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2 guards shot in Las Vegas federal building

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say the gunman who shot two officers at a federal building in Las ... Read more

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Winter system drops record snow, chills the South

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Snow falling like New Year’s confetti joined forces with a chill that dipped deep ... Read more

Columns

Dating in technological age makes me COL

Back in the day, dating was easy. You had your best friend slip a note to his best ... Read more

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12-year-old held in Dothan, Ala. after mom stabbed

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Dothan say a 12-year-old boy stabbed his mother in the back with ... Read more

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Ala. courthouse closed after powder discovery

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal courthouse in Birmingham is closed as authorities try to determine the source ... Read more

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Trial in Ala. pharmacy steroids case to begin

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The trial of 10 men charged in a steroids conspiracy involving an online pharmacy ... Read more