Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition advocates for healthful use of forbidden plant

07/17/11 The Jacksonville picnic was the second event put on by the group. Its leaders have divided the state into eight districts and hope to host an event in each district to raise awareness of the upcoming legislative push.

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COLLEGE NEWS: July 17

07/17/11 Published: Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 16, 2011 at 6:23 p.m.

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Retirement benefits may be biggest issue in 2012 session

07/17/11 By M.J. Ellington Montgomery Bureau A fight may be brewing in 2012 over the best way to pay for pension benefits that Alabama governments and public education programs provide retirees.

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Fire companies to face off in water battle in Hatfield

07/10/11 After a year of waiting, the Towamencin Fire Company will finally have the chance to capture its fourth straight Fifth Fire District Water Battle and Firefighter Competition championship.

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Franconia attic fire damages home (video)

07/10/11 A fire in the attic of a farm house on Halteman Road in Franconia required almost 10 emergency response units and put one firefighter in the hospital from heat exhaustion on Saturday afternoon.

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Business buzz

07/10/11 Robert E. Smith Jr. has been promoted to director of planning for the city of Montgomery.

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Business calendar

07/10/11 S Corporation Tax Issues and Update: Seminar sponsored by the Houston CPA Society. July 11 and July 12, 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m., Houston CPA Training Facility, 777 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 500. Speaker: Steven Tillinger, CPA. Cost: $315-$385. Information: 713-622-7733.

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Gov. Bentley chooses panel to examine Alabama insurance market

07/09/11 Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has appointed 24 people to a panel charged with examining the state's insurance market.

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Real estate transfers February part 3

07/06/11 MONTGOMERY COUNTY ABINGTON 732 Forest Ave., Kenneth and Irving Harris to Linda Pirkle, $220,000.

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Upcoming acts include Clarence Carter, My Morning Jacket and Steely Dan

07/04/11 Fans listen to Kenny Chesney at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, May 25, 2011. Published: Monday, July 4, 2011 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 1, 2011 at 4:19 p.m.

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High-profile cases led to tort reform

06/27/11 Tort reform proposals have cropped up periodically for decades in Alabama, but the issue became more prevalent after Republican Guy Hunt became governor in 1987 and the business community began pushing harder for changes.

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Monday with Mike: Best league at each position

06/27/11 The Pac-12 can boast having the best QBs - led by Andrew Luck - of any league in the country.

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River walk nears completion

06/27/11 By Russ Corey Staff Writer Once it's discovered, the new River Heritage Walkway along the Tennessee River bluffs will likely be a popular place.

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Beloved storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham dies at 93

06/13/11 Kathryn Tucker Windham, prolific journalist, photographer and storyteller whose books on Alabama ghosts became a rite of passage for children in the state, died at her home in Selma Sunday. She was 93.

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Famous storyteller, columnist Kathryn Windham dies

06/13/11 Kathryn Tucker Windham, a master storyteller and author who was a woman police reporter in a time when there were few, died on Sunday. She was 93.

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One district for St. Clair expected by 2012

06/13/11 Rep. Jim McClendon, Gov. Bentley and and State Sen. Greg Reed at the re-districting signing last week in Montgomery.

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Alabama gambling trial offers peek inside politics

06/05/11 The public will get a graphic, behind-the-scenes look at state government when a trial begins Monday in the biggest government corruption case to come out of the Alabama Legislature.

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Arsenal of young studs has Royals set for serious rise

06/05/11 Death ... taxes ... Royals missing the playoffs. One might no longer be a certainty. Scott Miller says K.C., which holds the fifth pick in the upcoming draft, boasts a roster and farm system that has the team ready to launch.

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Barons Blister Suns, 13-4

06/05/11 Hoover, AL - Seth Loman collected a season-high five hits, including one home run and four RBI as the Birmingham Barons (32-24) blistered the Jacksonville Suns (31-26), 13-4, in front of 2,943 fans Sunday afternoon at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.

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Ninth Inning Run Sinks Biscuits

06/05/11 MONTGOMERY, AL - After the Biscuits (24-33) charged back to tie the game in the eighth, the Mississippi Braves (23-34) scored the winning run in the top of the ninth to hand the Biscuits their fifth-straight defeat, 3-2 Sunday at Riverwalk.

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