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Sports

Porsche introduces new Boxster to dealers at Birmingham’s Barber Motorsports Park

May 17, 2012

The Barber Motorsports Park is helping Porsche think outside the Boxster when it comes to rolling out the major redesign of one of its most popular sports cars. The Barber park is hosting Porsche Cars North America as it introduces nearly 1,000 dealers, mechanics and …

Panel weighs changes to AU trustee selection process

May 17, 2012

MONTGOMERY | A proposed constitutional amendment that would alter the selection process of the Auburn University board of trustees went to a conference committee Wednesday night after the House of Representatives changed the original Senate measure.

Bill would redraw districts, stagger terms for Auburn University trustees

May 16, 2012

MONTGOMERY | Voters would decide whether to make changes in the selection process for the board of trustees at Auburn University under a bill that’s on the House of Representatives’ agenda today. The bill faces a tough path to passage …

Stars lose 5-1, drop series to Mississippi

May 16, 2012

(From release) In the finale of a rain shortened four-game series with the Mississippi Braves, the Huntsville Stars lost by a score of 5-1 in front of a packed house on Tuesday at Joe Davis Stadium. Beginning in the first inning, …

Homewood girl’s burn injuries part of national safety campaign

May 15, 2012

Caroline Wilson, 6, has been hospitalized since April 23 when she touched a transformer at Liberty Park Sports Complex park in Vestavia Hills.

Team Share the Road sponsors 2nd Ride of Silence to promote safe bicycle access on area roads

May 15, 2012

MOBILE, Alabama — Team Share the Road, a group promoting safe bicycle access to area roads, will sponsor the 2nd annual Ride of Silence, Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., at Washington Square in the Oakleigh Garden Historic District.

MAD: Toomer's for Tuscaloosa

May 15, 2012

IT’S BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE THE TORNADOES, AND HELP IS STILL POURING IN TO TUSCALOOSA. AUBURN FANS ARE SOME OF THE BEST VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS. FOR THE PAST YEAR, THEY’VE BEEN HELPING IN TUSCALOOSA’S RECOVERY. BETTINA BOATENG SHOWS US HOW THE GROUP …

Fact Finder: Toomer's Trees

May 14, 2012

Known as a sacred symbol in the Auburn Nation, Toomer’s Corner has been seen for decades as the place to celebrate a football team win. But in late 2010, an outcry was heard after the old oaks at the center of…

Alabama alligator hunting season set for August, registration begins in June

May 14, 2012

The regulations for the controlled alligator hunts in Alabama are much different from those in Louisiana, popularized on the the History Channel’s hit show “Swamp People.” Here, 295 tags will be issued statewide, and given to hunters one at a time.

ASK US: Why did runners take over the Aldridge Creek greenway?

May 14, 2012

I could not get by all the runners without taking to the grass, which almost caused an accident between myself and another group of bike riders.