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ALDOT to close lanes for work on University Boulevard this weekend

July 30, 2010

Workers will close one lane at a time to install steam lines on the UAB campus. The Alabama Department of Transportation will close some lanes of University Boulevard this weekend as workers install steam lines on the campus of UAB, the department announced…

Forecast: Heat advisory in effect through Sunday night

July 30, 2010

High temperatures will be near 99 each day in the Birmingham area with heat index values between 103 and 107. Source: The National Weather Service A heat advisory is in effect for much of central Alabama through 7 p.m. Sunday as high temperatures each day are expected…

Fishing reopens in parts of Mississippi and SE Louisiana as post-oil spill conditions improve

July 30, 2010

NEW ORLEANS — Commercial fishermen were allowed back in some Louisiana waters east of the Mississippi River and in some Mississippi waters today after federal authorities said samples of finfish and shrimp taken there were safe to eat. NEW ORLEANS — Commercial fishermen were allowed back …

Fishing reopens in parts of Mississippi and SE Louisiana as post-oil spill conditions improve

July 30, 2010

NEW ORLEANS — Commercial fishermen were allowed back in some Louisiana waters east of the Mississippi River and in some Mississippi waters today after federal authorities said samples of finfish and shrimp taken there were safe to eat. NEW ORLEANS — Commercial…

Supreme Court paves way for VictoryLand raid

July 30, 2010

The Alabama Supreme Court Friday paved the way for a raid of the only non-Indian electronic bingo operation currently in business in the state.

Georgia man agrees to plead guilty to arson, fraud in Gardendale First Baptist fires

July 30, 2010

Donny Ray Horton is accused of setting two fires to delay installation of seating he falsely claimed to order for the church. Gardendale First Baptist Church (The Birmingham News/Hal Yeager) A 46-year-old Georgia man today agreed to plead…

Justices clear way for raid of Victoryland

July 30, 2010

The Alabama Supreme Court has overturned a Macon County circuit judge’s order that had blocked Gov. Bob Riley’s task force on gambling from raiding the Victoryland electronic bingo casino.

Crews removing oil boom from Mobile Bay (with photo gallery)

July 30, 2010

Work crews in Mobile Bay pulled 100-foot sections of oil containment boom Friday morning near Fowl River and the Theodore Industrial Canal as part of a stepdown ordered by the spill response command. Work crews in Mobile Bay pulled 100-foot sections of oil containment boom Friday morning near …

Alabama Supreme Court justices clear way for raid at VictoryLand by governor’s task force

July 30, 2010

Court sets aside Macon judge's order blocking state action View full size The Alabama Supreme Court has handed Gov. Bob Riley another victory in his crusade against casino bingo. (Birmingham News file) MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Supreme Court has overturned a Macon County circuit judge’s order…

Supreme court may rule on Victoryland today

July 30, 2010

The Alabama Supreme Court may clear the way today for a raid by the governor's anti-gambling task force on Victoryland in Macon County.

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