Alabama Notes » breaking news http://alnotes.com Alabama News Optimized for Mobile Devices | BETA Wed, 23 May 2012 15:08:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Clip-on desk lamps sold at Lowes recalled due to shock hazard http://alnotes.com/clip-on-desk-lamps-sold-at-lowes-recalled-due-to-shock-hazard/ http://alnotes.com/clip-on-desk-lamps-sold-at-lowes-recalled-due-to-shock-hazard/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:02:53 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/clip-on-desk-lamps-sold-at-lowes-recalled-due-to-shock-hazard/

Lowes has announced a voluntary recall of about 33,000 LED clip-on desk lamps, according to a press release from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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]]> http://alnotes.com/clip-on-desk-lamps-sold-at-lowes-recalled-due-to-shock-hazard/feed/ 0 Finding UAB and other Birmingham medical facilities to get easier http://alnotes.com/finding-uab-and-other-birmingham-medical-facilities-to-get-easier/ http://alnotes.com/finding-uab-and-other-birmingham-medical-facilities-to-get-easier/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:00:40 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/finding-uab-and-other-birmingham-medical-facilities-to-get-easier/

Way-finding program meant to save lives, improve traffic and add convenience to visitors of key distinations in medical district. Read more from The Birmingham News

]]> http://alnotes.com/finding-uab-and-other-birmingham-medical-facilities-to-get-easier/feed/ 0 Finding UAB and other Birmingham medical facilities to get easier http://alnotes.com/finding-uab-and-other-birmingham-medical-facilities-to-get-easier-2/ http://alnotes.com/finding-uab-and-other-birmingham-medical-facilities-to-get-easier-2/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:00:40 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/finding-uab-and-other-birmingham-medical-facilities-to-get-easier-2/

Way-finding program meant to save lives, improve traffic and add convenience to visitors of key distinations in medical district. Read more from The Birmingham News

]]> http://alnotes.com/finding-uab-and-other-birmingham-medical-facilities-to-get-easier-2/feed/ 0 Artur Davis eyes a return to politics (George Talbot) http://alnotes.com/artur-davis-eyes-a-return-to-politics-george-talbot/ http://alnotes.com/artur-davis-eyes-a-return-to-politics-george-talbot/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 13:56:47 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/artur-davis-eyes-a-return-to-politics-george-talbot/

Artur Davis, once a rising star in Alabama politics, is feeling the itch again.

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Thieves who stole two potted ferns from a Pensacola, Fla. school for developmentally disabled adults, also took away a nest of baby birds, breaking the hearts of the students who have followed the hatching and growth of the birds, the Pensacola News Journal reported.

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]]> http://alnotes.com/pensacola-thieves-steal-potted-ferns-1-containing-nest-of-baby-birds/feed/ 0 Escambia County, Fla., student charged with taking, using a fellow student’s debit card http://alnotes.com/escambia-county-fla-student-charged-with-taking-using-a-fellow-students-debit-card/ http://alnotes.com/escambia-county-fla-student-charged-with-taking-using-a-fellow-students-debit-card/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 12:16:43 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/escambia-county-fla-student-charged-with-taking-using-a-fellow-students-debit-card/

A student at an Escambia County, Fla., high school student faces faces several for allegedly stealing and using another student’s debit card, the website NorthEscambia.com reported.

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]]> http://alnotes.com/escambia-county-fla-student-charged-with-taking-using-a-fellow-students-debit-card/feed/ 0 Alabama Legislature redistricting plan may create Republican majority in Jefferson County House delegation http://alnotes.com/alabama-legislature-redistricting-plan-may-create-republican-majority-in-jefferson-county-house-delegation/ http://alnotes.com/alabama-legislature-redistricting-plan-may-create-republican-majority-in-jefferson-county-house-delegation/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 11:33:04 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/alabama-legislature-redistricting-plan-may-create-republican-majority-in-jefferson-county-house-delegation/

The Jefferson County delegation in the House of Representatives would likely become majority Republican under the redistricting plan moving through the Alabama Legislature. Read more from The Birmingham News

]]> http://alnotes.com/alabama-legislature-redistricting-plan-may-create-republican-majority-in-jefferson-county-house-delegation/feed/ 0 Who’s really who in Birmingham? http://alnotes.com/whos-really-who-in-birmingham/ http://alnotes.com/whos-really-who-in-birmingham/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 11:33:00 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/whos-really-who-in-birmingham/

When Rep. John Rogers says jump, voters in Birmingham say “What did he say?” Read more from The Birmingham News

]]> http://alnotes.com/whos-really-who-in-birmingham/feed/ 0 Jefferson County officials question HealthSouth opposition to nursing home plans http://alnotes.com/jefferson-county-officials-question-healthsouth-opposition-to-nursing-home-plans/ http://alnotes.com/jefferson-county-officials-question-healthsouth-opposition-to-nursing-home-plans/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 11:32:56 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/jefferson-county-officials-question-healthsouth-opposition-to-nursing-home-plans/

The company looking to invest $24 million to build two new nursing homes to replace one run by Jefferson County questioned HealthSouth Corp.’s reasons for attempting to block the projects. Read more from The Birmingham News

]]> http://alnotes.com/jefferson-county-officials-question-healthsouth-opposition-to-nursing-home-plans/feed/ 0 Road work on Interstate 10, U.S. 98 planned after beach season http://alnotes.com/road-work-on-interstate-10-u-s-98-planned-after-beach-season/ http://alnotes.com/road-work-on-interstate-10-u-s-98-planned-after-beach-season/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 11:04:52 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/road-work-on-interstate-10-u-s-98-planned-after-beach-season/

Starting after Labor Day, the Alabama Department of Transportation plans to resurface Interstate 10 across most of Baldwin County, Mobile division engineer Vince Calametti said Tuesday.

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