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The State of Alabama, also known as the "Heart of Dixie," is a state located in the Southern United States of America. Alabama is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. The twenty-second state admitted to the Union, Alabama seceded from the union in 1861 to become part of the Confederate States of America. Following the Civil War Alabama was readmitted to the union in 1868.
Until World War II, Alabama, like many Southern states, remained mired in poverty. In the years following the war, Alabama emerged as a growing economic power as the economy of the state transitioned from agriculture to diversified interests in heavy manufacturing, mineral extraction, education, and high technology. Today, the state is heavily invested in the aerospace, education, health care, banking, and various heavy industries including automobile manufacturing and mineral extraction and steel production and fabrication.
Alabama is officially nicknamed the Yellowhammer state. The capital is Montgomery and the largest city is Birmingham.

 

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Astronauts have begun spacewalk

Nov 22, 2008 6:42 pm

Astronauts on the international space station have begun the longest and hardest spacewalk of their mission, a seven-hour-plus excursion to wrap up repair work on a gummed-up joint. Engineers back on ...

 

Cool day forecast

Nov 22, 2008 2:26 pm

Today will be sunny and cool, with light winds and a high of about 53 degrees, the National Weather Service said. Tomorrow will be a little warmer, with a high of 60 degrees.

 

Today's eye-openers: Highlights from Saturday's Birmingham News

Nov 22, 2008 1:34 pm

Peanut Depot shells out for its first new roaster in 101 years. AIDS orphans 7,000 in Alabama. Hoover, Leeds and Cordova win in state high school football playoffs. More layoffs at Southern Progress. ...

 

Rhodes Scholars program to interview students in Birmingham on Saturday

Nov 22, 2008 4:23 am

Three students from Alabama will compete Saturday in Birmingham to become Rhodes Scholars. University of Alabama student Paul Hanninen of Tuscaloosa, Duke University student Julia Parker Goyer of Mou...

 

Parent's lawsuit against Hoover schools settled

Nov 22, 2008 3:57 am

The Hoover school board and Superintendent Andy Craig have settled a lawsuit with a Hoover parent who claimed they violated the Alabama Public Records Act by failing to provide copies of documents she...

 

Forecast: Football fans face subfreezing temps

Nov 21, 2008 11:49 pm

It won't be the frozen tundra, but frigid temperatures are awaiting high school football fans in the Birmingham area tonight.The temperature at 5 p.m. in Birmingham was already at 35; the wind chill i...

 

Study: Earthquake would be catastrophe for South

Nov 21, 2008 10:13 pm

The Federal Emergency Management Agency released the two-year study this week as part of the Catastrophic Earthquake Disaster Response Planning Initiative. Besides Tennessee, the seismic zone includes...

 
 

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Video: Astronauts talk about Marshall's station role

Nov 22, 2008 12:40 pm

International Space Station and shuttle Endeavour crewmembers worked this week to install a water processor unit to expand the station capability to support six crewmembers....

 

Video: Lighting Bridge Street's Christmas tree

Nov 22, 2008 12:40 pm

It was cold, but that didn't keep families from flocking to Bridge Street Friday night to watch the city's Christmas tree lighting.

 

Huntsville's Saturday weather forecast

Nov 22, 2008 11:10 am

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 51. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph. Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 26. Calm wind. Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 56. Calm wind be...

 

Huntsville's Saturday road watch

Nov 22, 2008 11:10 am

Huntsville and Madison County road repairs GOVERNORS DRIVE Crews have begun paving operations for the Governors Drive widening project between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. daily. It is anticipated that eas...

 

Robber takes cash but leaves ID

Nov 21, 2008 8:25 pm

A Huntsville man is suspected in Thursday's robbery of a Madison check advance store, where he apparently left a photo ID and Social Security card before fleeing with the case.

 

East Clinton dismisses at noon

Nov 21, 2008 4:55 pm

StaffEast Clinton Elementary SchoolEast Clinton Elementary School will dismiss today at noon, Huntsville schools spokesman Keith Ward said. Ward said a problem with the school's heater is prompting th...

 

Shuttle crews prepare to unload station supplies

Nov 21, 2008 3:10 pm

As space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station sail above Earth today, the crews will work on transferring equipment and supplies from the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to th...

 

Squirrel blamed for outage

Nov 21, 2008 3:10 pm

Perhaps in a vain attempt to keep warm, a squirrel in a Huntsville Utilities substation caused a small outage this morning in the Blossomwood and Medical District neighborhoods.

 

Markets open high on investor hopes

Nov 21, 2008 2:55 pm

Stock indexes are rising on the news that debt-drowned bank Citigroup is looking to cast off parts of its crumbling business via a sale, and hopes retail sales rebound during the holiday season.

 

Investors look to bailout and retail sales

Nov 21, 2008 2:10 pm

Wall Street found some relief Friday with markets up more than 200 points headed into morning trading on reports that Citigroup Inc. might put itself up for sale and the possibility that low prices wi...

 
 

News from the Mobile Press-Register

City, county officials to sign lease for park

Nov 22, 2008 4:39 pm

The lease between the city of Mobile and the Mobile County Commission to establish a park at the old courthouse site will be signed Monday, a county official said Friday.The city plans to develop a pa...

 

Tomorrow's forecast today for southwest Alabama

Nov 22, 2008 12:53 am

Saturday: Sunny, breezy and cool. Highs upper 50s to around 60. Lows mid-20s inland to near 40 near the coast. Rain chance less than 5 percent Saturday and Saturday night. Saturday: Sunny, breezy and ...

 

Alabama Court of Civil Appeals reverses rehiring of David Thomas at Bishop State

Nov 21, 2008 10:03 pm

MOBILE, Ala. -- The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals has reversed an arbitrator's decision to return David Thomas to his job at Bishop State Community College. As of this afternoon, Thomas, a history te...

 

Solutia Inc. lays off hundreds in Foley and Pensacola

Nov 21, 2008 9:52 pm

FOLEY, Ala. -- Solutia Inc. laid off more than 330 workers at its plants here and in Pensacola today in a resturturing of its nylon manufacturing business, the company said. Solutia spokeswoman Miss...

 

Hard freeze warning issued for inland counties in southwest Alabama

Nov 21, 2008 8:01 pm

A hard freeze warning is in effect for the inland counties of southwest Alabama, northern portions of Mobile and Baldwin counties, and the interior sections of southeast Mississippi from midnight toni...

 

Teledyne Continental Motors lays off 60 workers from Brookley Field plant

Nov 21, 2008 5:20 pm

MOBILE, Ala. -- Teledyne Continental Motors cut 60 jobs Thursday and Friday, as the market for airplane engines and parts continues to deteriorate. Rhett Ross, president of Teledyne Continental, sai...

 

23 Orange Beach city workers to be laid off with 1-day notice

Nov 21, 2008 12:42 pm

ORANGE BEACH -- This morning, 23 municipal employees will lose their jobs and many others in the weeks to come will see their pay slashed as city officials scramble to make up a $3 million budget...

 
 

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