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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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Suspect in Anniston Kmart standoff demanded painkillers

Sep 3, 2010 7:10 pm

Authorities took 48-year-old Gary Johnson into custody. He is currently being evaluated at a local hospital. A man who went to the pharmacy at an An...

Birmingham firefighters respond to fire at Boutwell Auditorium parking deck

Sep 3, 2010 5:35 pm

Firefighters report smoke and fire showing. Authorities are diverting traffic off 8th Avenue North. Birmingham Fire and Rescue and Birmingham Polic...

How to recycle your cell phone battery

Sep 3, 2010 2:00 pm

The increasingly prevalent rechargeable batteries that power cell phones and other electronics aren't supposed to go in the waste basket; they need to be r...

United Way of Central Alabama meets $8.4 million goal for summer

Sep 3, 2010 12:15 pm

Fall drive now under way United Way of Central Alabama raised $8.4 million this year in its summer Pacesetter Campaign, an achievement leaders hope...

Metro Birmingham forecast: Hot day followed by cooler, sunny weekend

Sep 3, 2010 11:24 am

Nightly temperatures could be in 50s It was 70 degrees at 6 a.m. in Birmingham as central Alabama prepared for a final hot day before a cooler but s...

Lawsuit claims Birmingham's downtown library is a sexually hostile place

Sep 3, 2010 3:30 am

Employee claims patrons groped her Also contributing: Reporter Hannah Wolfson--The Birmingham NewsA library employee claims in a federal lawsuit tha...

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Mobile carjacker who made napping driver strip gets 11 years

Sep 3, 2010 7:38 pm

The robber then called the victim back to help him when he had trouble starting the truck. View full sizeWilliam Darnell Kidd: Pleaded guilty to car...

At least 205 coastal Alabama residents have been treated for oil-related health issues

Sep 3, 2010 7:14 pm

MOBILE, Alabama -- The number of residents reporting oil-related health affects from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to rise in coastal Alabama. ...

Manatee pod sightings reported near Fairhope

Sep 3, 2010 6:20 pm

  FAIRHOPE, Alabama — Fly Creek visitors and residents, along with a group of manatee researchers, said they watched for about three hours Thursd...

Auburn professor takes (graphic) novel approach to teaching and, no, these aren't comic books

Sep 3, 2010 3:55 pm

The graphic novels are part of a new approach to teaching being taken by Dave Ketchen, an Auburn professor who runs the Lowder Center for Family Business & Entr...

Alabama news links: Auburn block party tonight won't include Aubie, cheerleaders; cottonmouth bites boy in family pool

Sep 3, 2010 3:24 pm

Auburn holds a pre-football block party tonight, but Aubie and the AU cheerleaders won't be there this year; an Andalusia is bitten by a cottonmouth snake ...

Update: 22-year-old criticial after Moffett Road accident this morning

Sep 3, 2010 2:59 pm

MOBILE, Alabama -- Mobile police were on the scene of a traffic accident with "life-threatening" injuries around 9:40 a.m. today, according to Mobile poli...

Baldwin United Way sets $905,000 goal

Sep 3, 2010 2:03 pm

United Way of Baldwin County supporters plan to raise at least $905,000 during the 2010 campaign to help 42 agencies and many residents hit hard by a recession and ...

Rep. Bobby Bright says he's 'very surprised' his Pelosi quip got so much attention

Sep 3, 2010 1:41 pm

Bright had answered a question about whether he would support Pelosi for another term as speaker of the House by saying that any number of things could happen befor...

Alleged Fairhope shooter, former Daphne football standout, turns himself in to police

Sep 3, 2010 1:00 pm

FAIRHOPE, Alabama -- Chazdin "Chaz" Cottrell, a 20-year-old suspect in the nonfatal shooting of a 21-year-old man in south Fairhope on Wednesday, turned h...

BP's top local official says response has moved to 'deep cleaning' of beaches

Sep 3, 2010 1:00 pm

“At the very peak of this response, we had more than 48,000 people deployed. Today, we still have 30,000 people. It’s still a significant respon...

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