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Help us determine August’s topic!

Published July 17, 2010 at 9:32 a.m.

Hey folks!Glen Gordon from Microsoft will join us for our August 5th IPSA meeting at Innovation Depot. He is willing to speak on a variety of topics related to Microsoft products.Please click here to complete a survey that will help us (and Glen) determine exactly what topic to present on.Thanks ...

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Organizing for America ... for Alabama

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Published July 16, 2010 at 10:39 p.m.
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Organizing for America (OFA) is serious about getting active in Alabama.  They have events scheduled in four Alabama cities on Saturday -- Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham and Huntsville.  This is a good group of folks and, while they're definitely affiliated with the Democratic party, they aren't necessarily like the traditional Democratic party, if you know what I mean ... So, if you aren't sure you fit in with the Alabama Democratic Party, but you are a progressive, liberal or Obama

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Negro League Baseball Conference

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Published July 16, 2010 at 9:58 p.m.

The history of baseball is rich with legendary figures, but the players of the Negro League often remain in the background. Now, their story is being told in Birmingham ... "This was one of the fields that had the largest attendance that I had a chance to play at when we played here in 1957 we had a full house," Former Negro League baseball player, Sam Allen says.  ... Rickwood Field is more than an historic landmark for Allen, its a step back in time ... "1957 we kicked them and then I came

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Kid One Hoping for $100,000

Published July 16, 2010 at 9:53 p.m.

One local non-profit organization is hoping to win this year"s Walmart Foundation grant ...

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Birmingham police: Domestic dispute led to Kingston slaying

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Published July 16, 2010 at 9:46 p.m.

Police have identified a suspect but have not yet made any arrests ...

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Close To Done Deal

Published July 16, 2010 at 9:06 p.m.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Alabama President Robert Witt said he ... expects athletic director Mal Moore to receive a contract extension ... before his current deal expires ... "Coach Mal Moore has done an outstanding job as UA's athletic ... director," Witt said in a statement Friday. "I fully expect that ... a new contract will be in place before the current one expires in ... June 2011." ... The statement came after the Mobile Press-Register reported that ... Alabama was in discussions about

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Man shot to death on 47th Street North in Birmingham

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Published July 16, 2010 at 8:39 p.m.

Officers were called to the house shortly before 8 p.m ...

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Greenetrack Rally in Montgomery

Published July 16, 2010 at 8:01 p.m.

Montgomery, AL (WIAT) Several hundred former employees and supporters for electronic bingo rallied in Montgomery Friday afternoon ... Bus loads pulled in just before 11AM to the empty parking lot across from the Supreme Court building on Dexter Avenue ... The rally was organized by political figures who are sympathetic to the county's high unemployment numbers and the plight of the people who who have just recently joined their ranks ... Many in attendance spoke passionately about their feelings

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Minor earthquake shakes US capital’s movers

Published July 16, 2010 at 7:51 p.m.

Earthquakes are so rare in the Washington area that even a geology student wasn’t quite sure what was going on when a minor one hit early Friday ...

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94 charged in Medicare scams totaling $251M

Published July 16, 2010 at 7:26 p.m.

Authorities said busts carried out this week in Miami, New York City, Detroit, Houston and Baton Rouge, La., were the largest Medicare fraud takedown in history ...

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