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While I love Pepper Place Saturday Market, I don't want to trek all the way downtown every weekend from Hoover to get fresh fruits and veggies. So I recently checked out the Valleydale Farmer's Market, now in its second year. They're located at 4601 Valleydale Road, in a church parking lot near the intersection with Caldwell Mill, each Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon ... It's not as big as Pepper Place, but also refreshingly not as crowded. There were fewer than 20 booths, a few of them

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Two-Alarm Fire at Daniel Building in Birmingham

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Published July 6, 2010 at 6:40 a.m.

What appears to be an electrical fire was called in about 1:30am Tuesday ...

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Person Killed in Deck Collapse

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Published July 5, 2010 at 4:31 p.m.

Hoover, AL (WIAT) In ten years there have been more than 30 fatalities connected to deck collapses across the nation ... The latest death came sunday night in hoover ... hoover rescue teams poured into the Waterford Landing apartments off of Lorna Road ... public information officer rusty lowe says that when they arrived they found the 3rd floor deck had collapsed into the second floor deck ... "There were seven people on the deck when it fell ... one was in critical condition at the scene

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Deck Collapse in Hoover Kills One, Injures Six Others

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Published July 5, 2010 at 12:34 p.m.

The wooden deck on the third floor apartment collapsed late Sunday night ...

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van der Sloot...how long will justice take?

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Published July 5, 2010 at 10:13 a.m.

Birmingham, Al (WIAT) It could take years to unravel the multiple mysteries of Joran van der Sloot and the women alleged to be his victims ... Joran van der Sloot sits in a Peruvian prison charged with the murder of 21 year old student Stephany Flores in a Lima casino hotel. He's the prime suspect in the disappearance of Mountain Brook teenager Natalee Holloway on a graduation trip to Aruba five long years ago. In a macabre note, Flores was murdered five years to the day of Holloway's

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VIDEO: Victim in fatal deck collapse identified

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Published July 5, 2010 at 9:46 a.m.

The Coroner’s Office has identified the person killed in a midnight collapse of a Hoover apartment deck as 25 year old Gerald Andrew Scribner of Hoover ...

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Looking for gazpacho and snails

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Published July 4, 2010 at 4:52 p.m.

Got an e-mail from a reader looking for where they can get a couple of specific dishes, and could use some help answering: ... This Hoover resident asks, "Can you tell me where (within a 30 mile radius) they have gazpacho soup on their summer menu and/or where we can purchase some to take home? Also are there any restaurant where we can order Snails in Black Bean Sauce?" ... Can anyone help? ...

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van der Sloot sues his lawyer

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Published July 4, 2010 at 6:33 a.m.

Birmingham, Al (WIAT) Did Peruvian police botch the interrogation of murder suspect Joran van der Sloot? Or is it another in a series of legal maneuvers to get his confession thrown out? And if he has a legitimate claim against his public defender, why is it just now being raised? ... There are always more questions than answers when it comes to van der Sloot, the Dutch national accused of killing 21 year old student Stephany Flores and the prime suspect in the five year old disappearance of

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Who's writing love letters to Joran van der Sloot?

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Published July 3, 2010 at 6:31 a.m.

Birmingham, Al (WIAT) Joran van der Sloot continues to get what many think he craves most ... attention. And attention from women ... As creepy as it sounds, it's happening. But who? And, why? Is a killer the ultimate chick magnet? ... The Dutch national is in prison in Peru charged with the murder of 21 year old student Stephany Flores. He's accused of murdering her in his Lima hotel room five years to the day after the disappearance of Mountain Brook teen Natalee Holloway on a

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