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Franklin Biggs sells Homewood Gourmet


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Published May 24, 2010 at 3:42 p.m.

While we'e a little behind in sharing this news, we couldn't pass up another opportunity to share a photo of Franklin Biggs making Baby Blue salad in the bed of a pickup truck. Just follow the link at the end of the post ...

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Red Mountain Bank sells Tennessee branch


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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:24 p.m.
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Red Mountain Bank plans to sell off its Tennessee branch location after less than three years in the market ...

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Gerald Albright to headline fourth annual Preserve Jazz Festival


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Published May 21, 2010 at 9:49 p.m.

Spend a Sunday in the Preserve in Hoover with several jazz giants. The fourth annual Preserve Jazz Festival will feature a day of music on the lawn, starting at 3 p.m ...

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Slow Food Fair This Sunday


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Published May 21, 2010 at 4:54 p.m.
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Jones Valley Urban Farm and Slow Food Birmingham will host the 3rd Annual Slow Food Fair: “Party in the Garden," this Sunday, May 23, at Jones Valley Urban Farm. Special guest speaker will be John T. Edge, noted food writer and Southern Foodways director ... The event will include a variety of musical acts, food samples, gardening workshops, and a mini Farmer’s Market. Restaurants that are Slow Food Fair partners include Bettola, Bottletree, Brick & Tin, Cafe Dupont, Cantina, Food Studio B,

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Homewood Police Department searches for motel robber


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Published May 21, 2010 at 11:19 a.m.

You can help the Homewood Police Department find and arrest a suspect wanted in a motel robbery ...

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Places Library Books Hide: A Top Ten List


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Published May 20, 2010 at 1:41 p.m.

Library books do seem to hide from us, but now is the time to find them as tomorrow is Fine Free Friday! ... On Friday, May 21, 2010, the Birmingham Public Library and the public libraries of Adamsville, Bessemer, Botanical Gardens, Gardendale, Homewood, Hueytown, Irondale, Leeds, Pleasant Grove, Trussville, Vestavia Hills, & Warrior will forgive fines under the following conditions: ... Items must be returned in hand to the circulation desk at a participating library ... Fines are only forgiven

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HOMEWOOD, ALABAMA: Robbery suspect behind bars


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Published May 17, 2010 at 10:41 a.m.

Homewood Police arrest suspect ...

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A Hot Time in the Rocket City with Artur Davis and Ron Sparks


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Published May 17, 2010 at 8:57 a.m.
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It really was a hot time in the Rocket City Wednesday evening when gubernatorial candidates Artur Davis and Ron Sparks appeared at a forum sponsored by the Rocket City Democrats. June 1st is just a couple of weeks away and over 100 people showed up to see what these candidates are all about. Davis was in his element, cool as always and seeming to get some kind of combat high from political debate. Sparks tends to be more at home glad-handing in a crowd, and looked like he'd rather be anywhere

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Author Hosts Negro League Q&A at Regions Park


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Published May 17, 2010 at 7:56 a.m.

Larry Tye, who just released a book on Satchell Paige, will discuss Negro League baseball with fans in Birmingham. Watch the story in our video viewer ...

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Monday Morning Sports


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Published May 17, 2010 at 7:35 a.m.

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Dan Forsman made an eagle and four straight birdies on the way to winning the Regions Charity Classic by three strokes yesterday. Forsman, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour, had a pair of late bogeys to shoot 66 ... MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Se Ri Pak birdied on the third playoff hole at Number 18 to beat Brittany Lincicome yesterday in a rain-shortened Bell Micro LPGA Classic. The Hall of Famer from Korea used a nice bunker shot to set up her the shot that sealed her 25th

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