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Marine Funeral


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Published May 7, 2010 at 6:13 p.m.

Friends and family say a final goodbye to 22 year old Lance Corporal Thomas Rivers, Jr. The Hoover native was killed in combat last month ... they gathered at Briarwood Baptist Church to remember Rivers. His burial took place at the Alabama National Cemetary in Montevallo. Family Pastor, David Lewis, says the Rivers family is devastated but it's comforting to know he's with his Father in Heaven ... For more on this, click the related video ...

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May Day! May Day!


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Published May 6, 2010 at 10:29 p.m.

you asked for them and here they are…photos from our May Day Birthday Party/Race.  It was a blast, with 19 racers challenging themselves up Red Mountain in a race against the clock.  Espresso martinis were imbibed, keg was floated and fun was had all around.  Thanks everyone for making our first year a memorable one.  [ ... ] ...

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Mean Old "Lefties" are Attacking Tim James


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Published May 6, 2010 at 11:30 a.m.

This, of course, was the whole reason for Tim James' ridiculous "English Only" ad ... he needed an opportunity to whine about liberals being mean to him: ... "I have come under attack and under assault by a very interesting group of far left reporters," James, a Republican candidate for governor, told a few dozen supporters at his Jefferson County headquarters in Vestavia Hills ... Yes, the James ad was widely mocked and ridiculed by the likes of Rachel Maddow, CNN, the New York Times , the

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Are You S***ing Me?


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Published May 6, 2010 at 11:08 a.m.

As the greatest domestic environmental disaster of this generation, and perhaps in the end of all generations, unfolds in the Gulf of Mexico, with literally no end in sight, the Grand Old Party has taken the extraordinary step of deciding that now is the perfect time to remind people we need to do MORE offshore oil drilling ... Drill Baby Drill as it Spills Baby Spills ... You see these tin-eared morons of deafness claim, if we don't drill here, we're going to have to drill over there and you

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JoAnn Fabric Stores Two Free Mother's Day Crafts This Saturday


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Published May 5, 2010 at 4:51 p.m.

Head to JoAnn in Hoover (or the one in your neck of the woods) for a free kids craft this Saturday ... Two options to honor moms ...

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Fallen U.S. Marine Thomas Rivers Jr. of Hoover arrives home for burial


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Published May 5, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.

Rivers died from roadside bomb in Afghanistan ...

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Baby Bird Shower at Oak Mountain State Park Saturday: Free educational activites


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Published May 5, 2010 at 3:17 p.m.

Headed to Oak Mountain State Park Saturday? Check out the Baby Bird Shower at the Alabama Wildlife Center ...

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Big Lots Homewood Closing for Remodeling May 31 - Storewide 20% off Sale


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Published May 5, 2010 at 2:59 p.m.

Jump on the clearance at Big Lots Homewood before they close May 31 ...

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Birmingham foreclosures rise in March


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Published May 5, 2010 at 2:43 p.m.
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Bad news continues to surround the Birmingham-Hoover metro area’s housing market ...

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VIDEO:  Arrest made in Nadia Kersh case, whereabouts unknown


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Published May 4, 2010 at 11:28 a.m.

Homewood police have announced capital murder charges against 27 year old Joacquas Timothy Haywood for the death of Nadia Kersh ...

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