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Tunes of Twain's Time

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Published April 27, 2010 at 4:55 p.m.

To celebrate The Big Read: Alabama Reads "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", Mr Mac and Chuck King perform music from Mark Twain's time at the Birmingham Museum of Art. Hundreds of school children listen and sing along ... At the end, all the children read the last page of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." ...

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Johnson takes blame for Gordon wreck at Talladega

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Published April 26, 2010 at 9:33 a.m.

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Four-time defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson took the blame for making a mistake that ultimately led to teammate Jeff Gordon's wreck at Talladega Superspeedway ... Johnson said he was trying to slide in front of Gordon late in Sunday's race so the two Hendrick Motorsports drivers could draft together toward the front. But, he said Gordon was coming too fast. Johnson's move instead had the effect of a block, and Gordon was forced off the apron in a defensive move

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MondayMorning Sports Wrap

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Published April 26, 2010 at 6:02 a.m.

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Kevin Harvick has made it to victory lane for the first time since winning the Daytona 500 in 2007. Harvick on Sunday snapped a 115-race winless streak by nipping Jamie McMurray at the finish line at Talladega Superspeedway. Juan Pablo Montoya finished third ... TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Brad Keselowski is leaving Talladega with a win in the Nationwide Series race, a victory that capped a wild end to a NASCAR doubleheader. He needed a green-white checkered finish for the

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Fed Cup Action Resumes Sunday

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Published April 25, 2010 at 9:40 a.m.

Birmingham, Al (WIAT) The American women's Fed Cup team starts Sunday exactly where they started Saturday ... tied with the Russians. At stake is reversing a recent trend of the Americans coming up short plus a chance to bring the Fed Cup finals home to the USA ... Sunday action had two singles matches and a doubles match starting 1 p.m. CT on an indoor hard court at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Arena ... The best-of-five match series is level at 1-1 after each country’s No.

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Talladega Notebook

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Published April 24, 2010 at 4:08 p.m.

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — The Daytona 500 will have an improved look ... Daytona International Speedway will be repaved for the second time in history after a pothole on the track during this year's Daytona 500 forced two delays that totaled more than two hours during the Feb. 14 race ... The repaving project will begin immediately after the July 3 Sprint Cup race, with completion targeted for Jan. 1, 2011 ... "We owe it to the fans to do this now," track president Robin Braig said on Saturday

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NASCAR cancels Saturday activites at Talladega Superspeedway

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Published April 24, 2010 at 9:37 a.m.

Doubleheader tomorrow ...

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Our Stories, Our Voices

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Published April 23, 2010 at 11:17 p.m.

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf" opened at the Carver Theatre on April 22. Local actors took the audience through emotional highs and lows as they brought the production to life. The poetic play deals with love, death, abandonment and, ultimately, triumphs and is truly a must-see for women and men alike ... We spoke with Alicia Johnson, the film's producer and director, about her inspiration for bringing the play to the stage, why she thinks the 1975

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NASCAR plans to stay on Saturday schedule

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Published April 23, 2010 at 5:04 p.m.

UPDATE: Talladega has cancelled all Saturday activities ... TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — The Nationwide Series race and Sprint Cup qualifying are still scheduled for Saturday even as a threat of heavy rain and thunderstorms loom at Talladega Superspeedway ... Track chairman Grant Lynch and NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter each said on Friday that enough pockets of sunshine were forecast that they felt they could press on. Hunter said NASCAR would consider a doubleheader with Sunday's Cup race if the

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