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Alabama's 13 National Champion Football Teams


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Published July 5, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.
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More photos » ... Butch Dill - AP ... Browse more photos » ... On Jan. 7 the Alabama Crimson Tide football team defeated the University of Texas Longhorns in the historic Rose Bowl Stadium and claimed the school's 13th National Championship. And almost immediately the shopworn complaints about the Tide's claim to that number of titles were dusted off and readied for use ... Within weeks an unsigned e-mail began circulating "debunking" the Crimson Tide's claim to the twelve titles earned by the

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Chapman Shares His Baseball Best


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Published July 4, 2010 at 8:57 p.m.

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) will exhibit Rickwood Field: The Color of Baseball July 1-August 31. The exhibition turns the attention from the game on the field to the fans in the stands with selected pieces from renowned photographer Dr. Ernest C ... Winters who photographed the famed field in the mid 20 ... th Century ... For the past eight years, Bill Chapman has attended and photographed "The Classic" ... "Rickwood Field has a charisma all by itself, but by adding the fans,

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Blazers Add DE Reece Foreman


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Published July 3, 2010 at 9:08 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ----- Reece Foreman, a defensive end from Mt. San Antonio (Calif.) College, has signed to continue his collegiate career this fall at UAB, according to an announcement by Blazers' head coach Neil Callaway ... Foreman, a 6-2, 240-pound native of Los Angeles, recorded 48 tackles last season for Mt. SAC, including 26 solo stops. Foreman helped the Mounties to a 13-1 record in 2009 and the California Community College Athletic Association championship ... Foreman registered a

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Study shows abdominal aortic stents 90% effective


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Published July 2, 2010 at 11:45 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM – A new study by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers has found that over their 10-year experience with stenting of abdominal aortic aneurysms, less than 10 percent of patients required a secondary intervention ...

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Economist to help Ala. determine spill’s impact


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Published July 2, 2010 at 11:29 a.m.

An economics professor at Auburn University Montgomery says he’ll help the state of Alabama and local governments figure their revenue losses from BP’s Gulf oil spill ...

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A fund has been established to support the grandchildren and son-in-law of former University of...


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Published July 2, 2010 at 9:52 a.m.

A fund has been established to support the grandchildren and son-in-law of former University of Alabama defensive coordinator Joe Kines in the wake of an auto accident that claimed the life of Susan Kines Langston, Kines’ daughter and the wife of Northridge High School football assistant coach Keith Langston, on Monday ... The fund is being administered by Bank of Tuscaloosa. Donations should be made payable to The Keith Langston for Benefit of Susan Kines Langston Fund and sent to Bank of

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Alabama Delegation Votes 6-1 AGAINST Extension of Unemployment Benefits


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Published July 2, 2010 at 8:45 a.m.
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Every Republican member of Alabama's Congressional delegation voted NO yesterday on HR 5816, a bill to extend unemployment benefits.  Congressman Bobby Bright (D?) voted NO along with his Republican colleagues and only Congressman Artur Davis (D) voted with the bipartisan majority in the House to pass the bill ... The vote was 270 to 153, with 141 Republicans and 11 Democrats voting no ... The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows Alabama's state unemployment rate at almost 11% as of May, 2010

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UAB Study Shows Secondary Intervention Rate After Stenting Aneurysm Less Than 10 Percent


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Published July 2, 2010 at 6:41 a.m.

A new study by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers has found that over their 10-year experience with stenting of abdominal aortic aneurysms, less than 10 percent of patients required a secondary intervention — and, of those who did, most procedures were minimally invasive ...

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UAB Computer Science Student Earns Competitive Smart Scholarship


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Published July 2, 2010 at 5:49 a.m.

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) junior Patrick Butler, a 20-year-old from Harvest, Ala., is the third UAB student to earn a highly competitive SMART Scholarship that will pay his tuition and place him in a full-time job in industry after graduation ...

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UAB’S Anderson Named to U.S. Medical Licensing Exam Committee


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Published July 2, 2010 at 5:24 a.m.

Peter Anderson, D.V.M., Ph.D., professor and director of undergraduate pathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), has been appointed to the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 Committee ...

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