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  • Severe Storms, Tornadoes Hit Southeastern US
    GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP)--Severe storms wracked the southeastern U.S. late Thursday, causing damage in North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Virginia and leaving thousands without power in Washington, D.C. Authorities were preparing early Friday to begin
  • Severe storms strike Southeast, damages Miss. mall (AP)
    AP - An apparent tornado spawned by storms sweeping across the Southeast damaged a shopping mall and downed power lines in northeast Mississippi on Thursday, and severe weather warnings were in effect for northwest Alabama.
  • English-only bills killed in Alabama
    An Alabama Senate panel has put off action on two bills that seek to mandate that the state?s driver?s license tests be offered only in English and implement a rule that English is the state?s official language. The move effectively kills both
  • Obama wins in North Carolina, but trails Clinton in Indiana (AP)

    Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets supporters in Raleigh, N.C.,Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Voters in both North Carolina and Indiana are crowding polling places Tuesday for the states' primary elections, the largest remaining contests in the Democratic presidential nomination struggle between Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Barack Obama swept to victory in the North Carolina primary on Tuesday but fell behind Hillary Rodham Clinton in Indiana, the last big-delegate prizes left in their long race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Obama's win mirrored earlier triumphs in Southern states with large black populations, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina among them.



  • Yankees catcher Posada sidelined for at least 5 weeks (AP)

    In this April 26, 2008 file photo, New York Yankees' Jorge Posada follows through on a three-run triple off Cleveland Indians' Jensen Lewis in the sixth inning of a baseball game in Cleveland. The New York Yankees took the field Monday, April 28, 2008 missing a familiar face: Posada, the club's proud catcher and one of its leaders, was in Alabama getting his injured right shoulder examined. Posada was placed on the 15-day disabled list for the first time in his career, ending a remarkable run of durability at baseball's most physically demanding position. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)AP - Jorge Posada stood in front of his locker, his right shoulder wrapped in bandages following treatment. The good news was the New York Yankees catcher didn't need an operation now. The bad news was that he will be sidelined for at least five weeks.



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Alabama became the United States twenty-second state on December 14, 1819. The capital is Montgomery. Alabama gets its name from the words "tribal place" in the Creek Indian language. The state's nickname, Yellowhammer State, dates back to the Civil War and refers to the new, bright yellow cloth that was used on soldiers uniforms.

State web site www.state.al.us

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