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U.S. obesity rates still rising in 23 states, Medicare to brace for influx of fat boomers
Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighbouring Alabama: obese baby boomers. It's time for the United States' annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little

EPA allows TVA to dump spilled coal ash in Ala. (AP)
AP - The federal government has approved the Tennessee Valley Authority's plan to dispose of millions of tons of spilled coal ash in a giant commercial landfill in Alabama.

Obesity rates rising, Mississippi's still fattest (AP)

AP - Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.

Mississippi the fattest, Alabama closing the gap (AP)

AP - Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.

Forty-Nine States and Territories Join Common Core Standards Initiative in the US
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) today released the names of the states and territories that have joined the Common Core State Standards Initiative: Alabama;

Mississippi fattest, obesity rises in 23 states (AP)

AP - Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.

Mississippi's still fattest but Alabama closing in (AP)
AP - Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.

China home to 70 pct of world's spam
Washington, June 27 (ANI): China has links to about 70 percent of the web sites advertised in computer spam, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) computer forensics expert. Gary Warner, UAB's director of research in computer

Senior Republican Seeks More Material on Sotomayor
Judge Sonia Sotomayor?s Supreme Court confirmation hearings are set to begin July 13, a week after the Senate returns from its Fourth of July recess, and Senator Jeff Sessions, Republican of Alabama, on Friday sent a letter to the White House

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Introduction
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.

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