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Want To Move Toward Happiness? Try One Of These Cities

Posted 05.18.2012

You want to be happy. Telecommuting from your parents' basement will likely get in the way. Considering this, CareerBliss.com released its list of ...

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Access to Technology Saves Lives

Kolleen Bouchane | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Birmingham, Global Health, Alina Sarag, Tb, Tuberculosis, Technology, London, Xpert, Healthy Living Health News, Tuberculosis Testing, Public Health, Health Technology, Tuberculosis Test, Healthy Living News

More people die from TB today than ever before -- 1.4 million people each year, according to the World Health Organization. Part of the reason is that TB is still diagnosed in most parts of the world using a method invented in the late 19th century.

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Teens Create Award-Winning Documentary On Race Relations, Tolerance

Webster Groves Patch | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Webster Groves High School, Birmingham, Princeton Prize in Race Relations, Colorblind, Race Relations, Memphis, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Julie Burchett, Hannah Davidson, Katie Ribant, Civil Rights, Jamie Garland, Impact News

Seeing firsthand the places they’d read about in history class made the civil rights struggle come alive for three Webster Groves students. Now H...

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Alys Fowler: Food for Thought (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Birmingham, Allotments, Bbc, Self-Sufficiency, Ethical, The Edible Garden, Supermarkets, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Urban Gardening, Alys Fowler, Video, Green News

Gardener, Alys Fowler, is an individual who manages to balance city life with sustainable living. The BBC presenter currently lives in Birmingham but is semi self-sufficient and eats 100% seasonally.

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Michelle Obama's Ancestors: Purnell Shields

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Birmingham, White House, Purnell Shields, Dolphus Shields, Flotus, Michelle Obama, Heritage, Alabama, Marian Robinson, Georgia, Obama, Melvina Magruder, Black History Month, History, Ancestors, David Patterson, South Carolina, Slavery, Chicago, Ancestry, Roots, Desegregation, Genealogy, Melvina Shields, Marian Shields, Family History, Spartanburg, African Americans, Great Migration, Chicago News

D.T. lived in hopeful expectation, but even today, it's stunning to think that the life of this one-time slave overlapped with that of his great-granddaughter, Marian, who now resides in the White House.

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Why Are We Letting Local Governments Go Broke?

Steven Cohen | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Government Budget Cuts, Great Recession, Local Government, State and Local Government, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Budget Cuts, Municipal Bankruptcy, Government Funding, Government Employees, Politics News

We've experienced a three-decade long attack on government. While this may have had the effect of constraining unchecked power, it has also started to destroy critical government capacities. This has been especially true at the local level.

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Alabama's Largest City Looks For Alternatives To Payday Lenders

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.10.2012

The biggest city in Alabama is putting its payday lenders on notice. Bankers and community leaders in Birmingham, Alabama met Thursday to discuss d...

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Father And Daughter Survive Plane Crash En Route To Haiti Mission

AP | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Birmingham, U.S. Coast Guard, Plane Crash Survivors, Alabama, Video, Richard McGlaughlin, Haiti, Elaine McGlaughlin, Haiti Charity Mission, Bahamas Plane Crash, Impact News

MIAMI -- The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of two Alabama residents whose single-engine plane splashed down in the Bahamas. According to the Co...

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Theme Parks In Birmingham (UK): A Huffington Post Travel Guide

The Huffington Post | Shellie Braeuner | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Staffordshire, UK, Birmingham, UK Travel, Drayton Manor, Beanmobile, Birmingham Travel, Europe Travel, Video, Apocalypse, Stormforce 10, Staffordshire Travel, Amusement Parks, Maelstrom, Cadbury World, Themed Guides, Travel News

Theme parks in Birmingham (UK) are a great way to explore Birmingham's history while having a good time with the family. There are parks for a simple ...

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Plane Passengers Pony Up For Fuel As Airline Goes Broke

Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Comtel Air, Amritsar, Birmingham, UK, Austria, Video, England, Comtel Airlines, Global Pulse, Comtel, Passengers Buy Fuel, Travel, Airlines, Vienna, Passengers Pay for Gas, Travel News

Passengers on a Comtel Air charter flight from Amritsar, India to Birmingham, England had to pony up roughly $31,500 for fuel during a stopover in Vie...

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The One Thing Keep Kanye Silent

Change.org | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Birmingham, William Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Kanye West, Kanye West Immigration Law, Immigration, Alabama Immigration Law, Arizona Immigration Law, Immigration Law, Video, Black Voices News

Very few things can keep Kanye West silent. The rapper is known for being outspoken and sharing his opinions on anything from pop culture to politics....

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Opponents Of Alabama Law Rally Around Deli Owner, Latino Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Birmingham, Latinos, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Immigration Reform, Video, Alabama, Illegal Immigrants, Delis, Immigration, Hispanics, Alabama Immigration Law, Latino Voices News

Last week HuffPost told the story of Steve Dubrinsky, a Birmingham deli owner who was pilloried by strangers for defending his Latino workforce in an ...

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In Alabama, Defending Even Legal Workers Invites Fury

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Birmingham, Latinos, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Immigration Reform, Alabama, Video, Illegal Immigrants, Delis, Immigration, Hispanics, Alabama Immigration Law, Politics News

When Alabama's sweeping new immigration law went into effect last month, Birmingham business owner Steve Dubrinsky realized he had a serious problem. ...

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Hispanic Students Vanish From Alabama Schools Following Controversial Immigration Law

AP | By JAY REEVES | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Birmingham, Alabama Public Schools, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Alabama Illegal Immigration, Undocumented Students, Alabama Immigration, Video, Education Reform, Alabama Immigration Law, Birmingham Alabama, Alabama Education, Hispanic Students, Immigration Laws, Education News

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Hispanic students have started vanishing from Alabama public schools in the wake of a court ruling that upheld the state's tough n...

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Questionable Time #3

Loudribs | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Vince Cable, Harriet Harman, Question Time, Justine Robert, Ian Hislop, Priti Patel, Birmingham, Politics News

Morning Lemmings and welcome to what really should have been the Question Time special on the Lib Dem conference but actually turned out to be just a ...

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Why Rebuilding Cities Need to Rethink Their Brand

Marc Stoiber | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Birmingham, Cities Brands, City Branding, Cities Branding, City Brands, Business News

A city that has endured a catastrophe has license to revamp its brand. Its residents are looking for a "reset" button. That said, some key steps need to be taken to ensure the new brand is convincing, can grow, and has staying power.

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After the Riots, "Broken" Britain Grows Still More Fractured

Michelle Chen | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Birmingham, UK Parliament, Britain, Youth, David Cameron, Tottenham Riot, Violence, Race, London, London Riots, Austerity, World News

You won't find the most troubling "moral breakdown" in London among its youth. It reveals itself in every humiliating police search, every shuttered youth club, every corruption scandal ingrained in a political structure that walls off ordinary people.

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Police and Thieves: Making Sense of the English Riots

Michelle Chen | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Birmingham, Britain, Youth, Crime, United Kingdom, England, David Cameron, Tottenham Riot, Looting, London, London Riots, Boris Johnson, Juvenile Justice, World News

Observers dismiss rioters as roaming bands of delinquents. Or well-organized, tech-savvy flash mobs. They're portrayed alternately as greedy opportunists or disaffected youth. Reflecting the diversity of urban Britain, they are everyone and no one. And they're just kids.

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Have A Good High School GPA And Prepared For College? Think Again

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Birmingham, Education, Alabama, College, Budget, No Child Left Behind, High School Diploma, Public Education, Remediation, Education News

Over a third of Alabama high school graduates have been found unfit for college. According to the latest numbers collected by the Alabama Commissio...

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6 Illegal Immigrants Arrested During Georgia Protest

AP | By KATE BRUMBACK | Posted 08.28.2011

ATLANTA -- Six young illegal immigrants were arrested Tuesday after they sat down and blocked traffic near the Georgia state Capitol to publicly decla...

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My Trip to England

Michael Kaiser | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Bristol, Ed Vaizey, United Kingdom, Birmingham, Grants, Government Subsidy, Austerity, Liverpool, England, Newcastle, London, Arts, Leeds, Development, Manchester, Royal Opera House, Fundraising, Contributions, Kennedy Center, Arts News

When I was running the Royal Opera House, private fundraising was considered distasteful, at best. Now the English reticence to talk about money, let alone ask for it, is beginning to evaporate.

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The Music Of The Movement

Posted 07.30.2011

Read More: Birmingham, Civil Rights Movement, Gospel Music, 16th Street Church, Martin Luther King, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Music and Religion, 2011 Freedom Ride, 16th Street Choir, Civil Rights, Freedom Riders, Religion News

In a church where four little girls lost their lives, angels still seem to be singing. Their songs are not of the pain left behind, but of freedom.

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WATCH: Creative Burger Condiments For Memorial Day

KitchenDaily | KitchenDaily Editors | Posted 07.27.2011

Top Chef All-Stars winner Richard Blais knows a thing or two about burgers. As creative director of Flip Burger Boutique in Atlanta and Birmingham, he...

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Rebuilding Alabama: Thousands Without Homes Face A Complicated Road To Recovery

Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Birmingham, Fema, Alabama, Alabama Tornadoes, Video, 2011 Tornadoes, Homelessness, Homeless, Homeless Shelters, Tuscaloosa, Tornadoes, Alabama Tornadoes 2011, Impact News

While government officials organize relief, the long interim between planning and getting things done has left Alabama's victims of the storms uncerta...

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New Orleans: Ground Zero in the Cultural War

Brian Ross | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Alabama, Birmingham, Emeril Lagasse, George W. Bush, Bureaucracy, CULTURAL WARFARE, Tennessee Williams, Culture, Ideologies, Hurricane Katrina, Ground Zero, Harry Connick Jr., Jazz, Wynton Marsalis, Living, Hurricane, Big Insurance, Louisiana, Politics, American Values, Fema, 9th Ward, Barack Obama, William Faulkner, Democrats, Louis Armstrong, Bryant Gumbel, Federal Government, Birthers, Republicans, Flood, New Orleans-Louisiana, Katrina, Politics News

The Founding Fathers defined the boundaries of liberty and freedom. New Orleans lives them. The birthplace of jazz. The true birthplace of Rock-and-Ro...

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