Lawmakers approve tweaks to Alabama immigration law

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama lawmakers passed a new bill to revise the state's controversial immigration law on Wednesday, hoping to fend off more legal challenges to the toughest state measure on immigration in the United States. The bill, whose final approval now rests with Alabama's governor, largely keeps intact a law approved last year that has sparked lawsuits by the Obama ...
http://news.yahoo.com/lawmakers-approve-tweaks-alabama-immigration-law-034437338.html

Published: Wed, 16 May 2012 20:44:37 -0700

Harbert Outperforming Falcone With 11% Return Suffers Asset Drop

Raymond Harbert, chief executive officer of Birmingham, Alabama-based Harbert Corporation, had a radical proposal for his father. It was 1992, and the company that had made his dad, John M. Harbert III, a billionaire was eking out small profits and was $300 million in debt. Raymond proposed selling the core construction business, which dated back to the company’s 1946 founding. The elder Harbert ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-16/harbert-outperforming-falcone-with-11-return-suffers-asset-drop.html

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 07:16:28 -0700

Roger Goodell has the power to sentence Rolando McClain, too

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - This time, Rolando McClain wasn't smiling or grimacing or snarling or whatever he was doing in that infamous photo last Dec. 1 as he was led in handcuffs to ward a police car in his hometown of Decatur.
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/05/roger_goodell_has_the_power_to.html

Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 04:13:28 -0700

SEC needed a partner ... even if it was a recent enemy

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- As powerful as the SEC is, it can't be a lone soldier. Conferences need partners to demonstrate strength, balance other powers, and produce bundles of money.
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/05/sec_needed_a_partner_even_if_i.html

Published: Sat, 19 May 2012 03:03:52 -0700

Birmingham-Southern's Robert Willett named SCAC Track Athlete of Year

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Birmingham-Southern junior Robert Willett, a graduate of UMS-Wright, has been named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Year.
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/05/birmingham-southerns_robert_wi.html

Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 17:28:29 -0700

Goodbye, Memphis. Here's What We'll Miss.

By the time you read this, we will be putting finishing touches on packing and the like for our move to Birmingham, Alabama, where I will join the faculty at Samford University. Forbes catches occasional flack around town for ranking Memphis on its ?most miserable cities? list.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/artcarden/2012/05/17/goodbye-memphis-heres-what-well-miss/

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 18:47:27 -0700

Alabama immigration law revisions signed by Governor Robert Bentley

Governor had hoped, and failed, to change two provisions of the law.
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/05/alabama_immigration_law_revisi.html

Published: Sat, 19 May 2012 07:04:57 -0700

NCAA awards 2013 College Cup soccer to Philadelphia, not Hoover

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The NCAA men's soccer championships won't return to Hoover in 2013. The NCAA announced this month the College Cup moves to Philadelphia next year, completing a two-year stay at Regions Park once the 2012 championship is held in December.
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/05/ncaa_awards_2013_college_cup_s.html

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 07:13:41 -0700

Eastern rattlesnake slithers closer to U.S. endangered list

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - The eastern diamondback rattlesnake, North America's largest venomous snake, may need its own antidote. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the reptile to the Endangered Species List to restrict its hunting, killing and sale. "We are going to do our best to keep these beautiful animals on the planet with us," said Dan Everson, Deputy Field ...
http://news.yahoo.com/eastern-rattlesnake-slithers-closer-u-endangered-list-191627027.html

Published: Fri, 11 May 2012 12:16:27 -0700

3 more west Birmingham fires latest in string of suspected arsons

Six fires first reported Thursday night and early Friday.
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/05/3_more_west_birmingham_fires_l.html

Published: Sat, 19 May 2012 08:22:36 -0700