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Entries from January 29th, 2009

Last car, 30.2009

January 29th, 2009 · View Comments · Last car

Tonight’s Last Car includes a chance to help someone prep for a reading, a tale of two health initiatives and Samford’s tune-up before Curry and Davidson invade on Saturday.

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Tags:AL·Alabama·Alabama Health Initiative·basketball·Birmingham·Children's Hospital·contest·haiku·Jim Folsom·jobs lost·John D. O'Neil·Last car·layoffs·NBC 13·Samford·Scale Back Alabama·St. Vincent's Health System·Wade Kwon

Langford supports reduced mail delivery schedule

January 29th, 2009 · Comments Off · The City

So postal service may get cut back to five days a week and Birmingham’s mayor supports it. But which five days will it be?

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Tags:5-day service·AL·Alabama·Birmingham·Larry Langford·options·postal service·reduction of service·U.S.P.S.·United States Postal Service

Travelogue: Some notes from the Hostess City

January 29th, 2009 · Comments Off · Travelogue

We somehow got The Bottletree, Wild Sweet Orange, dating and a Terminally Happy Hour mention all into one post… Really!

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Tags:Bottletree·District·Preston Lovinggood·Savannah College of Art and Design·SCAD·Wild Sweet Orange·WSO

East Lake wants to stay weird

January 29th, 2009 · View Comments · Online, The City

Some East Lake residents want the area to stay weird… and want you to keep on joining them.

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Tags:AL·Alabama·arts·Birmingham·downtown·East Lake·East Lake Arts District·Keep East Lake Weird

UPDATE: Is the Heritage Festival returning?

January 29th, 2009 · Comments Off · Events

There are rumblings that the Birmingham Heritage Festival is returning to The Magic City this August. UPDATE: It will be returning with a renewed focus.

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Tags:2009·AL·Alabama·Birmingham·Birmingham Heritage Festival·information·restart·return

Fireworks at the BJCC yesterday

January 29th, 2009 · Comments Off · The City

Mary Moore decided to ask just how Black Birmingham’s mayor was… Yeah, we’re not kidding…

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Tags:Alabama·Birmingham·BJCC·board meeting·City Council·Commentary·Larry Langford·Mary Moore·meeting·representation·State Legislature·words

The economic stimulus bill passed its first hurdle this evening, but do you want to see what the makeup of it was prior to its passage (and removal of $6 billion)? Check out this interactive map courtesy of ProPublica.
The Blazers got beat by Tulsa on a buzzer beater, 75-74. And if you thought you were [...]

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Tags:Alabama·Birmingham·Brian Murphy·Davidson·Last car·Mayfield Ice Cream·Samford·sell-out·Tulsa·UAB·weather