That’s the word from Gary Warner, the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s director of research in computer forensics and others in an article on Wired.com earlier this week. It’s made the rounds throughout the blogosphere and it’s beginning to show its face in mainstream media.
The story maintains that Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul (pictured) had [...]

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We figured you might want some form of excitement in your day, so this post should do it for you. Birmingham’s own Chip Simpson, who placed seventh in this summer’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Championship, will be in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Oct. 28 to compete in the 2007 World Hamburger Eating Championship, brought to you [...]

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Yeah, if you didn’t venture over to Brookwood Village the weekend of September 7, then you missed your chance to see and test drive the Smart fortwo in metro Birmingham. So, if you want to try out this new car (new to the U.S. that is), then you’ll have to drive on up to Knoxville, [...]

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MyUrbanReport has details about the “Get on the Bus” rally in front of the Jena, LA courthouse being organized for September 20. Americans for Justice Network will be sponsoring buses from several cities, including one from Birmingham. It also provides some information about how you can support the effort even if you’re unable to attend.
Many [...]

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We’re thinking about switching all of our “quirky” tagged stories to “interesting” and this one is a prime example of why. New_Nikon_Addict’s photostream on Flickr includes an image of a 1952 Jet magazine article talking about the “burying” of sin here in Birmingham. Sound familiar? It should since it was just used again recently in [...]

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Legion Field will host the second session of national tryouts for the upstart All American Football League (AAFL) on Thursday, July 26. According to their press release, more than 200 are expected to take part, including at least 36 former Alabama and Auburn graduates.
Tryouts will begin at 1 p.m. on Thursday with the Old Gray [...]

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It’s actually the 50th anniversary of National Hot Dog Day, introduced to us by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1957. According to their official website (yes, we’re serious), more than 2.3 billion franks will be eaten this July, which is actually National Hot Dog Month.
We here in Birmingham are pretty picky about our hot [...]

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