Readers of The New York Times in the Big Apple woke up on this last morning of the Summer Olympics in Beijing to this overview of Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford’s wanting to bid for the 2020 Olympics (NOTE: registration required to view the full article). Granted, it was on page A17 of the New York [...]

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Screenshot of Delta Air Lines Sky Magazine website.
Well, we’ve become quite the popular city to write about. Last year the city enjoyed coverage in Southwest’s in-flight magazine focused on Rickwood Field and the Rickwood Classic. In May, Delta Air Lines published a story about the city in general in May’s Sky Magazine. Luckily, the story [...]

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Continental Airlines recently announced that they were starting nonstop service to Cleveland, OH from Birmingham, AL. Well, today’s the official ceremony recognizing the beginning of the service - even though service actually started yesterday. The flights will be operated by ExpressJet flying under the Continental Express flag.
There will be two chances to leave The Magic [...]

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A few things have happened since we first posted about the error made by Tories representing Birmingham, England. The story for those not familiar with it is that representatives for England’s Second City launched a new website recently. The site included a skyline image… of Birmingham, AL.
We’ve learned that the site was up with the [...]

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Screenshot of Tory MEPs website front page.
We do normally start our day out with John’s A Look Back column, (which will make an appearance around 8 a.m. today) but we figured we couldn’t pass up this opportunity to point out something from “across the pond.”
We can thank Tom Watson for pointing out this error on [...]

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Photo of Zoe’s location in Houston, TX. Photo credit: Alison Cook/Houston Chronicle.
Alison Cook is a writer of a food blog for the Houston Chronicle called Cook’s Tour. She recently had the good fortune of posting a review of the newest location of Zoë’s Kitchen, part of the Birmingham-based restaurant chain’s plans for expansion. Or at [...]

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Screenshot from Lafayette Pro Fiber blog 
Lafayette Pro Fiber Blog exists to provide a daily dose of information to those that support bringing optical fiber to the residents and businesses of Lafayette Parish in Louisiana using the Lafayette Utilities System. More on that in a little bit. The main reason that we’re mentioning this site is [...]

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