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Christmas comes to Birmingham tonight

12.2.2008 by André Natta · No Comments

Photo: acnatta/Flickr The joy of the holiday season will fill Linn Park in downtown Birmingham as the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony takes place. The annual parade will begin at 5 p.m, moving north along 20th Street North and ending … Continue reading

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Larry Langford arrested, charged as part of 101-count Federal indictment

12.1.2008 by André Natta · 3 Comments

Photo: Bob Farley/f8Photo. Note: To view the entire gallery of photos taken by Bob, please on the image above. Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford, arrested early Monday morning at his job at Birmingham Budweiser, appeared in federal court in leg-irons and … Continue reading

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Walls fall on the Southside

12.1.2008 by André Natta · 2 Comments

Photo: Travis Bryant/bhamterminal.com Today demolition crews started tearing down the former homes of Jim Reed Books, Scott’s Koneys, FedEx/Kinko’s and the Birmingham Water Works to allow for construction to begin for the highly anticipated Block 121 development. The project, being … Continue reading

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Birmingham drops down in “dangerous” list

12.1.2008 by André Natta · 0 Comments

While Birmingham still resides among the top ten most dangerous cities rankings compiled by CQ Press, it has moved down the list. After spending two years at #6, Alabama’s largest city dropped two spaces to #8. The annual list is … Continue reading

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UPDATED: Langford arrested on federal charges

12.1.2008 by André Natta · 0 Comments

UPDATE; 12.1.2008: Check out this full report from Birmingham View’s Vickii Howell. The first work day after the Thanksgiving holiday began with Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford being arrested on federal charges early this morning. The 101-count indictment was unsealed today during … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving Birmingham!

11.27.2008 by André Natta · 0 Comments

Best wishes to you and yours on this day of Thanksgiving from Birmingham’s hub – and prayers for those affected by the continuing crisis in Mumbai… We just have one question to ask today, and you can click on it … Continue reading

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Publix shoppers in Hoover, take note

11.26.2008 by André Natta · 0 Comments

The newest location of the Lakeland, FL-based grocery chain opens next week (12.3) along Highway 31, but the shopping center as a whole represents the effects of the economy on commercial real estate as ABC 33/40 reports on their website.

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