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Alabama looking to fulfill aerospace ambitions at Paris Air Show
Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama representatives at the the Paris Air Show included state officials, Montgomery development leaders and teams from communities throughout the state. / Made in Alabama. Written by. Brad Harper. Filed Under. News · Local News · Robert Bentley.
Alabama meets with 11 aerospace companies in ParisBirmingham Business Journal
Alabama recruiters had meetings with 11 companies today at Paris Air ShowThe Birmingham News - al.com
Alabama to Hold Meetings with 11 Companies on First Day of Paris Air ShowWTVY, Dothan

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New Montgomery bowl game could be played at Alabama State's stadium
SB Nation
The organizers of a potential bowl game in Montgomery, Ala., hope to call the event the Legends Bowl and are looking to hold the event on Alabama State University's campus at the school's new football stadium. It's believed it would be the first FBS ...

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Former Alabama prison guard: Supervisor said to kill inmate
Chattanooga Times Free Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A former prison guard testified Monday in an inmate beating case that a supervisor instructed officers to kill the man. Former correctional officer Scottie Glenn testified on the opening day of the trial for former Lt. Michael Smith ...
Testimony: Prison supervisor said 'make sure y'all kill that (inmate)'al.com
Former Ala. guard: Supervisor said kill inmate - WVTM-TV: News, Weather, and ...Alabama's13.com
Judge to proceed with Ala. inmate beating trialWALA-TV FOX10
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Former Alabama prison guard: Supervisor said kill inmate
Montgomery Advertiser
FILE - This March 29, 2010file photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Rocrast Donnell Mack, who officials say was fatally injured after assaulting a female officer at Ventress prison. A trial begins Wednesday, June 12 ...

Hurricane expert Bill Read to speak in Montgomery and Birmingham on Thursday
al.com (blog)
Former National Hurricane Center director Bill Read is scheduled to make Alabama landfall on Thursday to speak in Montgomery and Birmingham at events that are open to the public. Read will be addressing the Central Alabama Chapter of the National ...

Medicaid regions charted: Preliminary Alabama map would tie Montgomery to ...
Montgomery Advertiser
The Alabama Medicaid Agency has a first draft of a reorganization map, with the state divided into five regions and Montgomery included in one that takes in southeast Alabama. However, Dr. Don Williamson, overseeing the overhaul of the way the agency ...

Montgomery to dedicate park to Wright brothers
al.com (blog)
Williams' 2010 book, "Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, 1910," describes the history of the flying school on what is now Maxwell Air Force Base. A replica of the brothers' plane and a small monument at Maxwell stand as ...

Proposed Montgomery football bowl game: The Legends Bowl at Alabama ...
The Birmingham News - al.com
A proposed college football bowl in Montgomery would be called the Legends Bowl and get played at Alabama State's new stadium starting in December 2014. Brian Woods, a New York sports consultant heading the Legends Bowl Group, said today the ...

The Republic
Montgomery plans to dedicate park to Wright brothers; famous aviators ran Ala ...
The Republic
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Montgomery officials hope the heroics of two of America's early aviation pioneers, brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright, will help boost the city's image. The famous brothers spent less than a year in Montgomery in 1910 running the ...
Montgomery to dedicate park to Wright brothersGadsden Times

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Judge to rule by June 28 on Alabama abortion clinics
Montgomery Advertiser
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge says he will rule by June 28 on whether to temporarily block a new Alabama law setting stricter requirements for abortion clinics. Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union are suing to block a ...
Judge delays trial in inmate beating death after jury concerns raisedal.com
Planned Parenthood, ACLU sue over new Alabama lawLive Action News
Judge delays start of trial in prison inmate deathNECN

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Carver-Montgomery receiver Charles Standberry commits to Ole Miss (updated)
al.com
Standberry picked Ole Miss over Mississippi State, South Alabama, Jacksonville State UAB and Louisiana Tech. The 6-foot-3, 208-pounder caught 54 passes for 623 yards and seven touchdowns last year while playing with Auburn quarterback signee and ...
Football recruiting - Carver player chooses Ole Miss: Standberry plans to play ...Montgomery Advertiser

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Editorial: Alabama's low high school graduation rate alarming
Montgomery Advertiser
Regardless of the state's calculation methods and regardless of whether some minor adjustment on the figures might be warranted, the hard fact is that the graduation rate in Montgomery's traditional high schools is alarmingly low. This has grim ...

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Take a look inside East Montgomery's Park Crossing High School (photos)
al.com (blog)
MONTGOMERY, Alabama – East Montgomery will be seeing a lot more navy, silver and cardinal Thunderbirds this fall with the opening of the new Park Crossing High School. Park Crossing is still under construction, but Montgomery Public Schools will open ...
Media given sneak peek at new Park Crossing High SchoolWSFA
Progress on Montgomery's Newest Public School, Park Crossing High SchoolWNCF

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Carver-Montgomery star Draequon Murphy picking up SEC interest
al.com
Murphy, who is rated by both Rivals.com and 247Sports as one of the state of Alabama's top 25 players, has also heard from Alabama and Auburn, though both are still waiting to see more from the rising senior prospect. "They're both being very careful ...

Montgomery resident elected to serve as chair of Alabama Society of CPAs ...
The Birmingham News - al.com
MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- A Montgomery native has been elected to serve as chair of the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants Board of Directors for the 2013-14 during the organization's 94th annual meeting on June 6. Renee Hubbard, CPA, is ...

Montgomery man apprehended in city's 25th homicide of the year
al.com (blog)
MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Montgomery Police have arrested a suspect in the May 23 fatal shooting of Courtney Lawery, 24. Willie Johnson, 34, of Montgomery was arrested June 11 by the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force and charged with one ...

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Christian Science Monitor
Montgomery clinic joins ACLU, Planned Parenthood in lawsuit opposing ...
Montgomery Advertiser
Reproductive Health Services, which provides abortion services in Montgomery, is also a plaintiff. “By making plaintiffs' clinic licenses contingent on their physicians obtaining staff privileges at local hospitals, Alabama has unconstitutionally ...
Groups challenge Alabama's new abortion clinic lawSunHerald.com
ACLU, Planned Parenthood fight Alabama abortion lawUSA TODAY
Planned Parenthood files lawsuit challenging state's new abortion clinic law ...The Birmingham News - al.com
Christian Science Monitor -WSFA -Businessweek
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Christian Science Monitor
Groups challenge Alabama's new abortion clinic law
SunHerald.com
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a suit Tuesday saying Alabama's recently passed abortion clinic law will shut down three of the state's five clinics if a federal judge doesn't block it. The law ...
Planned Parenthood, Montgomery clinic sue over new Alabama abortion ...Montgomery Advertiser
Planned Parenthood, ACLU file suit to block new Alabama abortion lawChristian Science Monitor
Federal lawsuit filed to stop AL law that restricts abortion cli - WSFA.com ...WSFA
The Birmingham News - al.com -Businessweek -Jackson Clarion Ledger
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Carver-Montgomery adapting to life without Mr. Football Jeremy Johnson (video)
al.com
MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Only one high school football team in the state must replace Mr. Football: Carver-Montgomery. The Wolverines enter the 2013 season without quarterback Jeremy Johnson, a three-year starter who won Mr. Football, the Heisman ...

Fired Alabama prison boss facing trial in inmate death
Montgomery Advertiser
(AP) — A trial begins Wednesday in Montgomery for a fired Alabama prison supervisor accused of severely beating an inmate and then covering it up after the inmate died. Former Lt. Michael Smith is one of four people charged in the 2010 death of inmate ...
Fired prison boss facing trial in inmate beating death, cover-upThe Birmingham News - al.com

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