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The Sadist in the Skynew

Meteorologist Dave Neal and the mysterious science of killer storms.

Birmingham Weekly | Matt Hooper | 06-13-2011 | Science

Tags: Tornadoes, Dave Neal, Extreme Weather

Richard Scrushy Now Broke and Bustednew

At the end of one of the few remaining court battles in the HealthSouth saga, a Jefferson County circuit court judge saw what 12 jurors in criminal court did not - he found the former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy guilty and liable for the massive accounting fraud at the company.

Birmingham Weekly | Kyle Whitmire | 06-23-2009 | Business & Labor

Tags: HealthSouth, Richard Scrushy, fraud

Historic Birmingham Theater on List of 'Places in Peril'new

Birmingham's oldest surviving theatre, the Lyric, has been added to a new list of the ten most endangered historic sites in the state of Alabama.

Birmingham Weekly | Jesse Chambers | 06-02-2009 | Housing & Development

Tags: Birmingham, Lyric Theater, historic preservation

Spin Cyclenew

AltWeeklies Award - Column-Political

Birmingham Weekly | Kyle Whitmire | 04-21-2008 | Media

Tags: media

Citizen's Journalnew

AltWeeklies Award - Column

Birmingham Weekly | Mark Kelly | 04-21-2008 | Media

Tags: media

Get Fit Without Getting Borednew

As January comes to a close, you’ve probably broken a lot of your New Year’s resolutions already, particularly the perennial ones about going to the gym at least three times a week or running five miles a day. Maybe the reason you can’t stick to a routine is because the routine you have in mind is just that – routine.

Birmingham Weekly | Carrie Rollwagen | 02-05-2008 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

The Alabama National Guard Prepares for Warnew

For five weeks this past July and August, 36 men and women from across Alabama trained in counter-insurgency warfare at Ft. Bragg, N.C., for their deployment to the Middle East, and we joined them.

Birmingham Weekly | Bill Sasser | 09-18-2007 | War

Tags: war in iraq, National Guard, fort bragg, war & peace

Human Rights, Coal and Capitalism in Colombianew

The families of three slain Colombian union leaders have come to Birmingham, Ala., to sue Drummond Ltd. for choosing sides in the civil war and abetting the right-wing paramilitaries in exchange for protection for its enormous open-pit coal mine.

Birmingham Weekly | Kyle Whitmire | 07-23-2007 | International

Tags: international

How Now, Mad Cow?new

Beef eaters beware -- safety may be sent packing.

Birmingham Weekly | Courtney Haden | 06-11-2007 | Animal Issues

Tags: animal issues

Richard Scrushy Dodges Jail for Probation Violationnew

The next time the former HealthSouth CEO leaves Alabama to go on vacation, he will have to wear a government-issued GPS tracking device on the trip.

Birmingham Weekly | Kyle Whitmire | 04-16-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor

Alabama Church Arsonists Receive Federal Sentencenew

A combination of alcohol and Christian forgiveness may have spared three convicted church arsonists from longer stints in federal prison -- now they still have to face state prosecution.

Birmingham Weekly | Phillip Jordan | 04-16-2007 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice