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Green Christmas

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Black Farmer Lawsuit

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Ham Day

Ham Day is coming! Oh ‘ and Christmas. But HAM DAY! You see, I’m a surely receptionist by trade. It’s an easy, but irritating job with one major exception. Ham […]

Public Health 911

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USA Track: The Lee Evans Story

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Fall Break

The semester is half over and children have been hard at work. They’ve earned more than a weekend’s respite. At least, that’s the feeling of the nine Alabama school districts, […]

Economic Irony

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Watermelon 101

It’s an age-old puzzle. You’re standing in front of dozens of gorgeous watermelons…how do you choose the best one? The experts say there are two schools of thought on that… […]

World’s Longest Yard Sale

The grassy shoulders of the Lookout Mountain Parkway are littered with everything from furniture and electronics to handmade quilts and lawn ornaments. But the residents of the houses that dot […]

Youth Workforce Development

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Old Fashioned Market

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Sock Capital of the World

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Bank Merger

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Drug Reimportation: Promise or Peril?

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John Grisham’s Mickey

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Protecting Alabama’s Innocent, Part 2

The downtown office of the Department of Human Resources is a cold, desolate looking place. Fluorescent lights flicker overhead, casting a sterile glow over the room, with its hard plastic […]

Protecting Alabama’s Innocent, Part 1

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Food Safety

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Fast Food Trends

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Scholar’s Bowl

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Nursing Shortage

Scores of young nurses learn their IVs from their catheters each year at the University of Alabama at Birmingham hospital. But UAB’s nursing school has turned away nearly 100 qualified […]

Alabama Bluegrass

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Living with Arthritis: Joseph’s Story

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If Money Grew on Trees

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Philanthropy: Venture Philanthropy

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Philanthropy: Transfer of Wealth

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Medical Residents: Underpaid/Overworked

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Hormone Replacement Therapy: Risks & Benefits

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Education Budget Cuts

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Inside Interpreting

For several days, your back has been killing you. You make an appointment with a doctor, camp out in the waiting room. And finally, when you’re ushered back to the […]

Child Care Crunch

Carol Pierson is a fighter. After escaping a violent marriage, she fought to get off welfare and find a good job at a local university. ‘I work in the human […]

Christmas Tamales

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