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Birmingham Partnerships Advance The Fight Against Breast Cancer

Three years ago, Sandra Little Brown fought the “valiant fight” against breast cancer and emerged victorious. Continue reading →

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Alabama Power’s Smart Neighborhood Nearing Completion In Suburban Birmingham

Alabama Power’s Smart Neighborhood is near completion, bringing together for the first time in the Southeast high-performance homes, energy efficient systems and appliances, connected devices and a microgrid on a community-wide scale. Continue reading →

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Southern Girl Coffee Is An Alabama Maker Percolated In Oxford

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Startup Chonex Aims To Turn Chicken Poop Into Profit, With Help From Prosperity Fund

Southern Research’s Prosperity Fund is assisting an Alabama startup that sees one of nature’s great recyclers — the black soldier fly – as an instrument to convert chicken poop into high-value products such as protein-rich animal feed and organic fertilizer. Continue reading →

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On This Day In Alabama History: Vulcan In Pieces As World’s Fair Opened

April 30, 1904: On this day in 1904, the World’s Fair in St Continue reading →

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University Of Alabama Researcher Awarded USDA Grant To Improve Flavor Quality In Foods

Dr. Lingyan Kong of the University of Alabama was recently awarded a $425,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to research and improve flavor use efficiency and stability in foods using supramolecular starch-flavor structures. Continue reading →

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Birmingham’s Pizitz Receives Leed Green Building Certification

The $70 million renovation of the Pizitz in downtown Birmingham has earned LEED certification, co-owner and developer Bayer Properties announced. Continue reading →

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On This Day In Alabama History: Alabama Shook The South

April 29, 2003: On this day in 2003, Alabama was the epicenter of an earthquake that was felt in 11 states. Continue reading →

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Alabama Team Returns Home After Productive Talks In Japan

Gov. Kay Ivey said meetings with high-level executives from Mazda, Toyota and Honda in Japan helped to fortify the state’s relationships with the global automakers and will facilitate their growth plans in Alabama. Continue reading →

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Recipe: Easiest Lasagna

One of my favorite things to make for my family is homemade lasagna. I’ll take a Sunday afternoon and make homemade sauce, the whole deal. But that’s the thing … it takes all afternoon. Continue reading →

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