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The State of Alabama, also known as the "Heart of Dixie," is a state located in the Southern United States of America. Alabama is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. The twenty-second state admitted to the Union, Alabama seceded from the union in 1861 to become part of the Confederate States of America. Following the Civil War Alabama was readmitted to the union in 1868.
Until World War II, Alabama, like many Southern states, remained mired in poverty. In the years following the war, Alabama emerged as a growing economic power as the economy of the state transitioned from agriculture to diversified interests in heavy manufacturing, mineral extraction, education, and high technology. Today, the state is heavily invested in the aerospace, education, health care, banking, and various heavy industries including automobile manufacturing and mineral extraction and steel production and fabrication.
Alabama is officially nicknamed the Yellowhammer state. The capital is Montgomery and the largest city is Birmingham.

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Columbiana's Liberty Day celebration June 28-29 provides food, fireworks, fun

Jun 19, 2013 6:20 pm

COLUMBIANA, Alabama -- The City of Columbiana is getting ready for its 28th annual Liberty Day 2013 free celebration on June 28-29 with music, food and numerous act...

BSC students help Turkey Creek Preserve become more energy efficient (photo gallery)

Jun 19, 2013 4:49 pm

Students from Birmingham-Southern College got some hands-on experience with energy efficiency. As part of a service-learning project, they worked to modernize the v...

Sticker shocked council members push back on Birmingham mayor's $130 million office lease pitch

Jun 19, 2013 4:13 pm

Other options should be examined before the city commits to a proposed 30-year lease of the former Social Security office tower, Councilwoman Maxine Parker ...

In Chelsea's latest land deal, city wants to buy 37 acres for community center site

Jun 19, 2013 2:58 pm

CHESLEA, Alabama -- The Chelsea City Council is continuing to acquire property to create outdoor recreation opportunities and other municipal amenities, with the bo...

City of Bessemer mulls deal with firm that installs cell micro-towers, splits revenue with cities

Jun 19, 2013 2:47 pm

The City of Bessemer may cut a deal with a Georgia firm that places micro-towers for cellular transmission on utility poles and other assets owned by munici...

Birmingham superintendent, board discuss state failing schools list, acquisition of parking lot near Ramsay High

Jun 19, 2013 1:00 pm

After responding to the inclusion of 11 Birmingham City Schools on a state list of failing schools earlier Tuesday, Superintendent Craig Witherspoon reitera...

Mary Beth Miller's legacy: New state rule will save babies with heart defects (slideshow)

Jun 19, 2013 12:30 pm

The lives of an estimated 5 to 10 babies potentially will be saved or extended in Alabama every year thanks to a $10 test and a 7-year-old girl named Mary B...

Birmingham traffic and gas report: Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Jun 19, 2013 10:53 am

Traffic signals working again at U.S. 280 and Summit Blvd. The Birmingham News file photo (Mark Almond/malmond@al.com)BIRMINGH...

News from the Mobile Press-Register

117 citations written over 1 day of Mobile police safety checkpoints

Jun 19, 2013 6:50 pm

The citations were written during both roving and non-roving safety checkpoints, according to Mobile police spokesman Cpl. Christopher Levy. ...

Judge rejects argument that delays in Daphne man's mental evaluation violated speedy trial right

Jun 19, 2013 6:43 pm

Defense attorney John Beck argued that Robin Lee Hernandez, who faces charges of being an unlawful drug user in possession of firearms resulting from an inc...

Move over Krispy Kreme, Dunkin' Donuts plans to open in south Alabama

Jun 19, 2013 6:41 pm

And with over half of its sales in coffee, Dunkin’ Donuts will also fight for elbow room with Starbucks and its four locations in Baldwin County a...

Mobile police: Man shot trying to resist robber at an apartment complex

Jun 19, 2013 5:30 pm

Police met a man at Providence Hospital Thursday night after he said he had been shot in the leg during a robbery on Azalea Road. ...

Meet the 2013 Distinguished Young Women (video)

Jun 19, 2013 3:45 pm

THEODORE, Alabama - From the “last frontier” of Alaska to “sweet home” Alabama, high school seniors from all over the countr...

Prichard readies for Juneteenth celebrations

Jun 19, 2013 1:43 pm

Juneteenth events that take place next weekend will kick off with a service tonight at True Light Missionary Baptist Church. ...

Mobile Press-Register 200th Anniversary: Electric street cars, 'golden age' of public markets, last yellow fever (1890-1899)

Jun 19, 2013 10:26 am

For the city's black population, it was a time of heartbreak, as harsh segregation laws took effect. But black residents also began carving their o...

Mobile Press-Register 200th Anniversary: Colorful newsroom personalities live on as part of Press-Register's history

Jun 19, 2013 10:25 am

By 1979, the few typewriters left in the newsroom were used to take notes or type letters. The year before, the Press Register had installed a mainframe com...

Portrait of a Distinguished Young Woman

Jun 19, 2013 10:17 am

Jean Elizabeth Miles is a Distinguished Young Woman from Dothan. Alabama's Distinguished Young Women representative, Jean Eliz...

Reporter, who included Mobile in piece on '11 most miserable cities' taking Sandy Stimpson up on offer, will be in Mobile this week (updated)

Jun 19, 2013 7:07 am

"I'm flying down to the Gulf Coast city later this week, where I'll visit the Mobile River Delta, eat fresh seafood from the Gulf, an...

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