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- Ravens Q & A: Ben Grubbs focuses on being better, more…
- Q: Why did you make the switch from defensive tackle at Elmore County High School in Alabama to tight end in your sophomore ... note: Grubbs has started a foundation to support youth in single-parent homes. On Tuesday, he distributed 100…
- Baltimore Sun
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- 1 hour ago
- As Bank Failures Rise, F.D.I.C. Fund Falls Into Red
- The government-administered insurance fund that protects depositors fell into the red for the first time since the fallout from the savings-and-loan crisis of the early 1990s as the pace of bank failures accelerated. The fund had a negative…
- New York Times
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- 2 hours ago
- A Defining Moment
- Friday the 13th was very lucky for IberiaBank shareholders. The announcement that day that the company had purchased two failing Florida banks registered a 3.5 on the national financial Richter Scale, but it sent a major shockwave through…
- The INDsider
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- 3 hours ago
- Spring Hill GM plant is idled
- SPRING HILL — At its peak, about 7,800 people clocked in daily for work at the Saturn plant. "Now we're down to 630 people," said Darren Tonoli, a General Motors employee of nearly three decades. The plant goes on standby Wednesday, turning…
- Daily News Journal
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- 4 hours ago
- The FSU beat writers pay tribute to Steve
- When Bill McGrotha, the long-time Tallahassee Democrat sports editor and media face of Florida State athletics, passed away in 1993, Steve Ellis stepped into a shadow as long the one the Seminoles' next football coach will find waiting for…
- Tallahassee Democrat
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- 6 hours ago
- U.S. nails Chinese drywall for woes in homes
- The conclusion followed testing at 51 homes in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Virginia that found "a strong association between the problem drywall, the hydrogen sulfide levels in homes with that drywall and corrosion in those…
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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- 7 hours ago
- Dungeons of Debt
- BRADENTON, April 10, 2009 -- Somewhere in the godforsaken waters off Somalia, a rowboat with four pirates and a brave hostage aboard is holding off an American destroyer. A rowboat is a launch that has run out of gas, which is why it no…
- American Reporter
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- 8 hours ago
- Report: 5.16% Mobile area homeowners 'upside-down' on mortgage
- MOBILE, Ala. -- In Mobile, 2,678 properties with a mortgage had negative equity as of September 2009, about 5.16 percent of the total mortgaged properties, according to First American CoreLogic , which provides national real estate market…
- Everything Alabama Blog
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- 14 hours ago
- More traffic for 2009 holiday
- A projected 38.4 million people will travel 50 miles or more from their U.S. homes over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend — a 1.4-percent increase from last year — according to AAA. AAA Alabama spokesperson Clay Ingram expects that increase…
- Clanton Advertiser
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- 10 hours ago
- Alabama's Home Sales Are Up, Dothan Follows
- Last month Alabama saw a 13 percent increase in home sales compared to October of 2008. The numbers are from the Alabama Center For Real Estate. "Sales are picking ... the state has seen a year-over-year increase in homes. "Dothan has…
- WTVY
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- 14 hours ago