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Victims of Alabama bar shooting improving, hospital spokesman saysupdated: Wed Jul 18 2012 10:50:00

Doctors upgraded the medical conditions of four of the five people still hospitalized after a shooting in a bar in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a hospital spokesman said Wednesday.

Police: Alabama bar shooting suspect chargedupdated: Tue Jul 17 2012 21:11:00

Authorities have charged a 44-year-old man with attempted murder after an early morning shooting at a bar in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, police said Tuesday.

Tuscaloosa tries to rebuild, recoverupdated: Fri Apr 27 2012 19:10:00

One year after deadly tornadoes ravaged Tuscaloosa, Alabama, George Howell reports on the city's recovery.

Rebuilding Tuscaloosa: Life after the tornadoesupdated: Fri Apr 27 2012 10:25:00

One year ago Leah Bromley was at her New York City apartment when she got a text from her mother in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It read "I'm in the basement. I love you."

Tornado debris fuels fire in Alabamaupdated: Wed Mar 21 2012 05:57:00

Less than a year after a tornado swept through central Alabama, killing scores of people, a debris field created by that tornado caught fire Tuesday, threatening more than a dozen houses in the town of Brookwood, an official said.

Tornado debris fuels wildfire in Alabamaupdated: Wed Mar 21 2012 05:57:00

A year after a tornado swept through Brookwood, Alabama, a debris field left by that storm has caught fire.

Tuscaloosa tornado survivor plays in BCSupdated: Tue Jan 10 2012 01:23:00

Player whose girlfriend was ripped from his arms and killed during Tuscaloosa tornado, takes the field in BCS Championship.

SI.com: Lars Anderson: Carson Tinker deserving of 2011 SI Sportsmanupdated: Fri Dec 02 2011 12:28:00

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 5. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer.

Alabama fans ready for footballupdated: Sat Sep 03 2011 17:53:00

CNN's Reynolds Wolf takes a look at Alabama football and the tornado that damaged much of the Tuscaloosa area.

Crimson Tide fans remember tornado victimsupdated: Sat Sep 03 2011 17:53:00

Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama paid tribute Saturday to first responders who aided neighbors staggered by the April 27 tornado that cut a swath through the city and killed 47 people.

Fans will cheer both teams at Alabama's first game since tornadoupdated: Sat Sep 03 2011 16:25:00

There are college football fans. And then there are University of Alabama football fans.

After tornado, Alabama students finally get graduation dayupdated: Sat Aug 06 2011 17:18:00

There might not have been a truer definition of bittersweet than the events that unfolded this weekend in an Alabama college town recovering from an April day when the winds screamed and the houses blew away like feathers.

Alabama students finally graduateupdated: Sat Aug 06 2011 17:18:00

University of Alabama holds commencement, delayed for months by a killer tornado.

Joplin can see future in Tuscaloosaupdated: Sun May 29 2011 02:02:00

CNN's David Mattingly shows the slow rate of recovery for tornado-ravaged Tuscaloosa.

Two tornado-wracked towns unite through tragedy, charityupdated: Sun May 29 2011 02:02:00

This is a tale of two cities tied together by two tornadoes of the most wicked order, the apocalyptic EF-5 -- and by acts of charity that followed. It demonstrates how one good turn -- or town -- deserves another.

SI.com: Peter King: Giants' Tuck works to aid Tuscaloosa victimsupdated: Tue May 17 2011 14:31:00

Giants defensive lineman Justin Tuck was raised in Alabama, and he knows Tuscaloosa and its surroundings very well. At least he used to. He spent two days there last week on a mercy mission after a series of 12 tornadoes hit the area April 27, killing at least 236 people and destroying entire towns.

Deaf couple survive tornadoupdated: Fri May 06 2011 11:33:00

A deaf couple describe how they survived a tornado that demolished their home. WAFF reports.

Impact of record storms still being measuredupdated: Thu May 05 2011 07:23:00

A week after a record number of tornadoes swarmed through much of the Midwest and the South, killing hundreds of people and devastating villages and towns, residents and officials in the region were still trying to measure its impact.

Top federal officials tour, promise help to tornado-ravaged Southupdated: Sun May 01 2011 19:41:00

Top federal officials voiced admiration and vowed cooperation Sunday after touring tornado-ravaged areas in Alabama and Mississippi, promising help to those who made it through this week's storms as they reconstruct their lives and communities.

Napolitano on storm damageupdated: Sun May 01 2011 19:41:00

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano talk about damage from recent storms.

Nightmarish landscape after deadly stormupdated: Sat Apr 30 2011 22:01:00

Emergency responders continue to tally the dead from the second-deadliest, single-day tornado outbreak in U.S. history.

Volunteers rush to help after tornadoesupdated: Sat Apr 30 2011 22:01:00

As emergency responders continued to count the dead on Saturday, states pulverized by this week's tornado outbreak encouraged volunteers to help -- but in an orderly way.

Storms leave trail of death, destruction across Southupdated: Sat Apr 30 2011 21:12:00

The storm system that plowed through the South left scenes of destruction described as "surreal" and "sickening" by those who saw them. Authorities were working to reach those trapped; some states are facing a long and arduous recovery. Here's a look at the latest confirmed death toll as provided by state authorities as well as reports from some of the worst-hit areas.

Tornadoes the most terrifying of natural disastersupdated: Sat Apr 30 2011 11:48:00

I had to live all over the country before I realized that Americans everywhere live with some kind of fear hanging over their daily lives.

Rescue efforts transition to recovery in hard-hit Alabamaupdated: Fri Apr 29 2011 23:37:00

Hopes of finding trapped survivors dwindled Friday evening in Alabama, the epicenter of storms that obliterated neighborhoods and towns and claimed scores of lives across the South.

Obama tours Alabama storm damageupdated: Fri Apr 29 2011 23:37:00

President Obama makes a statement after touring tornado-ravaged Alabama.

Tennessee man swept awayupdated: Fri Apr 29 2011 22:32:00

A Marshall County, Tennessee, man dies after his car is swept into a flooded creek. WMC reports.

Survivors stunned by devastationupdated: Fri Apr 29 2011 19:10:00

In the aftermath of severe tornadoes, survivors are stunned by the devastation.

CNNMoney: Storm insurance losses estimated at $2 billion to $5 billionupdated: Fri Apr 29 2011 18:30:00

The severe storms that carved a path of destruction across large swaths of the American South this week caused an estimated $2 billion to $5 billion in insured losses, catastrophe modeling firm Eqecat said Friday.

When a monster came to Alabamaupdated: Fri Apr 29 2011 12:56:00

We knew the threat was real when little pieces of Tuscaloosa began to drop on Birmingham. For such a violent storm, there was very little rain. Instead, paper receipts from businesses 50 miles away and strangers' family photos flitted through the air.

Shaken, dazed residents recount tornado horrorsupdated: Fri Apr 29 2011 11:13:00

Leveled buildings, fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.

Survivor: Tornado was a 'silent monster'updated: Fri Apr 29 2011 11:13:00

The cleanup begins after an outbreak of severe weather across the South leaves death and destruction in its wake.

Hundreds of Tuscaloosa homes destroyedupdated: Fri Apr 29 2011 04:46:00

A tornado kills dozens and levels parts of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Massive tornado strikes leave residents shaken, dazedupdated: Fri Apr 29 2011 04:46:00

Leveled buildings, fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South Thursday after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.

Southern storms death toll nears 300updated: Thu Apr 28 2011 23:16:00

Dazed Southerners on Thursday comforted one another and began the process of rebuilding after a barrage of storms claimed nearly 300 lives and reduced once-familiar neighborhoods to piles of bricks and lumber.

Tornado caught on tapeupdated: Thu Apr 28 2011 22:41:00

CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to a man who videotaped a tornado in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Tuscaloosa tornado 'absolutely shocking'updated: Thu Apr 28 2011 00:25:00

Eliot Spitzer interviews Mayor Walter Maddox about a tornado that cut through Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Wednesday.

SI.com: Stewart Mandel: Alabama rout reaffirms No. 1 Tide as SEC's new kingupdated: Sun Oct 03 2010 03:52:00

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- At this point, we have to wonder: Does Urban Meyer wake up in a cold sweat every few nights, having seen one of Nick Saban's blitz schemes in his dreams? Does he reflexively gag at the sight of crimson? Does he have an unusual disdain for elephants?

SI.com: Andy Staples: Alabama defense steaks its claimupdated: Sat Apr 17 2010 21:15:00

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The Alabama first-team defense, the best unit on teams that went 26-2 the past two seasons, never enjoyed a post-spring steak dinner. When Crimson Tide players gathered to close the book on spring practice the past three years, the defenders always ate from the plates of beans reserved for the losers of the annual A-Day Game.

Students and H1N1 mingle on campusupdated: Tue Sep 22 2009 12:35:00

The reminders are everywhere: Wash your hands. Use hand sanitizers. Stay away from class if you're sick.

People.com: Taylor Swift Fears a Misplaced Microphoneupdated: Tue Jun 17 2008 13:28:00

While hosting TRL the country star say she "forgets the microphone different places"

SI.com: Bill Trocchi: Second-ranked Tigers begin season with high hopes updated: Tue Aug 21 2007 06:33:00

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Expectations hang over the LSU football program. Literally.

SI.com: Rick Bragg: The Alabama faithful welcome Nick Sabanupdated: Mon Aug 20 2007 21:34:00

They say college football is religion in the Deep South, but it's not. Only religion is religion. Anyone who has seen an old man rise from his baptism, his soul all on fire, knows as much, though it is easy to see how people might get confused. But if football were a faith anywhere, it would be here on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Ala. And now has come a great revival.

Time.com: Katrina Aid Used for Luxury Condosupdated: Mon Aug 13 2007 15:00:00

With large swaths of the Gulf Coast still in ruins from Hurricane Katrina, rich federal tax breaks designed to spur rebuilding are flowing hundreds of miles inland to investors who are buying up luxury condos

Fires probed for links to church arsonsupdated: Mon Feb 20 2006 17:53:00

Investigators on Monday were examining two fires in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to determine whether they were set intentionally and, if so, whether they are related to a series of fires set at churches elsewhere in the state.

Attempt differs from 10 church arsonsupdated: Sun Feb 19 2006 17:28:00

An attempted arson at an east Alabama church on Sunday bears little similarity to 10 other intentionally set church fires in the state, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said.

Fortune: The Most Famous Story We Never Toldupdated: Mon Sep 19 2005 00:01:00

"I swore I would never do what I'm doing right now," says Charles Burroughs. Tall and broad with a bald pate and those familiar gray eyes. Blue shirt, khaki pants, aviator glasses. Thick, flat fing...

Fortune: Remembrance of fads pastupdated: Mon Nov 15 2004 00:01:00

Now as we were young and easy under the swaying palms, about the great hotel as happy as the roughs were green ...

Fortune: MERCEDES: MADE IN ALABAMA THE GERMAN CARMAKER IS BUILDING SPORT-UTILITY VEHICLES AT A SPARKLING NEW PLANT IN THE DEEP SOUTH. IT'updated: Mon Jul 07 1997 00:01:00

Tune your car radio to a country music station to set the mood. Then head out of Birmingham, Ala., southwest on I-59. Small towns go tumbling by: Abernant, Centreville, West Blocton. Presently you'...

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