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Montgomery, AL – Alabama's infant mortality rate has risen again and health officials are anxious to get to the bottom of the problem.The 2007 rate of 10…

By Associated PressMontgomery, AL – Alabama's unemployment rose to 3.5 percent in November. That's up from the all-time low of 3.1 percent recorded in…

By Associated PressMontgomery, AL – A Montgomery judge has cut the record 11-point-9 (b) billion dollar verdict against Exxon Mobil to 3-point-6 billion…

UAB is shutting down the football program. The university announced the decision Tuesday minutes after President Ray Watts met with the Blazers players…

Just because your mother told you something was grammatically incorrect when you were 6, doesn't mean it's true. Who or whom, good versus well, that and which — author June Casagrande takes on the most common errors.

Pedro Hernandez was sentenced Tuesday in the 1979 killing of the 6-year-old New York City boy, whose disappearance sparked decades of investigation and helped create a generation of wary parents.

The owner of the Nutshell Pub asked customer Adam Thurkette if he'd mind staying away during busy hours. Adam is 6 foot 7. And the Nutshell is reportedly Britain's smallest pub — 15 feet by 7 feet. The owner says Adam takes up too much room.

When the Labor Department releases June's employment report Friday morning, economists also expect to hear that 165,000 jobs were added to payrolls last month.

Janet Yellen would be the first woman to head the central bank. On Friday, the Senate voted to head off any potential filibuster of her nomination. A confirmation vote is scheduled for Jan. 6.

The Shanghai Composite was down more than 6 percent, hitting the lowest level in about 14 months. Slumping oil prices and currency fears added to investors' worries.