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Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded $80,000 in federal recreation funds for signs along the 2,500-mile trail of navigable rivers, streams and lakes.

Alabama's Unemployment Rate Dips To 6.8 Percent

Alabama's unemployment rate dipped slightly in May, but it was higher than the same month a year ago.Gov. Robert Bentley reported Friday that Alabama…

In Just 6 Generations, Butterflies Brighten Their Colors

It's a mystery how butterflies manage to make their brilliant wing colors, but Yale physicists got a glimpse when they took the question to the lab, breeding dull brown butterflies into purple ones.

Daniel Romanchuk in Champaign, Illinois, before he departed for the Chicago Marathon.

5 major marathons. In 42 days. 2 back-to-back. How top wheelchair racers are doing it

Due to COVID-19 postponements, the races known collectively as the World Marathon Majors, are all scheduled from Sept. 26 to Nov.7. It's an unprecedented crunch for both runners and wheelchair racers.

Arizona Gator Gets $6,000 Prosthetic Tail

Mr. Stubbs (his tail was bitten off years ago) was taken in by the Phoenix Herpetological Society. There, The Arizona Republic reports, an orthopedic care specialist realized a silicone tail could be designed for him. Now, Mr. Stubbs sports a $6,000 prosthetic.

Democrat Chrissy Houlahan On Pennsylvania's 6th

NPR's David Greene talks to Chrissy Houlahan, winner of the (unopposed) Democratic primary in Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District, about how she plans to flip the seat in the midterm elections.

TVA Rates Could Go Up $3-6

By Alabama Public RadioKnoxville, TN – The Tennessee Valley Authority will consider a 524 million dollar electric rate increase for the coming fiscal…

Execution Scheduled For 6 p.m. For Ala. Inmate

Atmore, AL – An Alabama death row inmate is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday for beating and suffocating his infant son to…

Gov. Robert Bentley says his five-day trip to Japan focused mostly on relationship building, but also included some economic development and recruitment opportunities.

Ala. Jobless Rate Drops To 6.2 percent

Alabama's unemployment rate is once again down to a five-year low of 6.2 percent.The governor's office said Friday that the state's jobless rate dropped…

Power Company to Pay $4.6 Billion Settlement

American Electric Power, an Ohio-based company, has agreed to a $4.6 billion settlement of a lawsuit over pollution controls at its power plants. The Justice Department says it's the biggest environmental enforcement settlement ever.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delivers remarks from the Capitol's House chamber on Nov. 17.

Speaker Pelosi says she will step down as party leader after two decades at the top

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement paves the way for a new generation of Democratic lawmakers to fill the leadership ranks.

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