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Wells Fargo, mayor’s office head $2.5 million program for local homebuyers

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Mayor William Bell will join with Wells Fargo for a $2.55 million local homebuyer program. (Adobe stock photo)

Special to The Times

Federal budget cuts are coming: New skills key to survival

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Hollis Wormsby, Jr

By Hollis Wormsby, Jr.

Joiner Fire Sprinkler Co., Inc: Began in Birmingham; grew to work on government sites

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Robert Joiner is president of Joiner Fire Sprinkler Company. (Ariel Worthy, The Birmingham Times)

By Nathan Turner Jr.

For The Birmingham Times

One-on-one with Marlon King, chairman of the 2017 Birmingham Regional Enterprise Council

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Marlon King, of the BLOC Global Group, serves as chair of the 2017 Birmingham Regional Enterprise Council. (Solomon Crenshaw, special to The Times)

By Barnett Wright

The Birmingham Times

L’Tryce Slade explains how her environmental services became one of the few black female-owned in Alabama

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L’Tryce Slade stands at the construction site at the Birmingham Crossplex. Slade is involved with the construction project at the Crossplex. (Reggie Allen, for The Birmingham Times)

By Nathan Turner Jr.

For The Birmingham Times

Aunt-and-niece duo behind Double Edge Events creates beauty for famous clients near and far

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Danielle Baskin, left, and Cathy Cumbie are partners of Double Edge Events. (Provided photo)

By Je’Don Holloway Talley

For The Birmingham Times

Alabama ranks in bottom three states for millennials

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By Ariel Worthy

The Birmingham Times

Tom Hanks mixes laughs, gravity for ACLU online fundraiser

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Tom Hanks said actions such as President Donald Trump’s attempted travel ban represent a “brand of tragedy.”

By Lynn Elber

AP Television Writer

Movie studios look to young, diverse audiences for growth

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Industry executives say the focus in the coming years will be on movie-goers 18 to 39, whose attendance has grown in the past two years, as has that of diverse audiences. (National Association of Theater Owners)

By Lindsey Bahr

AP Film Writer

Dawn Staley finally cuts down her own net

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Dawn Staley was the second African-American women’s college basketball coach to cut down the championship nets. (Provided photo)

By J.R. Gamble

The Shadow League