Councilor Lashunda Scales to host crime and economics town hall meeting

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Birmingham Times

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March 9, 2017

2017 Scales pic — Councilor Lashunda Scales (Provided photo)

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‘Hamilton’s Jordan Fisher coming back to Birmingham for Red Mountain Theatre Gala

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Birmingham Times

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March 9, 2017

Hamilton_pix — Jordan Fisher (center left) called performing in "Hamilton" a dream come true. (Joan Marcus, The Associated Press)

By Alec Harvey

Alabama NewsCenter

Equal Justice Initiative dedicates marker for lynching victims in Tuscaloosa County

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Birmingham Times

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March 9, 2017

Tuscaloosa Marker 2 — The Equal Justice Initiative unveiled this historical marker memorializing eight African American men lynched in Tuscaloosa County between 1884 and 1933. (EJI)

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UAB offers free eye exams for infants on InfantSEE® Day

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March 9, 2017

babyEyeExam_pix1 — Becky Luu, O.D., checks six month old infant's eye coordination. The infant shows that he can reach for an object, an important six month developmental milestone, and that he has very useful 3-D vision. (UAB)

By Jordan Lessley

UAB News

Despite national initiative, dining out is still unhealthy for kids

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March 9, 2017

NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION LOGO — National Restaurant Association Logo. (PRNewsFoto/National Restaurant Association)

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Colin Kaepernick will no longer take a knee

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March 9, 2017

Colin-Kaepernick — Colin Kaepernick feels his campaign to take a knee during the National Anthem has proven its point.

By Ricardo A. Hazell

The Shadow League

Chance the Rapper gives $1 million to Chicago schools, blasts governor

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Birmingham Times

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March 9, 2017

chance-the-rapper-donation — Chance The Rapper, right, announces a gift of $1 million to the Chicago Public School Foundation during a news conference at the Westcott Elementary School, Monday in Chicago. The Grammy-winning artist is calling on Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner to use executive powers to better fund Chicago Public Schools. (Charles Rex Arbogast, Associated Press)

By Sophia Tareen

Associated Press

In Atlanta, anti-Semitism is viewed through lens of history

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Birmingham Times

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March 9, 2017

JewishHistory_pix2 — Six decades ago, during the turmoil of the civil rights era, 50 sticks of dynamite blasted a ragged hole in Atlanta’s largest synagogue (Associated Press photo)

By Jeff Martin

Associated Press

People, Places and Things by Gwen DeRu

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Birmingham Times

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March 9, 2017

j-anthony-brown — J. Anthony Brown

Visitor center honoring Harriet Tubman opening in Maryland

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Birmingham Times

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March 8, 2017

harriet-tubman-visitor-center — The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center will open to the public on March 11, 2017. (National Park Service)

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