Center Point and BIrmingham Fire and Rescue Service firefighters are battling a blaze at the condominium complex on Center Point Parkway.
The fire was reported around 9:15 a.m.
Heavy black smoke was billowing from the Woodside condominums that include several two-story buildings.
According to police and fire radio dispatchers, several units at the complex are “well-involved.”
WASHINGTON _ U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills, announced this morning that he will oppose any government aid to the domestic auto industry, saying it would be unfair to other struggling companies and industries.
A fire at 905 Ridge Place in the Pratt Highlands community killed a 21-year-old woman this morning, a neighbor said.
As temperatures rise this afternoon, so will the risk of fire, according to the National Weather Service.
Those temperatures, along with low relative humidity, create “explosive fire growth potential.”
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Daniel Craig is so BAD TO THE BONE, they say he’s upstaging the Bond girls in his movies. His second go at James Bond (Blond Bond, no less) hits theaters this weekend, Quantum of Solace. It’s the 22nd Bond film and Craig is the sixth actor to play the secret agent. (Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan). http://www.007.com/ads/screenings/
(Read the full post about ‘New Bond Girl Is A GUY!’…)
Yahoo launches a new website just for chicas!!! This one talks about Food, Love, Sex, Money, Health, Beauty. (obviously NOT in order of importance)
http://shine.yahoo.com/
The FDIC is detailing a plan to prevent another million foreclosures in upcoming months. Financial incentives will be offered to companies who agree to sharply reduce monthly payments on mortgage loans.
Maybe I’m old school, but if you can’t pay for it, shouldn’t you lose it? What about the millions of Americans who DIDN’T step out and spend more than they could afford? Maybe conservative household economics needs to be taught in every US home, school, YMCA, and Walmart???
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(WKRG.COM) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The State Board of Education is giving
Alabama’s public schools a second choice of books for teaching
about the Bible. The board voted unanimously Thursday to approve “The Bible in
History and Literature,” which was developed by the National
Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools.
The vote came a year after the board made Alabama the first
state to approve the use of “The Bible and Its Influence,”
published by the Bible Literacy Project.
(Read the full post about ‘New Bible Study School Book Offered’…)
At the Roger Williams Housing Complex garbage bins overflow, while waste piles up yard after yard. Tenants like Phyllis Smiley have had it with other people’s trash. “I ain’t got to do their part, they can do their own part. I got one bedroom and a husband and my grandchildren. They could be eating candy they throw it right there, if they don’t I’ll break their neck,”Said Phyllis Smiley.
Bob Haskins with Keep Mobile Beautiful says Smiley is not alone. He hopes cleaning up the complex will encourage others to be mindful of their mess. “We want that pride to spread throughout these neighborhoods so that they become beautiful neighborhoods, they’ll be safer neighborhoods and be much more pleasant to live in,”Said Haskins.
Organizers with Keep Mobile Beautiful cleaned up Roger Williams just 3 months ago. (Read the full post about ‘Litter Bugs Beware’…)