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Black bears moving into Northeast Alabama -Anniston Star

Alabama park wins award for urban green space - chicagotribune.com

Corpse flowers, ethereal and otherworldly, bloom in Alabama's woods | al.com

Florence fashion designer Billy Reid outfits Daniel Craig in latest James Bond film

Kyle Whitmire: Presidential politics lifts Jefferson County Democrats to victory (analysis) | al.com

From Ben Raines: Ancient sand dollars spill from the banks of the Alabama River, hinting at a watery past

Tagged Alligator Snapping Turtle caught and released

What Moderation Means - David Brooks - NYTimes.com

The turtle rider: A Dauphin Island girl remembers a childhood spent in a different world | al.com

From Ben Raines:30 years of bird banding by Alabama couple has changed our understanding of migration | al.com

USA Today on Homewood: More small towns thinking big

Comparing Alabama in terms of conserved land

Forever Wild funding for the first 20 years

New job at The Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama

Chef Collin Donnelly: The Small Town Chef 2012 - Cooking Light

Chuck Dean: Roy Moore talks of power, money, the Constitution and hemorrhoids

Alabama again ranks second to last in the nation in environmental spending | al.com

Bill Finch: What we often fail to love about Alabama the beautiful (Opinion)

Cotton's in Ensley to close

An ancient geologic connection to current day politics

Alabama Power purchases electricity generated by wind in Oklahoma, Kansas | al.com

Environmental group says Mulberry Fork site on Warrior River unsuitable for mines | al.com

UAB professor gearing up for a year celebrating Proust | al.com

Alabama landfill rules make dumping easy process | al.com

Alabama bogs come alive with butterflies at summer's end

Birmingham-grown green living expert to speak at UAB | al.com

Vincent site added to EPA's Superfund list | al.com

Sand Island, restored a year ago, disappears after Hurricane Isaac (video) | al.com

Teachers' Expectations Can Influence How Students Perform

EPA urges Army Corps of Engineers to reject Northern Beltline permit | al.com

Ancient forest lies 10 miles off the Alabama coast (video, gallery) | al.com

Leading Scientist E.O. Wilson accepts Alabama Humanities Award | al.com

$246,800 in grants aid in Jefferson County recycling expansion | al.com

Mr. P's in Bluff Park

Red Mountain Park plan wins national honor | al.com

John Archibald tribute to Birmingham gadfly Gene Edelman

Alabama license plate historian recounts 'Heart of Dixie' history

Zoos and Climate Change

NYTimes: Turn Off the Phone (and the Tension)

Alabama to receive federal grant to restore longleaf pine forests | al.com

Birmingham Water Works Board votes to buy iPads for its members | al.com

EPA wants more study before it issues construction OK for Birmingham Northern Beltline | al.com

Volunteers sought for community cleanup of Valley Creek in Midfield, Bessemer | al.com

Candidate Mitt Romney blasts Obama, raises $2 million at Birmingham fundraiser | al.com

About 75 people, mostly Hispanic, protest during Mitt Romney visit to The Club in Birmingham (video) | al.com

Birmingham's Complete Streets policy recognized in national report | al.com

Alabama lags in incentives for solar power | al.com

Snail thought extinct found in the Cahaba River | al.com

As Newspapers Shrink, Public Officials Worry

States and fishing groups push back against federal mandate to remove idle oil and gas platforms (gallery, video) | al.com

Cordova, at a crossroads after tornado devastation, rethinks its options (slideshow, video) | al.com

Zelda's Birthday

Transportation bill eliminates designated source of funding for Northern Beltline, but keeps it on track | al.com

An inflow into the urban core of Detroit creates promise and tension: lessons for Birmingham?

Alabama's river trail earns national designation | al.com

Oysters can handle some, but not all pollution we dump into the nation's estuaries | al.com

Top 15 pivotal events in Alabama history, so says the state's chief historian | al.com

Red Mountain Park to launch night-time zip-lining starting on Friday the 13th | al.com

New protections urged for 5 species in Alabama under Endangered Species Act | al.com

Birmingham mass-transit job access ranks 90th out of 100 metro areas | al.com