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• Great Depression colors seniors’ view of crisis
... take her money out of the bank and hide the cash at home. Her son had to talk her out of it. "I have a little steel box with a key and I was thinking about taking my checking account out and putting it in there," said Uptain, 83, who grew up in Alabama ...
• Safer seat belts required on small school buses
DEATSVILLE, Ala. - Smaller school buses will have to be equipped with lap-and-shoulder seat belts for the first time under a government rule drafted after the deaths of four Alabama students on a school bus that nose-dived off an overpass. Larger ...
• Southeast told more water wars ahead
Much of the drought-stricken Southeast has been wrangling over water. Tennessee and South Carolina worry Atlanta may look to the nearby Tennessee or Savannah rivers for relief. Meanwhile, Georgia, Alabama and Florida have fought over how much water ...
• Dying owner leaves 32 cats with Ala. vets
OPELIKA, Ala. - Five veterinary clinics in eastern Alabama received 32 surprises in the last week: Healthy cats in containers and carriers, along with notes from an anonymous donor saying she is dying from cancer. The notes signed by "Miss R" beg the ...
• Death rate 70 percent lower at top hospitals
The region with the lowest overall risk-adjusted mortality rates (that's good) was the East North Central region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin), while the East South Central region (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee) had ...