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Lyric Theatre on list of "Places in Peril"

Birmingham’s oldest surviving theatre, the Lyric, located at Third Avenue North and 18th Street downtown, has been added to a new list of the ten most endangered historic sites in the state of Alabama

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Josh Kelley & Tim Brantley go independent

By Brent Thompson

Josh Kelley and Tim Brantley don’t seem to have that much in common. Kelley lives in Los Angeles with actress wife Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy, 27 Dresses, Knocked Up) and has had his songs featur

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0 Days Out: The scene in Chicago

By Madison Underwood

Hello from the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois, where Kyle Whitmire and I are waiting on Obama's election night rally, the Party AND/OR Riot in Grant Park.\ \ We made it up here f

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2 Days Out: Polls holding steady, and Nazis endorse Obama

Nazis endorse Obama in the name of poetic justice. Irony for irony's sake.

By Madison Underwood

This will be my last pre-election dispatch from Birmingham. Tomorrow, I'm on the road to Chicago. Hopefully we'll be able to keep you guys updated as to what's going on in Illinois!\ \ Looks like poll

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6 Days Out: Republicans redefine socialism

Obama, the communist socialist non-American Muslim wrong-kind-of-Christian athiest terrorist sympathizer foreign-policy-wimp who is too much of a hawk when it comes to fighting terrorism and who has no record to speak of.

By Madison Underwood

A note: Birmingham Weekly columnist Kyle Whitmire will appear on WBHM 90.3 FM at 4:30 pm. Also, Obama's got 30 minutes tonight on CBS, NBC, and FOX, at 7:00. Also, check out Mark Kelly's Electoral Col

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12 Days Out: The many stories of John McCain

By Madison Underwood

My serious advice for you is to take 30 minutes and read this Robert Draper article (which will appear in the NYTimes Magazine on Sunday) today. In my opinion, it's the best piece of long-form journal

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Developing: Southern Progress Layoffs

Birmingham Weekly has learned that Southern Progress, a division of Time Inc., has laid off as many as 30 employees. The cuts seems to be part of a larger, company-wide reduction. Details to follow. In the meantime, feast on this from Gawker.

By Kyle Whitmire

Birmingham Weekly has learned that Southern Progress, a division of Time Inc., has laid off as many as 30 employees. The cuts seem to be part of a larger, company-wide reduction. Details to come. In t

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13 Days Out: McCain's new strategery: Keystone Heavy

McCain's Pennsylvania strategy...

By Madison Underwood

With Obama's lead staying about the same in recent days, and things looking badly for McCain in swing states (especially Colorado, New Mexico, Wisconsin, and Virginia, but Obama holds small leads in F

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15 Days Out: ACORN fear is a fraud

By Madison Underwood

Of course the big story today is Colin Powell's ringing endorsement of Barack Obama for President, but you can find info on that at any of the major news sites. It was a strong endorsement, I think, t

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Bama Mix 10-20-2008: Lots of voter registration questions in Bama

By Madison Underwood

As our brave editor Glenny Brock noted this morning, this is the last week for voter registration. If you haven't registered, there's info here. Hopefully your registration will get through, as the Ju