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		<title>Birmingham columnists on WBHM</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/05/09/birmingham-columnists-on-wbhm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Whitmire</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If WBHM&#8217;s recent shift away from classical music baroque your heart, then there&#8217;s not much we can do for you (except maybe suggest Pandora). In the meantime, Birmingham&#8217;s public radio station is taking a greater interest in local news, even bringing newspaper people on the air.
And, they let us sit on the good furniture.
Beginning this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WEEKLY DIGEST: May 8-15, 2008</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/05/08/weekly-digest-may-8-15-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/05/08/weekly-digest-may-8-15-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 20:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G. Brock</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Free the Hops]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Highland Avenue]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky Derby]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Philip Morris]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Randall Specific]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VisionLand]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bhamweekly.com/blog/?p=1275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE RACE IS ON: And on and on and on, much like the war in Iraq, which Sen. John McCain will doubtless continue into the 22nd century, should he become the next Commander-in-Chief. Let&#8217;s just hope that the eventual Democratic nominee fares better than in the presidential race than poor 8 Belles did in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council questions morning-after transit vote</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/05/01/council-questions-self-transit-authority-and-mayor-on-free-summer-bus-rides-program/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/05/01/council-questions-self-transit-authority-and-mayor-on-free-summer-bus-rides-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 04:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Underwood</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BJTCA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Hill]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Magic City Math]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MAX]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the Birmingham City Council approved a plan from Mayor Larry Langford to make bus fares free for the summer, but in a special-called meeting Wednesday night, many of them expressed second thoughts.
Councilors Steven Hoyt, Carole Smitherman, Valerie Abbott and Carol Duncan said that the council passed the mayor&#8217;s proposal too quickly, without having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Langford legal woes: First shoe drops</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/langford-legal-woes-first-shoe-drops/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/langford-legal-woes-first-shoe-drops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Whitmire</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Al LaPierre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As expected, the SEC has filed a lawsuit in federal court here against Mayor Larry Langford, Montgomery investment banker Bill Blount and lobbyist Al LaPierre.]]></description>
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		<title>SEC sues Langford, Blount, LaPierre</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/sec-sues-langford-blount-lapierre/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/sec-sues-langford-blount-lapierre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Whitmire</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[More as it comes. Here&#8217;s the SEC press release.
Here&#8217;s the Complaint
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Litigation Release No. 20545 / April 30, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Larry P. Langford, William B. Blount, Blount Parrish &#38; Co., Inc., and Albert W. LaPierre, Case No. Case No. cv-08-B-0761-S (N.D. Ala., filed April 30, 2008)
The Securities and Exchange [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proclamation of the Hypocalypse</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/proclamation-of-the-hypocalypse/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/proclamation-of-the-hypocalypse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Whitmire</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Life on Earth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sackcloth and ashes]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bhamweekly.com/blog/?p=1253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As revealed by Saint Larry the Divine: I looked and there in City Hall a door stood open. And I heard a voice say, "It's time to do something." ]]></description>
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		<title>Artur Davis bats for Team Obama</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/27/artur-davis-bats-for-team-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/27/artur-davis-bats-for-team-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Whitmire</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On This Week, Davis warned that, by questioning Obama’s electability, the Clintons were damaging their reputations in the South and among racial progressives.

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		<title>Langford sports sackcloth, ashes, Rolex</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/25/langford-sports-sackcloth-ashes-rolex/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/25/langford-sports-sackcloth-ashes-rolex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Whitmire</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than 1,000 people gathered at Boutwell Auditorium for a prayer rally hosted by Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford.]]></description>
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		<title>Ma Bell phones pwned</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/25/ma-bell-phones-pwned/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/25/ma-bell-phones-pwned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Whitmire</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bhamweekly.com/blog/?p=1224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first thought after realizing the phones weren’t working: Isn’t this exactly how Independence Day began? Just when we thought Friday was as strange as it could get, was E.T. coming to kick some ass?
Alas, no. It seems that Ma Bell has screwed something up. AL.com is reporting that the repairs have been made.
&#8220;Overnight, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leapin&#8217; Larry&#8217;s Prayer Proclamation</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/22/leapin-larrys-prayer-proclamation/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/22/leapin-larrys-prayer-proclamation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Underwood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Leaders to adorn sackcloth and ashes to fight crime

At Tuesday&#8217;s Birmingham City Council meeting, Mayor Larry Langford proclaimed Friday, April 25, a &#8220;day of prayer in sackcloth and ashes&#8221; in Birmingham.
FOLLOW THIS STORY: Langford sports sackcloth, ashes, Rolex (click here)

Birmingham Weekly reported two weeks ago that the mayor purchased 2,000 burlap sacks for ministers and [...]]]></description>
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