Birmingham, Alabama
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Sarah Palin's book tour hits NC's Fort Bragg...a planned visit to Fort Hood, Texas, on Dec. 4 - just a month after 12 people were killed there in a shooting rampage. Later in Birmingham, Ala., hundreds of fans packed the Colonial Brookwood Village Mall at Homewood and chanted Palin's... In this article: Sarah Palin, Fort Bragg, Barack Obama, North Carolina, GOP, Afghanistan, and Department of Defense |
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AP Online | 2 days ago
FBI wants public's help in civil rights killings
Among the cases is Johnny Robinson, a black teen shot by police in 1963 in the aftermath of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Ala. Another case is the killing of John Earl Reese, a 16-year-old who died in 1955 when two...
In this article: FBI, Mississippi, Docket, Ku Klux Klan, 16th Street Baptist Church, and University of Mississippi
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CNN | 5 days ago
2010 outlook: Flat is the new up
...& Gamble (PG, Fortune 500) and Unilever (UL). John Norris, managing director of wealth management with Oakworth Capital Bank in Birmingham, Ala., agreed that investors shouldn't get too optimistic about next year. "The economy might...
In this article: S&P 500, Microsoft, Cnnmoney.com, Nasdaq, PepsiCo, Intel, and Balance sheet
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The Botax? Nip/tuck levy to help health care plan
...shows what can happen when an industry or company that's in Congress' cross-hairs isn't vigilant enough. Dr. Daniel Russo, the Birmingham, Ala., plastic surgeon who heads the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive...
In this article: Tax, Johnson & Johnson, Breast implant, Allergan Inc, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and Harry Reid
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Business Wire Entertainment News | November 17, 2009
Books-A-Million to Host Sarah Palin in Birmingham, Alabama
1,000 Wristbands to Be Given Out on Sunday at Noon Sarah Palin signs copies of her new book, Going Rogue. 757 Brookwood Village, Birmingham, AL 32509, (205) 870-0213 Wristbands (1,000) will be distributed beginning at 12 noon on...
In this article: Books-A-Million, Sarah Palin, and Customers
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Reuters | November 03, 2009
UPDATE 2-Birmingham, Ala. finances stable, acting mayor says
* City finance director resigns over budget discrepancy * Previous mayor convicted of fraud last week * Jefferson County faces multibillion dollar debt (Adds quote, paragraph 3, detail) By Verna Gates The finances of Alabama's...
In this article: Birmingham, Larry Langford, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Ala., Fiscal year, Bankruptcy, and Alabama
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Birmingham (IPA: /ˈbɝmɪŋhæm/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Jefferson County. It also includes part of Shelby County. The population of the city was 227,690 as of 2002, and 229,800 according to the 2007 estimate. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, as of the 2007 census estimates, has a population of 1,108,210. It is also the largest city in the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined Statistical Area, colloquially known as Greater Birmingham, which contains roughly one quarter of the population of Alabama. If nearby counties Tuscaloosa, Etowah, Talladega, & Calhoun are added to the Greater Birmingham population it would exceed over 1.6 million as of 2008.
Birmingham was founded in 1871, just after the U.S. Civil War, as an industrial enterprise. It was named after Birmingham, one of the UK's major industrial cities.
Through the middle of the 20th century, Birmingham was the primary industrial center of the Southern United States. The astonishing pace of Birmingham's growth through the turn of the century earned it the nicknames "The Magic City" and "The Pittsburgh of the South". Much like Pittsburgh in the north, Birmingham's major industries centered around iron and steel production.
Today, Birmingham ranks as one of the most important business centers in the Southeastern United States and is also one of the largest banking centers in the U.S. In addition, the Birmingham area serves as headquarters to one Fortune 500 company: Regions Financial. Five Fortune 1000 companies are headquartered in Birmingham.
- Name:
- City of Birmingham
- Also Known As:
- "The Magic City" or "Pittsburgh of the South"
- Type:
- City
- Government type:
- Mayor – Council
- Founding Date:
- December 19, 1871
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 151.9
- Total Area (km):
- 393.5
- Land Area (sq mi):
- 149.9
- Land Area (km):
- 388.3
- Water Area (sq mi):
- 2.0
- Water Area (km):
- 5.3
- Elevation (ft):
- 614
- Elevation (m):
- 140
- Time Zone:
- CST
- Website:
- http://www.birminghamal.gov/
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