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Website finds city to be car-dependent

Eric Yaron June 13, 2012

Walkscore.com, an online database that ranks cities and neighborhoods based on their ease of travel by foot, recently gave Tuscaloosa a score of 37 out of 100 on walkability. Front Seat, a Seattle-based...

New study highlights RSA track record

Benjamin Smith June 13, 2012

Studies on the Retirement Systems of Alabama, a government agency that uses tax money to fund investment in the state of Alabama, has shown it to have significant beneficial impact over the past twenty...

UA junior experiences two tornadoes in 10 months

Katherine Owen June 13, 2012

When the tornadoes of April 27 ripped through Tuscaloosa, Hannah Fowler, a freshman at the time, couldn’t have imagined she would experience the same nightmare just under a year later in her own hometown...

Shrimp, seaweed could help diabetics

Briana Harris June 13, 2012

Diabetes has become a nationwide epidemic, with 25.8 million diabetic people in the United States, according to the American Diabetes Association. Of that 25.8 million, 215,000 are younger than 20 years...

Texting and driving tempting, but soon to be illegal

Texting and driving tempting, but soon to be illegal

Katherine Owen June 12, 2012

The state of Alabama will attempt to eliminate a growing and highly dangerous threat to the safety of drivers and passengers on Alabama roadways starting August 1. The new law will attempt to lessen accidents...

Rivals still uniting for greater cause

Katherine Martin June 6, 2012

Bama Rocks!, a benefit concert held at WorkPlay Theatre in Birmingham, proved that a year after the devastating April 27 tornadoes, even the greatest of rivals can still work together to rebuild a state....

Obama’s kill list raises red flags

Nathan James June 6, 2012

When a politician does something that breaks the stereotypes of their party, they’ll usually be congratulated for it. Say what you will about party politics, but Americans like to see our leaders defy...

Tide sends five to Des Moines

Morgan Hart June 6, 2012

The Alabama track and field team begins competition at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with competitors in the long jump and pole vault on Wednesday in Des Moines, Iowa. Five members of...

Photography competition via new iPhone app

Briana Harris June 6, 2012

A contest designed to promote the iPhone photography app ShootLocal could yield prizes for students interested in filmmaking and photography for taking pictures of Tuscaloosa. Students have an opportunity...

Tuscaloosa firefighters build home in five days

Tuscaloosa firefighters build home in five days

Benjamin Smith June 6, 2012

Thirty members of the Tuscaloosa Fire Department paired with Habitat for Humanity to rebuild an Alberta home destroyed by the April 27 tornado. They completed the build in only five days, one day less...

Crowd gathers on Gallalee roof to view Venus cross the Sun

Crowd gathers on Gallalee roof to view Venus cross the Sun

Benjamin Smith June 5, 2012

Venus won’t move across the face of the Sun again for another 105 years, and on June 5, all astronomy professor William Keel wanted was for the typical Alabama late-afternoon cumulus clouds to clear....

Book to stay in city's libraries

Book to stay in city’s libraries

Abbey Crain May 30, 2012

Tuscaloosa may be in the heart of the Bible Belt, but for now, at least, the city’s libraries intend to keep a nationwide topic of controversy on their bookshelves. “Fifty Shades of Grey,” book...