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Mercedes Parent Makes Bet On Next-generation Battery Startup

Mercedes Parent Makes Bet On Next-generation Battery Startup

| April 17, 2019 @ 5:00 am

As it pushes to electrify its fleet, German automaker Daimler AG has invested in a U.S. startup that says it can boost battery performance by at least 20 percent.

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University Of Alabama’s Ccn To Create Vital Learning Opportunities With Nursing Kid

University Of Alabama’s Ccn To Create Vital Learning Opportunities With Nursing Kid

| April 16, 2019 @ 5:00 am

A Nursing Kid Simulator is a skills-based, child-sized manikin designed to train nursing students for the care and management of a variety of pediatric patients. The simulator represents a 6-year-old child and will allow students to practice numerous skills, including IV insertion, tracheal and nasogastric suctioning and wound assessment, among others.

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Sachai Tea Company Is An Alabama Maker With An Eye For Chai

Sachai Tea Company Is An Alabama Maker With An Eye For Chai

| April 15, 2019 @ 5:00 am

Sachai Tea Company (Homewood)

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Baldwin County Condo Sales In March Nearly Double From February

Baldwin County Condo Sales In March Nearly Double From February

| April 14, 2019 @ 5:00 am

Sales: According to the Baldwin County Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service, Baldwin County condo sales, which include condos along the Gulf Coast, totaled 179 units during March, up 18.5 percent from 151 sales in the same month a year earlier. March sales were up 92.5 percent compared to 93 sales in February. Results were 19.8 percent above the five-year average of 149 sales. Two more resources to review: Quarterly Report and Annual Report.

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Alabama Partnership For Children Joins Hands For Week Of The Young Child

Alabama Partnership For Children Joins Hands For Week Of The Young Child

| April 12, 2019 @ 5:00 am

The Alabama Partnership for Children held its annual “Joining Hands for Week of the Young Child” event April 9 to raise awareness of the most important time of all children’s lives – the first five years.

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Supplier Toyota Boshoku To Build Alabama Factory, Creating 400 Jobs

Supplier Toyota Boshoku To Build Alabama Factory, Creating 400 Jobs

| April 11, 2019 @ 5:00 am

Gov. Kay Ivey joined representatives of Toyota Boshoku America and local leaders in Limestone County to announce that the global automotive supplier plans to invest more than $50 million to open a manufacturing facility in Athens, creating a total of around 400 jobs once full production is reached.

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Birmingham Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale Marks 50th Year

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale Marks 50th Year

| April 10, 2019 @ 5:00 am

Since 1969, the Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale has served as a harbinger of spring and an invitation to novice, seasoned and would-be gardeners alike to start planting. Throughout the year, volunteers gather weekly to prepare to offer a stunning array of plants and share their passion and best tips for gardening.

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Gd Copper Usa To Add Up To 40 Jobs At Wilcox County Manufacturing Facility

Gd Copper Usa To Add Up To 40 Jobs At Wilcox County Manufacturing Facility

| April 9, 2019 @ 5:00 am

GD Copper USA announced plans to invest $3.5 million in its Alabama precision copper products manufacturing facility and create between 30 and 40 new jobs in Wilcox County.

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Egg Drop Contest At Vulcan Makes Science Fun

Egg Drop Contest At Vulcan Makes Science Fun

| April 8, 2019 @ 5:00 am

How do you a drop an egg from a perch more than 100 feet high without breaking it?

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Boys & Girls Clubs Of Central Alabama Is An Alabama Bright Light Illuminating Futures

Boys & Girls Clubs Of Central Alabama Is An Alabama Bright Light Illuminating Futures

| April 5, 2019 @ 5:00 am

“Great Futures Start Here.”

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Nasa Awards $5.2m Contract To Auburn University’s National Center For Additive Manufacturing Excellence

Nasa Awards $5.2m Contract To Auburn University’s National Center For Additive Manufacturing Excellence

| April 3, 2019 @ 5:00 am

Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering announced NASA has awarded a $5.2 million contract to its National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence, or NCAME, to develop additive manufacturing processes and techniques for improving the performance of liquid rocket engines. The three-year contract is the latest expansion of a longstanding public-private partnership between Auburn and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

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Antebellum Alabama Is On Display In Eufaula For Annual Pilgrimage This Weekend

Antebellum Alabama Is On Display In Eufaula For Annual Pilgrimage This Weekend

| April 2, 2019 @ 5:00 am

The state’s oldest tour of homes is April 5-7, when Eufaula hosts its 54th Annual Pilgrimage.

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Birmingham District Brewing Co. Is An Alabama Maker Giving A Stout Nod To History

Birmingham District Brewing Co. Is An Alabama Maker Giving A Stout Nod To History

| April 1, 2019 @ 5:00 am

Birmingham District Brewing Company

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4 Alabama Firms Tapped For Work On New Airbus A220 Assembly Line

4 Alabama Firms Tapped For Work On New Airbus A220 Assembly Line

| March 30, 2019 @ 5:00 am

Birmingham-based HPM, which is overseeing the construction of a second assembly line at Airbus’ manufacturing facility in Mobile, announced that four other Alabama firms will play major roles in the project.

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