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Pro-Russian gunmen in eastern Ukraine say they are holding an American journalist captive.More >>
Russia's foreign minister warned Wednesday that attacks on Russian citizens or interests in Ukraine would bring a firm response and drew a comparison to the circumstances that opened the war with Georgia in 2008.More >>
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Alabamians are encouraged to participate in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Saturday. More than 100 collections sites will be available across the state from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the eighthMore >>
Alabamians are encouraged to participate in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Saturday.More >>
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A Kansas judge has scheduled a hearing to consider Army Pfc. Chelsea Manning's petition to legally change her name from Bradley Manning.More >>
An Army private convicted of providing classified documents to WikiLeaks won an initial victory Wednesday toward living as a woman when a Kansas judge granted a petition to change her name to Chelsea Elizabeth Manning.More >>
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The Mobile Police Department says it is investigating two deaths that are possibly related to the synthetic marijuana substance commonly known as 'Spice'.More >>
The Mobile Police Department says it is investigating two deaths that are possibly related to the synthetic marijuana substance commonly known as 'Spice'.More >>
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Auburn University's aviation programs have become the sixth in the nation to receive a Federal Aviation Administration exemption related to training.
The Opelika-Auburn News reports (http://bit.ly/1gqsEjg) that the FAA exemption means the programs are allowed to have lower flight time requirements for aviation graduates.
Aviation students in the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business are now eligible to earn an Airline Transport Pilot certification with as few as 1,000 flying hours instead of the typically required 1,500 hours.
Dale Watson, director of flight education at Auburn, said this is an opportunity for graduates of either the aviation management program or the professional flight management program to be hired sooner than they would without the exemption.
