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A man believed to be a part of a high tech gas theft operation is captured after returning to a Sunny Foods Shell Station early Friday morning.

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Birmingham homicide detectives have been busy over the last 24 hours. One homicide occurred and another was discovered, bringing the city’s homicide total to 37 for the year.

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Birmingham Southside merchants are hosting a block party Friday night. Also, find places around the area you can see fireworks.

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Pat Dye was reunited recently with pants he somehow lost at Lake Martin more than two decades ago...

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    Rabies Season
    Summer means fun in the sun, watermelon and swimming. But it also means another thing. Summer is the season for rabies.

    Missing Walker County Man
    The mother of a missing Walker County man is pleading for the public's help in finding her son. David Pickett of Carbon Hill has been missing for at least three months.

    Rick and Bubba's "Speed Racer"
    Depending on how you look at it, it could be the media job of all media jobs, producing the biggest radio show in the Birmingham area and one of the largest syndicated shows in the entire southeast if not the nation.

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    Molecular Discovery for Metabolic Disorders
    Millions of Americans have high blood pressure also develop diabetes and other metabolic complications. New research identifies the underlying molecular mechanism for this chain reaction of diseases.

    Electronic Health Records Unpopular
    According to a recent study, only a small percentage of doctors are using an electronic health record system.

    Drug Use Highest In U.S.
    New research reveals despite strong drug policies, the United States has the highest levels of cocaine and cannabis use among countries surveyed.

    Women More Likely to Have Dementia
    The fastest growing segment of the elderly population is those over the age of 90. However, not much research is done on this age group. A new study is one of the few that looks at dementia in people over 90 years old. The study finds women are more likely to have dementia after 90 years of age than men.

    Relax and Improve Your Genes
    The connection between the mind and body has been studied for years, but now new research takes a closer look at how Eastern medicine can activate patterns of genes associated with the body’s response to stress.

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