Organizer of program to give laptop computers to students should step down, say Birmingham City Council members

The organizer of Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford’s laptop computer initiative should end his involvement in the program because of allegations he misused money of an earlier nonprofit group, several City Council members said Tuesday. The council voted 8-1 to delay for two weeks a $3.5 million contract with Birmingham Education Initiative Inc. to manage the [...]

Four sisters support America’s Space Mission – and each other – at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Growing up in nearby Limestone County in northern Alabama, sisters Vera ”Nell” Harris, Gloria Ayers and Lena Andrews spent countless hours chopping cotton in the hot Alabama sun to save money for new bicycles. With every dollar they tucked away, the three young girls – along with their youngest sister, Dorothy Holloway [...]