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Kate caps awe: Hurricane Katrina is No. 1 on the Top 10 Alabama news stories of '05. Yeah, we buy it. And most of the ranking stories had to do with death, except for the Scrushy stuff. But really, Natalee as No. 2? Really?? Maybe if this version had run at some point, yeah, sure.
• Katrina overshadows events of 2005 [Associated Press]

9 and 2 and 9 and 2 make 1: The Tide and Tigers both done good, finishing the regular season at 9-2 and ending up in Jan. 2 bowl games, making it the top state sports story of the year. But after No. 3, the list is pretty weak. North Alabama? Tuskegee? Do those guys even have athletics?
• Alabama, Auburn’s surprise seasons tops sporting news for 2005 [Associated Press]

Sounding board: The good folks over at the Birmingham Weekly have combed through their CD swag one last time for their top picks for '05. The usual suspects include Kanye West, Fiona Apple and Gorillaz. Surprises include Sufjan Stevens, Sleater-Kinney and the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane.
• The music that moved us [Birmingham Weekly]

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  • Self-help title on the way for recovering evangelicals: ‘God’s Just Not That Into You’

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