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Table of Contents Page1……………………………………….Favorite Thing about Alabama Page 2……………………………………...State of Alabama Page 3………………………………………Choctaw Indians Page 4………………………………………Paul “Bear” Bryant Page 5………………………………………State Flag Page 6……………………………………….State Song Page 7……………………………………….State Seal Page 8……………………………………….State Tree Page 9……………………………………….State Bird Page 10………………………………………State Flower Page 11..……………………………………..State Fish Page 12………………………………………State Coat of Arms Page 13………………………………………State Governor Page President of the United States Page15-19…………………………………...Alabama Happening Page 20………………………………………Alabama Attractions Page 21………………………………………Autobiography

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Alabama State Flag 5

Alabama State Song 6

Alabama State Seal 7

The Alabama State Tree is the Southern Longleaf Pine 8

Alabama State Bird is the Yellowhammer 9

The Alabama State Flower is the Camellia 10

Alabama State Fish the Largemouth Bass 11

Alabama Coat of Arms 12

Alabama State Governor Robert Bentley November 2010 to Present 13

Barack H. Obama is the current President of the United States of America. He was elected the 44 th President On November 4, 2008 and sworn in on January 20,

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MOBILE -- As divers searched the muddy bottom of Alabama's Mobile Bay, a salvage ship was dispatched Wednesday to the sunken wreckage of a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter that crashed on a training mission, leaving one crewmember dead and three others missing. Officials said the search would continue through the night throughout the choppy bay in the hope of finding survivors. The MH-65C helicopter crashed Tuesday evening near Point Clear. One crewmember was found unresponsive and later declared dead, the Coast Guard said. The crewmembers were outfitted with survival gear called "dry suits" for the water, which officials said was around 60 degrees Fahrenheit 1 dead, 3 missing in Coast Guard helicopter crash 17

President Obama on Monday urged the nation's governors to invest more state resources in education, saying a highly skilled workforce is crucial for the U.S. to remain competitive with other countries. Obama made his pitch at a White House meeting with governors in Washington as part of the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association. The president and first lady Michelle Obama hosted a black-tie dinner with the governors Sunday night. Obama said at Monday's session that he sympathized with governors whose state budgets have been badly squeezed during the economic downturn. But he said that was no reason to trim resources from schools. Obama urges governors to boost education funding 18

US sues Ala. over military, overseas ballots sent late The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the state of Alabama, alleging that the state failed to send absentee ballots to military and overseas voters in a timely manner. The lawsuit accuses the state of not complying with the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act based on delays in sending out absentee ballots for the March 13 primary. A 2009 amendment to the act requires states to send out the ballots no later than 45 days before federal elections. 19

Alabama Music Hall of Fame In Tuscumbia, Alabama U.S. Space & Rocket Center & Space Camp Huntsville, Alabama The Battle Newton Newton, Alabama Claybank Log Church Ozark, Alabama ALABAMA ATTRACTIONS 20

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