Birmingham Magicians News

 
Leaky defence has cost Wolves, admits Terry Connor
The Birmingham Post
by Bill Howell, Birmingham Post 'MM stands for Mick McCarthy and not Merlin the Magician', as a former manager once said. Now it's Terry Connor's turn to admit that if he had a 'magic wand' plenty of Wolverhampton Wanderers' problems would have been ...

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al.com (blog)
Voila! Alabama charter schools legislation is prestidigitation
al.com (blog)
By John Archibald -- The Birmingham News Because I was -- this will no doubt come as a stunner to some -- trained as a "stooge." Semi-trained, anyway. It was 30 years ago, and I worked at a circus-themed amusement park in Florida. For a couple of days, ...

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The Birmingham News - al.com
Gregg Allman speaks his mind in rugged memoir, 'My Cross to Bear' (video)
The Birmingham News - al.com
By Mary Colurso -- The Birmingham News Gregg Allman planned a book tour in May, but the events were canceled. According to Allman's publicist, the singer will undergo diagnostic cardiac testing stemming from a hernia operation.

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Birmingham Mail's role in creating Spaghetti Junction legend
Birmingham Mail
by Neil Elkes, Birmingham Mail LOVE it or hate it, it's a Birmingham institution that has helped define the city's image across the world. Spaghetti Junction is 40 next week – but its famous name would never have existed but for the Mail.

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All power to the civil servants?
Ekklesia
By Graeme Smith Birmingham was recently one of eight cities that voted “No” to the idea of a directly elected city mayor. As a resident of the city I am greatly relieved. We shall be spared the 'Ken and Boris' show, or worse, some pale imitation of ...


 
Kentuck visionary Georgine Clarke dies at age 71
Tuscaloosa News
By Mark Hughes Cobb Georgine Clarke, Kentuck's magician, its visionary, its mother, died Wednesday night in Montgomery after a long illness. She was 71. Where others saw a simple downtown Northport street fair, celebrating the city's centennial in 1971 ...

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Canada.com (blog)
New Westminster cancer fundraiser to be magical
Canada.com (blog)
Jukes, a professional juggler and performer, and the BC Ride to Conquer Cancer are presenting their second annual Va”RIDE”ity show featuring two-time world champion of magic Shawn Farqhuar, comedy magicians Trevor Watters and Lorena (who will soon be ...

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