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3 essential personal finance New Year's resolutions

Submitted by MyFoxAL Web Staff on Thursday, December 29th, 9:00 am
3 essential personal finance New Year's resolutions

By Lewis Humphries | Content provided by Investopedia

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The darker side of flash mobs

Submitted by Vanessa Araiza
Thursday, December 29th, 2011, 8:18am

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC)-

You have seen the whimsical
side of flash mobs choreographed song and dance routines that people learn
online then spontaneously perform at a set time and place. But there's also a
dark side: flash mobs causing chaos and stores and shopping malls instantly
erupting with mayhem.

When someone posts something
online it can quickly spiral out of control. For people like Sonya Pearson, she
says social media is helping fuel the fire.

"It's even scarier than
a gang activity I think because you do have more, there are more contacts
available with social media so that they can draw more friends in or
whoever," said Pearson.

On Christmas Day, Shannon
Webster and his children felt that sense of unease at the Edge Movie Theater in
Crestwood.

"There were a lot of
kids at the movies. A big crowd and growing larger and it was more than I had
seen before," said Webster.

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Got an unwanted gift card? Sell it!

Submitted by MyFoxAL Web Staff on Thursday, December 29th, 12:27 am
Got an unwanted gift card? Sell it!
By Jennifer Bowen - email

(RNN) - Did you get a gift card to Bass Pro Shop from a well-meaning aunt and you're a member of PETA? Instead of re-gifting it, why not sell it?

Sites like Cardpool and Plastic Jungle pay consumers cash for their unwanted gift cards. Users receive a percentage of the card's value, usually anywhere from 70 to 96 percent, depending on the retailer.

For instance, Plastic Jungle will pay up to 87.15 percent for an Old Navy gift card and up to 96.6 percent for a Walmart or Target gift card.

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Human remains found in Walker County

Submitted by Melynda Sides, Digital Content Producer
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011, 6:06pm

WALKER COUNTY, AL (WBRC)-

The Walker County Sheriff's Office is conducting a death investigation after human remains were discovered on Kd-byrd Station Road near Dora.

Hunters found the remains in the woods sometime during the past weekend. Deputies with the Walker County Sheriff's Office say the body could possibly belong to someone who has been missing since February.

Investigators sent off teeth from the remains to be checked against dental records in an attempt to determine the identity of the body.

Copyright 2011 WBRC. All rights reserved.

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Places to recycle Christmas trees

Submitted by Melynda Sides, Digital Content Producer
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011, 1:30pm
Places to recycle Christmas trees

Looking for a place to recycle your old Christmas tree? Here's a list of several sites around Alabama that will either pick up or accept your old tree for recycling purposes.

Most of the following list was compiled by the Alabama Environmental Council.

Birmingham - Old Christmas trees are picked up curbside and are chipped by the city as part of their normal landscaping and yard debris removal service on regularly scheduled pickup days.

Homewood - From 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. on December 26 through January 7 natural, decoration free Christmas trees can be brought to the corner parking lot at Dale and Grace St. The trees will be recycled and the mulch will be used for paths at the Homewood City School’s Community Garden.
Decoration-free, natural trees can also be dropped off in the designated areas in the back rear parking lot of the Homewood Public Library.    

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Ways to recycle your Christmas tree at home

Submitted by Melynda Sides, Digital Content Producer
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011, 1:30pm
Ways to recycle your Christmas tree at home

It's a couple days after Christmas, and that live tree that once smelled fresh and looked so festive is starting to dry out and wilt. You've got a few options: drop it off to be recycled or have it picked up if your city offers that service [click here for a list of places to recycle old Christmas trees], or you can recycle it yourself at home.

The Alabama Environmental Council offers the following tips for ways to reuse your Christmas tree at home:

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Facebook page that reunited tornado victims with pictures shutting down

Submitted by MyFoxAL Web Staff on Tuesday, December 27th, 12:09 pm
Facebook page that reunited tornado victims with pictures shutting down

By Jennifer Bowen - email

LESTER, AL (RNN) - For eight months, Patty Bullion has made it her full time job to reunite victims of the April Southeastern tornado outbreak with their memories.

Her Facebook page "Pictures and Documents found after the April 27, 2011 Tornadoes" became a gathering place for people to post pictures they found in the aftermath in the storm, as well as for victims to reclaim photos ripped from their homes, sometimes thrown hundreds of miles away.

Now that many of the victims have moved on from that day, she says it's time for her to move on, too.

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