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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of northern Alabama east-northeast of Decatur. Settled in 1805, it is a major center for space research.

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  • noun a city in northern Alabama; center for space research

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  • HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Officials at the University of Alabama's Huntsville campus say three people have been killed and another injured in a campus shooting.

    Tennessean.com Top News 2010

  • HUNTSVILLE - Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby is sharply criticizing the Obama administration's proposed NASA budget, which would discontinue a major program at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.

    News for Opelika-Auburn News 2010

  • HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The 375th Engineer Company out of Huntsville will return home from a year's deployment in Iraq on Saturday.

    Jihad Monitor 2010

  • HUNTSVILLE - Amy Bishop kept quiet about a violent episode in her past around colleagues and students at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

    News for Opelika-Auburn News Opelika-Auburn News 2010

  • HUNTSVILLE - The University of Alabama in Huntsville has fired the professor accused of shooting six co-workers, killing three.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here Associated Press 2010

  • HUNTSVILLE (March 4, 2009) -- Convicted killer Kenneth Wayne Morris apologized before he was executed Wednesday evening in Huntsville for a 1991 slaying in Houston.

    KWTX - HomePage - Headlines 2009

  • HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle appeared this morning on Fox Business to talk about Huntsville's "bulletproof" economy.

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  • Dave Dieter/THE HUNTSVILLE TIMES David Allen, 16 of Huntsville warms up in the sanctuary Grace Lutheran Church before his audition with the Huntsville Youth Orchestra.

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  • HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Huntsville police's DUI task force begins its "Drunk Driving.

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  • The need for engineers in Huntsville is so bad that Calhoun college is giving scholarships to anyone that pursues and engineering degree.

    Jeff Hanley's Latest Update From the Denial Zone - NASA Watch 2009

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