Tuscaloosa

We recently reported some good news on this topic of grocery prices. Thank God, Alabama, happens to be home to two of the "most affordable grocery stores in America". Well, now it's time for the other side of the coin. We could all use some more coins and these are the stores that will take lots of your coins!

This bed bug thing is a big deal. It is now a worldwide problem. The story linked above claims a "global resurgence" of bed bugs. That does not sound good at all.

The theory was that those big stores were insured and it didn't really matter if they got hit for a couple of million in stolen goods. Flash forward to today and this is not how most companies seem to look at theft. They lose way too much money to ignore it any longer.

The study results come from 247wallst.com and they have a method to their madness. The results are mostly based on binge drinking. Binge drinking is a pretty big problem. According to the CDC, one in six Americans indulges in binge drinking.

Now, it is all but a done deal. NCAA Football 14 was the last college football video game that featured Alabama and the other major SEC schools. The reports this week confirmed that the Alabama Crimson Tide is one of the schools that will be featured in the upcoming EA Sports college football title.

The petition has a goal of 1,000 signatures and at the time of writing this article, it has 861 signatures.

Investigators refer to it as "sextortion" and it involves a predator luring a minor to create and then send sexually explicit images or a video. After this the adult predator threatens the child and claims they will release the material unless the child continues producing videos and images, reported WIAT-TV. The FBI says they have seen a huge increase in the number of these cases, according to FBI.gov.

This candy is sold all over Alabama in grocery stores and other retailers. Now, health warnings are being issued about this popular candy. The warning comes from Consumer Reports and highlights certain types of this candy.

I have never worried about the basics in life, as much as I do at this point. Medication. All medications should be easy to find when we need them. I've never seen SO MANY drug shortages in Alabama or America in my lifetime.

We all love extra butter, bacon and beer. Most of us in the south love those things. According to the experts, the meal that has been named the MOST UNHEALTHY meal is served in multiple Alabama locations. When we say unhealthy, we mean unhealthy.