Mercedes plans to start building a fifth model, the ML Coupe, at its Vance plant next year, and the company's five-year expansion plan for the facility will total $2.4 billion by 2015. A career fair for Mercedes suppliers will be this Saturday at the Tuscaloosa Career and Technology Academy from 9am until noon.

Health officials in Mobile say the number of cases of whooping cough continues to climb. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is very contagious, and so far, 63 cases have been confirmed by the Mobile County Health Department.

43-year-old James Robson is recovering after being bitten by a shark during a fishing trip off Dauphin Island Saturday.

Tomorrow, President Obama will meet with congressional leaders to discuss plans to combat the Islamic State group, which has beheaded two American journalists.

Oprah Winfrey has completed her first stop in her "Oprah's The Life You Want Weekend" tour, with opener in Atlanta. The final tour date is November 15 in San Jose, California.

7-year-old Decorrin Johnson of Greensboro died after being caught in crossfire following an argument over a girl  in which gunshots were fired. Shooting suspects JaPaul Williams and Lavares Jackson were being held in the Hale County Jail yesterday with no bond. Both face capital murder and attempted murder charges.

Data from Alabama state troopers shows that many people who have died in traffic fatalities this year weren't wearing seat belts. Of the 323 fatalities, seat belts were available to 262, but only 86 wore them.

Healthy volunteers are rolling up their sleeves at the National Institutes of Health for the first human safety study of an Ebola vaccine. In monkeys, the vaccine has shown it can trigger fast protection, but it was also important to give a booster shot.

Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting another baby. The new baby will become fourth in line to the throne, pushing Prince Harry to fifth.

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