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    An inmate is on the loose in Etowah County.  The Sheriff's department says an inmate kitchen worker escaped the Etowah County Detention Center (ECDC) Friday morning.  Justin Wade Hopkins, 30, escaped from
    The Etowah County Sheriff's Office says an inmate kitchen worker escaped the Etowah County Detention Center Friday morning. 

A lot of college football fans have been screaming for a playoff system since the BCS was created 14 years ago. Those fans are about to get their wish. A committee of university presidents has approved the BCS Commissioners' plan. For a four-team playoff to start in the 2014 season. The teams will be selected by a committee, similar to the way the NCAA basketball tournament field is set.

Instead of simply matching the number one and two teams in the country in a Championship game after the regular season, the new format will create a pair of national semifinals. Number one will play number four. And number two will play number three. The winners will advance the national championship game.

She wrote and directed such favorites as "Julie & Julia" and "Sleepless in Seattle." Essayist, author and filmmaker Nora Ephron has died at age 71. Ephron's family says she died Tuesday night at a Manhattan hospital of leukemia. She was considered by many as one of the most influential women in Hollywood.