BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC)- You may not think you need to throw away spices from your pantry, but if you've had them more than four years, toss them!

According to AARP.com, these are six items that should be thrown away today.

1. Take a good look at those plastic containers that are piled up on your shelves. If they have recycle codes 3 or 7 on them they may contain BPA, a hormone-disrupting chemical that leaches into food.

2. Purge your medicine cabinet of expired or unused medications. Do not flush them down the toilet or put them in the trash. Take them to official collection sites. Check the smarxtdisposal website for disposal ideas.

3. How long have you had that makeup? Bacteria that may cause infection can start to grow. You should only keep mascara for two to three months, lip gloss six months. Replace foundation after six months to a year.

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC)- Today we got our first-ever comprehensive look at what hospitals around the country charge for different procedures, and the newly-released data shows some big gaps in what different hospitals in our area charge for the same procedure.

Hospitals protect this cost information like KFC protects its recipe, but as part of the healthcare overhaul, the government today released thousands of pages of documents showing what hospitals charge Medicare and Medicaid for different procedures.

Before we show you the data, there are a couple of important things to remember.

These costs are what the hospitals charge the government, not what they charge healthcare insurance companies who often negotiate deep discounts as part of their contracts.

And as you'll see, there is a big difference between what a hospital charges and what the government ends up actually paying.

TALLADEGA, AL (WBRC)- A 27-year-old man from Georgia has been reported missing after being last seen at the Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday night.

The Talladega County Sheriff's Office says Nicholas Bower, from Villa Rica, GA, was camping with friends during the race weekend. He was last seen sitting in a lawn chair near his camp site in the South Park area around 11 p.m. May 4.

Bower is described as a white male, 6'4" and 185 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the word "Fastenal" on the front and a black "Fastenal" hat with a mesh back. He works for the company "Fastenal" in Atlanta, GA. Officials say Bower could have also been wearing a gray North Face jacket.

Anyone with information about his location is asked to call the Talladega County Sheriff's Office at 256-362-6117.

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