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Alabama stories: 51 news summaries

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 Ida Churns Toward Gulf Coast 

Oil companies shutting down rigs, evacuating workers

Nov 9, 09 2:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Hurricane Ida is surging toward the Gulf Coast, triggering emergency warnings in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida. Ida "threatens the safety and security" of citizens along the state's southeast coastline, said an emergency declaration by Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Forecasters are hoping Ida will lose force as it heads... More »

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Florida • New Orleans • Louisiana • storm • Alabama • Mississippi • hurricane • Gulf of Mexico • oil rig • Hurricane Ida

ANALYSIS

Supreme Court Likely to Uphold Alabama Sex Toy Ban

Justices unlikely to make a rights issues out of sex toys

Sep 16, 09 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Alabama statute criminalizing the sale of sex toys will probably be upheld as constitutional if it is challenged in the Supreme Court, Eugene Volokh writes at the Volokh Conspiracy. The statute—which was upheld by the state's Supreme Court Friday and bans the distribution of  "any device designed... More »

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Alabama • US Constitution • sex toys • libertarianism • Eugene Volokh

 Mississippi Still Porkiest, 
 but Alabama Closing In 

Obesity up in 23 states: report

Jul 1, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(AP) - Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. It's time for the nation's annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. Obesity rates among adults rose in 23 states over the past... More »

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obesity • baby boomer • obesity epidemic • Medicare • fat • Alabama • Mississippi • Colorado

NCAA: Alabama Must Vacate 10 Football Wins From '05-07

Team can keep scholarships, bowl win

Jun 11, 09 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The NCAA will require the University of Alabama to vacate at least 10 football victories from 2005-07 over rules violations that saw players arrange free textbooks for friends, the Birmingham News reports. The school will also be placed on 3 years’ probation, but the football program won’t lose any... More »

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NCAA • Alabama • University of Alabama • violations • college football • textbook • Nick Saban

(Newser) - In the post-Obama political landscape, a young congressman is attempting a feat perhaps more difficult than putting a black man in the White House, writes Robbie Brown in the New York Times. That would be putting a black man in the Alabama governor’s mansion. “Yes, it will... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • Alabama • Democratic Party • governor • President Obama • Election 2010 • Artur Davis • Peggy Wallace Kennedy

Alabama Rep. Says He Has List of Socialists

Vermont Sen. Sanders is one, as are 17 in House: GOP's Bachus

Apr 10, 09 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Alabama congressman says 17 of his colleagues, plus a senator, are socialists who are pushing President Obama too far leftward, the Birmingham News reports. “Some of the men and women I work with in Congress are socialists,” Republican Spencer Bachus declared yesterday—though he wouldn’t name... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • socialism • Alabama • Spencer Bachus

 Suicidal Alabama Dad 
 Kills 4 in Family 

Man kills two others in wife's family ahead of divorce trial

Apr 8, 09 2:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man shot dead his wife, teenage daughter, and two members of his wife's family before taking his own life in northern Alabama, AP reports. The man's body was found yesterday near his home, which had been burned to the ground. His divorce trial was due to start today and... More »

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divorce • murder • murder-suicide • Alabama • shooting • mass shootings • filicide

(Newser) - The sole supplier of condoms to Washington's overseas AIDS campaign is likely going out of business thanks to Asian competition, the Kansas City Star reports. The feds are close to signing contracts with companies in South Korea and China, which charge 2 cents per condom; Alabama-based Alatech charges five.... More »

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China • South Korea • Alabama • manufacturing • job cuts • HIV/AIDS • condoms • USAID

 'Bruno' Pranks 
 Alabama Army Base 

Sacha Baron Cohen strikes again

Mar 16, 09 7:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sacha Baron Cohen infiltrated an Alabama military base for a few hours in February as “Bruno”—a gay Austrian fashion journalist—before a savvy cadet spotted the ruse, the AP reports. The footage could appear in Cohen’s upcoming film, Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America For The Purpose ... More »

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film • Alabama • US Army • Borat • Sacha Baron Cohen • movies • Bruno • officer candidate school • Fort McClellan

 'Friendly' Alabama 
 Gunman Kept Hit List 

But he compiled a
hit list of people who had slighted him

Mar 11, 09 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael McLendon's story is beginning to emerge in the aftermath of his Alabama shooting spree. The 28-year-old "was just friendly with everyone, and kind of stayed to himself," a former classmate tells the LA Times. "That's why this is such a shock." The gun-obsessed McLendon, however,... More »

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UPDATED

 Ala. Shooter Trained to Be a Cop 


Mar 11, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(AP) - Authorities say the Alabama gunman who killed 10 people and himself in a rampage yesterday had once trained as a police officer. Michael McLendon, 28, briefly went through officer training in 2003, but didn't complete the requirements to join the force. Investigators still aren't sure what led McLendon to go... More »

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crime • murder • Alabama • shooting rampage • gunman • shooting • mass shootings • guns • Michael McLendon

 10 Dead in Alabama Shootings 

Rampaging gunman kills 9 before turning the gun on himself

Mar 10, 09 10:05 PM CDT
(AP) - A gunman went on a shooting spree in two neighboring south Alabama towns today, killing nine people before he shot himself, authorities said. Police are investigating at least four separate shootings in the towns of Samson and Geneva, all believed to have been done by the same man, whose name... More »

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(AP) - A powerful March snowstorm blanketed much of generally balmy Alabama and then marched across Georgia today, forcing some flight cancellations in Atlanta as America's East Coast braced for a potential pummeling, the AP reports. The storm headed northeast and threatened to drop up to a foot of snow in the... More »

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Sen. Shelby Questioned Obama Citizenship: Paper

Senator slams quote as 'distortion'

Feb 23, 09 4:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Sen. Richard Shelby may be a “birther”—one who questions whether Barack Obama is in fact a natural-born American and therefore eligible to be president, Salon reports. When asked about Obama citizenship rumors, the Alabama Republican replied: “His father was Kenyan and they said he was born... More »

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Alabama • Richard Shelby • President • senator • President Obama • birth certificate • birther

On the 7th Day, States Look to Down Blue Laws

Economy tanked, some seek shot of revenue in Sunday booze sales

Feb 22, 09 3:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Recession blues could swallow blue laws, Time reports. State legislatures in Georgia, Connecticut, Texas, Alabama, and Minnesota hope lifting a ban on Sunday alcohol sales will boost revenues. But Christian activists oppose the move, saying cash-strapped families are already feeling pressure. “I don't think we need to add even... More »

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Texas • alcohol • Georgia • Connecticut • Alabama • Minnesota • liquor • Blue laws

Obama Ally Launches Bid for Ala. State House

Davis would be state's first black governor

Feb 6, 09 4:08 PM CST
(Newser) - US Rep. Artur Davis, a close ally of President Obama's, launched his long-rumored campaign for governor of Alabama today, the Birmingham News reports. "I believe the poet was wrong when he said that the past is the light that will guide our feet," said Davis, who would be... More »

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Barack Obama • Alabama • Birmingham • President Obama • Artur Davis

Mississippi Most Religious State, Vermont the Least

Bible belt has most religious states, New England some of least

Jan 31, 09 8:20 AM CST
(Newser) - If you’re looking for religion, head to Mississippi; if you want to avoid it, choose Vermont, a new Gallup survey suggests. Mississippi is ranked as America’s most religious state, with 85% saying religion is “an important part of daily life.” At the other end of the... More »

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New Hampshire • South Carolina • religion • Vermont • Alabama • Maine • Mississippi • survey • nonbelievers

Pols Sending TARP Funds
to Home State Banks

Frank, others pull strings for bailout funds

Jan 22, 09 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Only healthy banks are supposed to get TARP funds, and OneUnited Bank in Boston is not a healthy bank. So why did it wind up pocketing a $12 million infusion from the Treasury? Because powerful Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank interceded for it, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bankers, regulators,... More »

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Henry Paulson • Massachusetts • bank • Alabama • Barney Frank • bailout • Troubled Asset Relief Program • financial crisis • TARP

(Newser) - A small, mostly black county in Alabama that delivered Barack Obama 70% of the vote has declared the second Monday of November “Barack Obama Day,” the AP reports. The state itself went convincingly for John McCain, but Perry County wanted to make a point about opportunity and the... More »

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Barack Obama • Alabama • holiday • county government • President Obama • Perry County • Barack Obama Day

Proof Mounts of Impropriety by Feds in Siegelman Case

US Attorney continued to guide case after recusing herself over GOP ties

Nov 14, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - New court documents call further into question the actions of Justice Department officials in their prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman on corruption charges, Time reports. With the Democrat’s appeal scheduled for next month, the House Judiciary Committee disclosed violations by the Bush-appointed US Attorney, Leura Canary, who... More »

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Department of Justice • US attorney • US attorneys scandal • corruption • Don Siegelman • Alabama • John Conyers • Michael Mukasey • bias • Leura Canary

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