Alabama

Divergence, of Course

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business


Max Fraad Wolff

Despite the excitement over the stock markets, credit markets remain ground zero. They are where defaults destroy fortunes but they are also crucial to US industrial growth.

Readers' Photos of Fall Leaves

Huffington Post | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green


Following our slide show of the best places to go for autumn leaves, readers sent in their favorite photos of fall foliage. From Michigan to New Hamp...

Republican Leaders Join In Honoring New Rotunda Statue Of Radical Socialist Woman

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

A woman whose name we all know was a proud Red, a committed Socialist, and an unapologetic Wobbly. And now she's not only buried in the National Cathedral, she's got her own statue in the Capitol.

Jackie Denise Knott: Cops Say Mom Let Teen Ride In Cardboard Box On Top Of Van

The Associated Press | Posted 10.05.2009 | Home


ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (AP)-- An Alabama woman has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police say she let her daughter ride in a car...

Herman Thomas, Ex-Ala. Judge, Accused Of Trading Sex For Leniency

AP | PHILLIP RAWLS | Posted 10.05.2009 | Home


MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Herman Thomas had an enviable political record as a black Democrat elected and re-elected in a county overwhelmingly white an...

Kidnapped Baby Found: State Reunites Mother And Child, Then Takes Custody Of Kids

The Associated Press | LUCAS L. JOHNSON II | Posted 10.04.2009 | Home


NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)- A mother whose newborn was kidnapped by a knife-wielding woman posing as an immigration agent was briefly reunited with her bab...

Atlanta Flooding: 3 Killed, 5 Missing As Storms Drench Southeast

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home


ATLANTA — Surging floodwaters ripped apart a west Georgia trailer home, drowning a 2-year-old boy swept from his father's arms. In Atlanta, stra...

Emerging GOP Theme: Nullification

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The code words change over time (from "nullification" to "states' rights" to Pawlenty's "state sovereignty"), but the idea is the same -- we retain the right to ignore any laws we don't feel like following.

The Old Packard Plant: From the Detroit Stories

Lester Sloan | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living


Lester Sloan

While the old Packard is an image of urban decay, it has nothing to do with the demise of the auto industry as we know it today.

Environmental, Racial Clash In Alabama Over Tennessee Coal Ash

nytimes.com | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green


Almost every day, a train pulls into a rail yard in rural Alabama, hauling 8,500 tons of a disaster that occurred 350 miles away to a final resting pl...

The Dixie Cop: 600 Miles of Yard Sales with my Six Year Old

Pam Bristow | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living


Pam Bristow

We realized that a simple drive across a simple place, rummaging through junk with someone you love is just as good (if not better) than a week at any of the five star resorts.

New Evidence Reveals Feds 'Coached, Cajoled, Threatened' Star Witness in Siegelman Case

Brad Friedman | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


Brad Friedman

How it's even possible that former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman's bribery case and conviction has not long ago been dropped by the Dept. of Justice is beyond us.

Think Again: Why Not the Best?

Eric Alterman | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics


Eric Alterman

The position of many health reform opponents in Congress is that America has "the finest health care in the world now." I decided to look at just how well we are doing health care wise.

Road Trip: Searching for Levels of BBQ Greatness

Mary Ann West | Posted 07.26.2009 | Style


Mary Ann West

With the 4-1-4 college calendar, most students envision an interim semester in Europe or other exotic locations. But in a free-falling economy, four arts students chose to chase the perfect BBQ.

Senator Sessions, Judge Sotomayor, And Racism

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

In all the hoopla over Judge Sonia Sotomayor being nominated to the Supreme Court, there is one interesting side story that the media is largely ignor...

Make Your Own Signature BBQ Sauce: A Taxonomy of America's Regional BBQ Sauces

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 06.21.2009 | Style


Barbecue has evolved along disparate paths around the nation, led down these trails by the racial and ethnic immigrants who settled there. Indeed, barbecue sauce is a cultural phenomenon.

The Republican Party's Death Wish

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

We have yet to hear a single realistic scenario from a top Republican that would outline how and when the country could move forward from its current meltdown.

The NRA's "Bully" Pulpit, and Alabama's Gun Tragedy

Paul Helmke | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics


Paul Helmke

Even by the standards of the Conservative Political Action Committee event where he recently spoke, the NRA's Wayne LaPierre was over the top.

"Great Sex" Sermons Cause Controversy In Alabama

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 04.11.2009 | Style


GOOD HOPE, Ala. — It's one thing for a church in a big city like Dallas or Atlanta to tackle the ticklish topic of sex. It blends in with the ur...

Ala. gunman left list of those who wronged him

AP | JESSICA GRESKO and DESIREE HUNTER | Posted 04.10.2009 | Home


SAMSON, Ala. — The gunman who killed 10 people and committed suicide in a rampage across the Alabama countryside had struggled to keep a job and...

Charles Barkley's Time for Rebirth

George Alexander | Posted 04.09.2009 | Entertainment


George Alexander

This weekend, for the first time, I saw Charles exude the characteristics of a man, who with careful and continued personal development, introspection and maturity, might emerge as a role model.

Disappointed by Yesterday's Appeals Court Ruling

Don Siegelman | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics


Don Siegelman

While the court threw out two counts of my politically-motivated prosecution and conviction, it upheld several others and have sent the case back to the district court for re-sentencing.

Local TV News Obsessed With Candy Epidemic (VIDEO)

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 04.05.2009 | Comedy


Baratunde Thurston

The CBS affiliate in Birmingham, AL was not amused by a product I can vouch for as amazingly tasty: craque. It's a candy that is named for its addictive quality and packaged to look like its namesake.

Rare snow blankets South as East braces for storm

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 04.01.2009 | Home


BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A potent March snowstorm blanketed much of the Southeast with snow Sunday before barreling toward the Northeast, where offici...

Bobby Jindal Is a Phony as Well as a Lousy Speaker

Sandy Goodman | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics


Sandy Goodman

Jindal would rather cheat the poorest unemployed workers in his state of an extra few dollars than cause its businessmen, his bigtime buddies, to pay a little extra in unemployment taxes.