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Divergence, of Course

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Alabama, California, Bankruptcy, Federal Budget Deficit, Wall Street, Main Street, Fannie Mae, Foreclosure, Household Debt, Business News
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.

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Readers' Photos of Fall Leaves

Huffington Post | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Leaves, Best-Fall-Foliage-Pics, Autumn, Fall, Green Living, Fall Foilage, Colorado, New York, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Ohio, Utah, Maine, Montreal, Alabama, Nature, Illinois, New Jersey, Michigan, South Dakota, Green News

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...

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marx, International Workers of the World, Mitch McConnell, Mcconnell, The Spirit of Lenin, John Boehner, Leninism, Wells, Teacher, Statue, Republican, History, Pelosi, Barbara Bindley, American History, Socialist, Lies My Teacher Taught Me, Nancy Pelosi, Russia, Syndicalist, Handicap, Reid, Radical, Red, Leaders, How I Became a Socialist, Socialism, Alabama, marxists.org, James W Loewen, Childhood, Lenin, Soviet Union, State Quarter, HG Wells, Chris Weigant, Revolutionary, Marxism, Harry Reid, Plutocrat, Why I Became an IWW, Republicans, Boehner, Aclu, Capitol, Brooklyn Eagle, Syndicalism, Rotunda, Loewen, Bindley, Iww, Wobblies, Wobbly, Politics News
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.

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

The Associated Press | Posted 10.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Albertville Alabama, Alabama, Teen in Box, Parenting, Car, Crime, Jackie Denise Knott, Albertville, Van, Home News

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...

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

AP | PHILLIP RAWLS | Posted 10.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Alabama, Judge Herman Thomas, Herman Thomas, Home News

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

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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

Read More: Tammy Renee Silas, Kidnapped Baby Found, Nashville, Crime, Alabama, Tennessee, Fake Immigration Officer, Immigration, Maria Gurrolla, Yair Anthony Carillo, Ice, Home News

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...

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

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 09.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Albert Miller, Flooding, Chattanooga Flooding, Alabama, Kentucky, Thunderstorms, Atlanta Flooding, Nashville, Tropical Storm, Sylvester Kitchens, Georgia, South Carolina, Forecast, Tennessee, Tropical System, Chattanooga, Douglas County, Rain, National Weather Service, North Carolina, Gwinnett, Lawrenceville, Metro Atlanta, Atlanta News, Schools, Home News

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...

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Emerging GOP Theme: Nullification

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Gop, Bill of Rights, The People, Eighteenth Century, State, Wickard v Filburn, Secession, James Madison, Secede, Democratic, Scotus, Civil War, Perry, Governor, President, John C Calhoun, Republican, Jefferson, Pawlenty, Gonzales v Raich, New Yorker, Federal Government, Bonkers in Georgia, Union, Nullification Crisis, Rick Perry, Virginia Resolution, Kentucky Resolutions, States, State Sovereignty, Hertzberg, Alabama, States Rights, Democrat, Congress, Thomas Jefferson, Texas, 10th Amendment, Democrats, Minnesota, Hendrik Hertzberg, John Calhoun, Tenth Amendment, Nullification, Constitution, Chris Weigant, Madison, South Carolina, Georgia, Tim Pawlenty, Court, Calhoun, Politics News
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.

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The Old Packard Plant: From the Detroit Stories

Lester Sloan | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Marilyn Monroe, Studebaker-Packard, New Jersey, Gilbert Smith, Avanti, Automobile Industry, Alabama, Tennessee, Purple Gang, Tommy Bridges, The South, Packard Motor Company, African Americans, Detroit, UAW., Living News
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.

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Environmental, Racial Clash In Alabama Over Tennessee Coal Ash

nytimes.com | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Coal Ash, Alabama, Tennessee, Epa, Green News

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...

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

Pam Bristow | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Driving, Alabama, Vintage Shopping, Kids, Tennessee, 127 Sale, Ohio, Yard Sales, Kentucky, Travel, Road Trip, Family Vacations, Antiques, Vacations, Living News
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.

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

Brad Friedman | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alabama, Don Siegelman Case, Doj, Don Siegelman, Fbi, Department of Justice, Justice Department, Eric Holder, Politics News
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.

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Think Again: Why Not the Best?

Eric Alterman | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alabama, Louisiana, Mitch McConnell, Bobby Jindal, Richard Shelby, Media, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Healthcare, Politics News
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.

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Road Trip: Searching for Levels of BBQ Greatness

Mary Ann West | Posted 07.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Southern Barbeque Boys, Scott's, College Credit, Washington DC, Georgia, Jeff Vaughan, Will Foster, National BBQ Championship, Barack Obama, Alabama, Art Richey, Tennessee, South Carolina, Matt Lee, Sauce, North Carolina, Barbecue, Style News
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.

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Senator Sessions, Judge Sotomayor, And Racism

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Latina, Sessions, Kkk, Ronald Reagan, David Gregory, Jeff Sessions, Boy, Scotus, Better, Republican, Reagan, Marion Three, Ku Klux Klan, Latino, Sexism, Gross Insensitivity, Racism, Sotomayor, Confirmation, Naacp, Communist, Reverse Racism, Judiciary Committee, Tancredo, Charles Pickering, Racist, Voting Rights, Alabama, Pickering, Tom Tancredo, Un-American, Meet the Press, Chris Weigant, Sonia Sotomayor, Republicans, Nominee, Aclu, Senate, Politics News
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...

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

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 06.21.2009 | Style

Read More: Memorial Day, Barbecue Sauce, Barbecue, Rendezvous Rub, Ribs, Cooper's, Texas Mop Sauce, Piedmont, North Carolina, Hot Sauce, Kansas City, Brisket, Dry Rub, Alabama, Louisiana, Jack Daniels, Lexington Dip, Bbq, Memphis, South Carolina, Low Country, Pork, Pulled Pork, Big Bob Gibson's, Barbeque, Memorial Day Weekend, Style News
Craig

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.

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The Republican Party's Death Wish

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Liberal Party, Ronald Reagan, Economy, George W. Bush, Kentucky Jim Bunning, Democratic Party, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gary Bauer, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Charlie Crist, Economic Stimulus Package, Rnc, Unemployment, Mike Huckabee, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Labour Party, US Chamber of Commerce, Mississippi, Republican Party, Great Depression, Arlen Specter, Michael Steele, Abortion, John McCain, Karl Rove, Florida, Appalachia, Rush Limbaugh, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Texas, Congress, Pennsylvania, Whig Party, Civil Unions, Barack Obama, Deep South, Religion, Independents, Jon Huntsman, Race Issues, Great Britain, Marxism, Tom Delay, South Carolina, Watergate, Utah, Gay Issues, Politics News
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.

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

Paul Helmke | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Cpac, Alabama, CPAC Conference, Assault Weapons, Gun Control, Nra, Guns, Assault Rifles, Wayne LaPierre, Politics News
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.

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"Great Sex" Sermons Cause Controversy In Alabama

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 04.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Jerry Lawson, Religion, Alabama, Jerry Lawson Sex Sermons, Sex Sermons, Great Sex Sermons, Sex Sermons Alabama, Style News

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...

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Ala. gunman left list of those who wronged him

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

Read More: Alabama News, Alabama Shooting, Alabama, Samson Alabama Shooting Spree, Alabama Newspapers, Alabama Shootings Kill 10, Samson Alabama Shooting, Samson Alabama Shootings, Samson Alabama, Alabama Shooting Spree, Samson Alabama News, Home News

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...

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Charles Barkley's Time for Rebirth

George Alexander | Posted 04.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Alabama, Governor-of-Alabama-Race, Dui, Jail Time, Charles Barkley, Artur Davis, Nba, Sports, Basketball, Entertainment News
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.

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Disappointed by Yesterday's Appeals Court Ruling

Don Siegelman | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Alabama, Don Siegelman, Resentencing, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Politics News
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.

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Local TV News Obsessed With Candy Epidemic (VIDEO)

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 04.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Birmingham, Candy, Craque, Alabama, Silly, Satire, Local News, Food, Comedy, Funny Videos, Wtf, Craque Candy, Comedy News
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.

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Rare snow blankets South as East braces for storm

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 04.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Winter Snow Storm, Alabama, Snow Storm, Crazy Weather, Extreme Weather, Snowstorm, Home News

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

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Bobby Jindal Is a Phony as Well as a Lousy Speaker

Sandy Goodman | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Employment Law Project, President Obama, Louisiana, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rush Limbaugh, Republican Response, Andrew Sullivan, Bobby Jindal, Alabama, Unemployed Workers, Christine Owens, Meet the Press, Stimulus Law, Times Picayune, David Brooks, South Carolina, Unemployment Benefits, Sen. Mary Landrieu, Mississippi, State Law, Sunset Provision, Politics News
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.

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