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Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended from office for remainder of term
Alabama’s top judge was suspended from the bench and removed from office without pay for the remainder of his term, the state’s Court of the Judiciary ruled Friday. This is the second time Roy S. Moore, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, has been effectively removed from office, following his ouster in 2003 over his refusal to obey judicial rulings ordering him to remove a Ten Commandments statue from the Alabama Judicial Building.
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Dangerous New Natural Gas Pipeline Will Span Most Of Florida, Georgia And Alabama
The US Army Corps of Engineers finalized permits earlier this month for a $3.2 billion natural gas pipeline that will span 516 miles, crossing through the majority of Florida as well as large swaths of Georgia and Alabama. The pipeline project is owned by the Sabal Trail partnership, composed of Houston-based Spectra Energy, North Carolina’s […]
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Alabama pipeline leak: What we know so far about the spill, gas shortages and more
On the morning of Sept. 9, an inspector with the Alabama Surface Mining Commission was performing a routine monthly check of an old coal mine in Shelby County when he noticed "a strong odor of gasoline" as well as a sheen on the surface of one of the retention ponds. The gasoline he was smelling came from Colonial Pipeline's Line 1, an underground pipeline three feet in diameter that normally pushes 1.3 million barrels of gasoline per day from refineries in Houston to distribution centers across the Southeast and along the eastern seaboard.
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Gas prices expected to jump again Sunday
Gas prices are expected to jump again Monday morning as more stations across the metro area experience spotty outages caused by a broken pipeline in Alabama. That pipeline is one of two major pipelines that sends gas from Texas to New York, supplying much of north Georgia. A leak earlier this week led to a complete shutdown, causing a major disruption of fuel shipments.
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Disunion: Commander Preble’s Very Bad Day
Imagine it’s the summer of 1862, and you have just one job: guarding a few miles of the Gulf Coast to keep enemy ships from crossing the Union naval blockade.
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Discussion on the Battle of Mobile Bay
John Quarstein talked about the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, and the roles played by Union Rear Admiral David Farragut and the Confederate Admiral Franklin Buchanan. The fighting resulted in a Union victory and closed one of the Confederacy’s last major ports. The victory, coupled with the fall of Atlanta to Union General William Tecumseh Sherman in early September, gave a boost to President Abraham Lincoln’s bid for re-election just a couple of months later.
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Christian Woman Must be Allowed to Wear Religious Headscarf for Driver License Photo, ACLU Lawsuit Says
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Alabama filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of a Christian woman who was forced by Lee County officials to remove her headscarf, worn for religious reasons, in order to have her photo taken for a driver license. Tuskegee resident Yvonne Allen wears a headscarf because she believes her Christian faith requires her to cover her hair at all times in public.
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Police: Estranged boyfriend in Ala. kills 5, including pregnant woman
27-year-old Derrick Dearman of Mississippi has been charged with the brutal murder of five people early Saturday in Alabama Time. Police in southwestern Alabama said Sunday a 27-year-old man who confessed to killing five people early Saturday, including a pregnant woman, will be charged with six counts of capital murder. Authorities said the suspect, Derrick Dearman, used “multiple weapons” in the killings. He was in custody in Mississippi after kidnapping his girlfriend and a 3-month-old infant. The pair were later released unharmed.
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Authorities: 6 dead in plane crash in Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Six people died when a small aircraft flying from central Florida to Oxford, Mississippi, developed engine problems and crashed Sunday morning while trying to land in Alabama, authorities said.…
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Charges Dropped for Alabama Cop Who Partially Paralyzed Grandfather
Following a motion filed Thursday by Alabama's attorney general, a judge dismissed state misdemeanor assault charges against a Madison police officer who allegedly slammed an Indian man to the ground last February during a suspicious-person stop. Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange's request came after two federal juries failed to reach verdicts in the civil rights case against Eric Parker, the officer accused of taking down 58-year-old Sureshbhai Patel...
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Alabama 'personhood' bill dies without vote: Legislation would have ended abortion in state
An Alabama "personhood" bill which would have effectively banned abortion in the state failed to make it to a vote Thursday in the House of Representatives. After House Democrats mounted a filibuster, the House adjourned before getting to Republican Rep. Ed Henry's proposed constitutional amendment. With only five meeting days left in the legislative session, it's unlikely the bill will come to the floor again. "There's no time," Henry said. "It's essentially dead."
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Alabama teachers may soon receive training on not having sex with students
A bill approved by an Alabama Senate committee would require teachers to receive an hour of training a year on sexual relations and other inappropriate relations with students. The Education Policy Committee approved the bill by Sen. Cam Ward, R-Alabaster, the Decatur Daily reported. The Educator-Student Interaction Training Act would require training on sexual or romantic contact, social media interactions, interactions outside the classroom and the use of corporal...
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Rare Birds Getting $1.4 Million in BP Oil Spill Money to Help Audubon Protect Coastal Populations
The Birmingham and Mobile Bay chapters of the Audubon Society have been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the BP oil spill settlement to better monitor and protect shorebirds along the Alabama coast.
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How British businesses helped the Confederacy fight the American Civil War
The American Civil War devastated the US, but it also had serious consequences for the world beyond. Among them was the Lancashire cotton famine, which plunged thousands of British subjects into poverty. But the war also provided great opportunities to others outside the US who were willing to exploit them.
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Alabama Lawmaker Wants Sex Offenders To Pay For Their Own Castration
An Alabama lawmaker known for parading around on a giant gun-shaped barbecue grill has once again taken up his pet project: the surgical castration of sex offenders. “This bill would provide that any person over the age of 21 years who is convicted of certain sex offenses against a child 12 years of age or younger would be surgically castrated before his or her release from the custody of the Department of Corrections,” HB 365 reads.
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Alabama passes law banning cities and towns from increasing minimum wage
Alabama’s governor and legislature Thursday blocked Birmingham’s attempts to raise the city’s minimum wage as they swiftly approved legislation to strip cities of their ability to set hourly pay requirements. The Alabama senate passed the legislation on a 23-11 vote that largely broke along party lines. Governor Robert Bentley signed the bill into law about an hour later. The legislation voids a Birmingham city ordinance attempting to...
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Tornadoes Slam Alabama, Mississippi, But No Deaths Reported
Another round of severe weather hit the South, where at least nine tornadoes have been reported.
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Huge, Violent Tornado in McMullen, Alabama
Mike Scantlin, Marcus Diaz and Connor McCrorey came less than a quarter mile away from this massive tornado in western Alabama,2/2/2016.
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Alabama sues federal government over Syrian refugees
Alabama officials sued the U.S. government on Thursday to force the Obama administration to provide more information on the settlement of refugees from Syria and other countries in the state. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. district court in Birmingham, accused the Obama administration of failing to consult state officials about any refugees to be settled in the state, in violation of the federal Refugee Act of 1980.
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Alabama version of ‘Skull and Bones’ publicly exposed
The fabled Skull and Bones society is the stuff of lore at Yale University. Harvard University has Final Clubs, known as a grooming place for the rich and powerful. In Tuscaloosa, a group called "The Machine" may not rise to Ivy League heights of prestige or mystique. But it's a powerful force at the University of Alabama... By Jay Reeves.
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