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Barnes says he gives voters an alternative to Sen. Shelby
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A Pinson attorney brought his campaign for the U.S. Senate to his opponent’s hometown with a news conference Wednesday in front of the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse.
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September 2nd, 2010
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Sex offenders’ home rules to be re-evaluated
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After serving his prison sentence for rape, Jeffrey Seagle tried to find a place to live. But with no fixed address and no family or friends able to take him in, Alabama’s sex offender law kept him behind bars.
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August 30th, 2010
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Dining Dollars lawsuit comes years after controversy began
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Considering the brouhaha 14 years ago when the University of Alabama announced students would have to pay for campus-cooked food each semester, it may be surprising it took so long for anyone to challenge the school in court.
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August 30th, 2010
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Cuba adopts free-market laws
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Cuba has issued a pair of surprising free-market decrees, allowing foreign investors to lease government land for up to 99 years — potentially touching off a golf-course building boom — and loosening state controls on commerce to let islanders grow and sell their own fruit and vegetables.
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August 28th, 2010
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Former students sue UA over Dining Dollars
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Two former University of Alabama students have sued the university, contending that its mandatory food fee, called Dining Dollars, violates state law.
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August 24th, 2010
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Rural junk law has flaw: no policing
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The Tuscaloosa County Commission spent almost four years scrutinizing and debating an ordinance to regulate nuisances across the unincorporated area of the county.
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August 22nd, 2010
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Spence qualifies for DA ballot in Nov.
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Robert Spence, who withdrew at the last minute from the Democratic primary ballot for Tuscaloosa district attorney, has qualified as an independent candidate for the November general election.
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August 21st, 2010
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FBI tracked desegration suit against Bryant, Alabama
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The FBI, apparently with the approval of then-director J. Edgar Hoover, was secretly keeping an eye on a civil rights lawsuit filed by blacks against Paul "Bear" Bryant during the 1970s.
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August 19th, 2010
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City Council leaves laws on texting, pseudoephedrine up to the state
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The Tuscaloosa City Council will leave laws against texting while driving and requiring a prescription for pseudoephedrine up to the Alabama Legislature.
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August 18th, 2010
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Alabama GOP agenda includes Arizona immigration law
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Republican candidates for the Alabama Legislature have endorsed a set of goals that includes an Arizona-style immigration law and a law prohibiting the federal government from compelling any Alabamian to participate in a health care system.
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August 16th, 2010
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AG candidates ready to jump into bingo issue
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With the two candidates for governor saying they’ll disband the anti-gambling task force, the attorney general candidates’ legal and personal views about electronic bingo machines move to the front of Alabama’s political landscape.
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August 15th, 2010
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Tuscaloosa attorney competing in ‘She’s Got the Look’ on TV Land
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As a former Mrs. America, Tuscaloosa attorney Julie Love Templeton is used to smiling for the camera.
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August 15th, 2010
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Federal court reinstates Ala. sex offenders’ lawsuit
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August 13th, 2010
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Ala. AG sues BP, others over oil spill
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Alabama’s attorney general is suing BP and others over the Gulf oil spill because he says the oil company has broken too many promises about accepting responsibility for the disaster.
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August 13th, 2010
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County schools' metal detector policy may change
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The Tuscaloosa County Board of Education is considering a new policy that would allow law enforcement officers and trained county school system employees to operate metal detectors.
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August 12th, 2010
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Anti-government ‘sovereign citizens' numbers on the rise
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They call themselves sovereign citizens, U.S. residents who declare themselves above state and federal laws.
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August 12th, 2010
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New Orleans judge to handle most Gulf spill suits
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A federal judge in New Orleans has been picked to preside over more than 300 lawsuits filed against BP PLC and other companies in the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill.
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August 10th, 2010
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Poole, Allen make their cases
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Democratic incumbent Sen. Phil Poole and his Republican challenger in state Senate District 21, state Rep. Gerald Allen, went at it for more than an hour Monday night during a sometimes-contentious forum in which the two veteran lawmakers put forth two very different ration-ales for their candidacies.
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August 10th, 2010
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Va. nun’s death rallies anti-immigration forces
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In Arizona, the shooting death of a rancher blew the lid off simmering anger over border security and helped solidify support for a tough new immigration law.
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August 9th, 2010
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Kagan becomes one of 3 women on top court
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At least once a term for 13 years, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recalled, some lawyer arguing before the Supreme Court would mistake her for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, or vice versa.
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August 8th, 2010
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Delaware Jackson bought for $10M
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The Tuscaloosa Housing Authority has agreed to sell the Delaware Jackson Apartments, a vacant public housing complex near the University of Alabama, to an Ohio company for more than $10 million.
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August 6th, 2010
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Groups side with Daniel Moore
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Two media organizations on Monday asked to argue alongside sports artist Daniel Moore in the long-running lawsuit between the painter and the University of Alabama.
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August 3rd, 2010
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Flurry of appeals linked to DNA law
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Armand Joseph Jackson has been behind bars for the past 28 years. Tests on a pair of stockings could set him free.
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August 1st, 2010
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Suit claims bingo raids thwart black voters
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Local politicians in Greene and Macon counties have joined to file a federal lawsuit claiming that Gov. Bob Riley’s bingo raids are perpetuating racial injustice by thwarting the intent of black voters.
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August 1st, 2010
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Federal panel asked to consolidate oil spill suits
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A federal judicial panel wrestled with perceptions of bias and conflict among both judges and geography in figuring out where to consolidate more than 300 lawsuits filed against companies in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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July 29th, 2010
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