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Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Bloomberg tags Alabama Republicans for stimulus hypocrisy

Bloomberg tags Alabama Republicans for stimulus hypocrisy

Alabama Congressmen Jo Bonner and Robert Aderholt, in regards to the stimulus bill, both asked [...]

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Posted on February 17th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Witness in Bishop’s 1986 case comes forward

A witness who encountered Amy Bishop fleeing after shooting her brother in 1986 has come [...]

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Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Residents fight back against strip-mining

Birmingham News reporter Thomas Spencer had a great article in Sunday’s paper on the rise [...]

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Posted on January 4th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Birmingham News hires new publisher

The Birmingham News has announced that it has chosen Pam Siddall to be the paper’s [...]

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Posted on December 29th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Fall in love with Birmingham again

Beaty Coleman at Elle Decor has written a nice profile of our wonderful city. Sure, [...]

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Posted on December 29th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Artur Davis campaign fires off at Ron Sparks

After Ron Sparks announcement that he will not challenge Parker Griffith’s seat in Congress and [...]

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Posted on December 27th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Bobby Bright won’t follow Parker Griffith

Bobby Bright, a Democrat who represents Montgomery in Congress, won’t follow the lead of Huntsville [...]

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Posted on December 27th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Urban Meyer has a change of heart

On Saturday, Urban Meyer revealed that he was stepping down as coach of the Florida [...]

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Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Party Chairs Respond to Griffith’s Switch

Parker Griffith, a recently elected as a Democrat to be the U.S. Representative from Huntsville, [...]

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Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Bobby Bright on if he, too, will switch parties: it’s Christmas

After Parker Griffith switched parties, another recently elected U.S. Representative from a McCain-supporting district in [...]

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Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by Madison Underwood

State Parties’ Chairs Respond to Griffith’s Switch | Doc’s Political Parlor

Parker Griffith, a recently elected as a Democrat to be the U.S. Representative from Huntsville, [...]

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Posted on December 4th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Christ offers no comment.

Jesus Christ got jury duty. I can’t tell you anymore about this story, just click [...]

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Posted on November 24th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

The obligatory ‘Cooper Rap’ post (CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE)

Some Birmingham funny people have made a video rap encouraging folks to vote for Birmingham [...]

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Posted on November 24th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Mayoral Candidate Snow Arrested

ABC 33/40 reports that Birmingham mayoral candidate Jimmy Snow was arrested late Saturday night and [...]

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Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Ari Fleischer Tapped to Lead BCS PR Campaign?

This seems like a strange move–a former White House press secretary being paid to defend [...]

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Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by Madison Underwood

EPA Issues Rule to Reduce Construction Site Run-off

The Environmental Protection Agency is getting a bit stricter when it comes to run-off from [...]

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Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Birmingham climbs to No. 7 in crime rate ranking

Despite the good news — released last week by Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper — [...]

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Posted on November 8th, 2009 by Kyle Whitmire

Davis votes against health care reform

All Alabama’s representatives voted against health care reform Saturday. No surprises there, but why did [...]

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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

No Love (Stuff) for Alabama Supreme Court decision

Responding to the state Supreme Court ruling against Hoover’s Love Stuff, University of Chicago law [...]

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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

It could be worse, Atlanta edition

If you think Jefferson County’s water and sewer rates are high, be happy you’re not [...]

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War on Dumb

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

‘The city of perpetual promise.’ Does that mean incessant failure? Or rather, that Birmingham never gives up hope?

Upon Further Review

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Part two of the college football season recap.

Column

Ties that bind

Ties that bind

A four-in-hand is worth two in the bush

Film

Casualties of war

Casualties of war

“The reasons we go to war always matter,” says the soldier played by Matt Damon [...]

Small World Cartoons

The Paranoid Guide to the 2010 Census

The Paranoid Guide to the 2010 Census

Uncle Sam left something lurking in your mailbox. Dare you open it?

Suburban Legends

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The world is designed to piss me off