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Race-based controversy revisits Vincent, Alabama, and the town of about 2,000...
A public forum in Vincent, Alabama (CNN) The small town of Vincent, Alabama, has made national news by disbanding its police department after an officer's racist text appeared on social media. It's not...
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Alabama Power's Mark Crosswhite would be expected to seek advice from an...
It might seem strange that one of the most trusted advisors to Alabama Power CEO Mark Crosswhite -- long considered a powerful force in the state -- is criminal defense attorney Mark White. But the...
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In a rarity, U.S. Judge Abdul Kallon officially gives up lifetime post as...
Abdul Kallon (From al.com)Abdul Kallon officially stepped down yesterday from his lifetime appointment as a U.S. judge in the Northern District of Alabama, according to a post at banbalch.com. Federal...
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Dueling two-state lawsuits over Montgomery-based Matrix LLC have settled, but...
The two-state legal battle over Matrix LLC has settled, but fallout from the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal might be far from over.That's from a report at banbalch.com. Under the headline "They're...
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Tiny CDLU, with its history of drawing attention from "60 Minutes" and...
Congressional investigators reportedly are in the early stages of an inquiry into matters tied to the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal and what has become known as the Matrix Meltdown. If it turns into...
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After his resignation from a federal judgeship, Abdul Kallon surfaces in...
Abdul Kallon A federal judge who resigned his lifetime position in the wake of long-running Alabama scandals, has landed -- in of all places -- Seattle, according to a report at banbalch.com. Under the...
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Matrix LLC reportedly was in the middle of deceptive efforts to promote Big...
"Environmentalists" protesting in a video that promotes Big Power. In the summer of 2013, starting in Arizona, "dark money" from non-profits began flowing into public-relations campaigns to promote the...
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Football great Brett Favre is the big name in Mississippi scandal, but the...
Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre has been seen as the central character in a welfare scandal that has rocked Mississippi politics. But Favre is not the only sports figure engulfed in the scandal, and...
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Former Balch & Bingham attorney Chase T. Espy pleads guilty to a charge in...
Chase T. EspyA former attorney at Birmingham's Balch & Bingham law firm has pleaded guilty to charges related to a child-solicitation investigation. Chase T. Espy will not be sentenced until...
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Plea agreement indicates former Balch & Bingham lawyer Chase T. Espy might...
Chase EspyA former Balch & Bingham attorney made a series of disturbing admissions in reaching a plea agreement on child-solicitation charges, according to a report at banbalch.com. Perhaps most...
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Mood appears to go from bad to worse as fallout from the North Birmingham...
Mark CrosswhiteA grim mood has settled over Birmingham's Balch & Bingham law firm, engulfed in scandal for more than nine years -- and the sour mood shows little sign of lifting soon, according to...
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String of press reports -- led by a Birmingham-based blog and advocacy group...
Jay Town and Mark Crosswhite Alabama Power CEO Mark Crosswhite, once known as "the most powerful man" in the state, is set to retire after a years-long trail of press reports about the ties of his...
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As more "bombshells" wait in the wings about his messy exit as Alabama...
Alabama Power The story of Mark Crosswhite's exit as CEO of Alabama Power apparently is far from over. In fact, it might just be heating up.K.B. Forbes, publisher of the blog banbalch.com and CEO of...
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Alabama Power and Southern Company were at the heart of an ugly scheme to...
The Newsome twins Alabama Power and its parent firm, Southern Company, were involved in a scheme to terrorize the family of a Birmingham-area attorney, newly revealed documents show.Burt Newsome...
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K.B. Forbes' reporting about Alabama Power and other powerful entities...
K.B. ForbesRegular Legal Schnauzer readers long have known that practicing journalism in Alabama can be a dangerous pursuit. In October 2013, I was beaten inside my own home, essentially the victim of...
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Documents surface that show Alabama Power and Southern Company funded a Web...
Burt Newsome Alabama Power and Southern Company funded an effort to falsely accuse a Birmingham-area attorney of rape, newly revealed documents show.Burt Newsome, proprietor of Newsome Law LLC, was...
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Newly obtained financial documents reveal that Alabama Power spent more than...
Alabama Power paid more than $100,000 to an online news site to publish attack pieces against a blog that has been the leading journalistic entity reporting on the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal --...
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APR journalist Josh Moon, perhaps at Alabama Power's bidding, had a knack for...
Josh Moon (Alabama Political Reporter)A journalist for the Alabama Political Reporter (APR) conducted what might be called a surveillance campaign against a Birmingham-based public charity, apparently...
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Documents surface that appear to confirm Alabama Power's ties to dubious...
The crash involving attorney Burt Newsome. Newly revealed signed documents and financial records appear to confirm a dubious enterprise involving Alabama Power and Southern Company. Does that include...
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A former partner is disbarred and a former associate becomes a registered sex...
Chase Espy Grim news keeps pouring forth from Birmingham's Balch & Bingham law firm. The latest? A former partner has been disbarred, and a former associate is now a registered sex offender.K.B....
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