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Rob Riley's "Sordid" Affair Casts An Ironic Light On Efforts To Deny A Liquor...
VictoryLandLife in postmodern Alabama is filled with irony. For proof, consider two major news stories that broke last week.On Wednesday, allies of former Governor Bob Riley protested a liquor-license...
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University of Alabama Is Stonewalling Victims' Families In Lawsuit Over Amy...
Amy BishopHere is a maxim I've learned in roughly 12 years of fighting corruption in our broken justice system: If a party in a lawsuit drags its feet on turning over documents in the discovery...
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Vanguard Group's Portfolio Includes Holdings In Pistols, Petroleum, Poisons,...
Jack BogleVanguard Group, the nation's largest mutual-fund company, received unwanted attention after the Sandy Hook massacre in December when reports showed that it was a major financial supporter of...
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Did Alabama Lawyer Jennifer Paige Clark Die Because She Refused To Sell Out...
Jennifer Paige ClarkThe Alabama State Bar harassed one of its member lawyers to death, probably because she refused to sell out her own clients, a Legal Schnauzer investigation shows.The lawyer in...
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Nebraska Republican Resigns Amid Sex Scandal, Sending Wake-Up Call To...
Rick SheehyNebraska's Republican lieutenant governor stepped down over the weekend in the wake of press reports that he had engaged in multiple extramarital affairs.Rick Sheehy had been seen as the...
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Obama Department Of Justice Finally Takes A Stand, By Cracking Down on...
If  you asked average Americans to describe President Barack Obama's philosophy on justice issues, you probably would be greeted with blank stares.That would happen partly because many average...
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Federal Jury Hits University President In The Wallet For Wrongfully Expelling...
Hayden Barnes (right) andFIRE lawyer Bob Corn-RevereA federal jury has found that a former university president must pay $50,000 in damages for wrongfully expelling a student who had protested the...
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Board That Will Decide On VictoryLand Liquor License Includes Official With...
Hal and Jessica TaylorThe Alabama board that will decide on a liquor license for the VictoryLand casino includes an officer with strong professional and personal ties to former Governor Bob Riley. The...
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CEO Ted Rollins Got Married Without A Prenuptial Agreement To Satisfy His...
Ted RollinsThe CEO of a Wall Street-backed company got married without a prenuptial agreement because he wanted access to boys of a certain age, his ex wife says.Ted Rollins, CEO of Campus Crest...
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Riley Influence Permeates The ABC Board That Will Decide The Fate Of...
Jessica Taylor and Bob RileyCitizens already have ample reason to suspect the VictoryLand casino will not receive fair treatment in its application for a liquor license before the Alabama Alcoholic...
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"Your Honor" In Michigan Gets A Witness Pregnant To Join Our Growing List of...
Judge Wade McCree bares allA judge in Detroit has been suspended after reports that he was having sex with a woman who had a child-support case in his court. For good measure, the judge has been...
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A Skillful Interviewer Helps Yours Truly Shine Light On The Obama...
Joan BrunwasserThe Q & A is one of my favorite journalism formats. In the hands of a skillful practitioner, a question-and-answer session can shine light on issues that might be missed or hidden in...
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Radio Veteran Explains Why Rush Limbaugh and Co. Have Come To Drown Out...
Peter B. CollinsWhy is talk radio dominated by right-wing blowhards like Rush Limbaugh? Why have progressive voices largely failed to gain traction on the radio dial? What does it mean for our country...
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New UAB President Ray Watts Must Confront Moral Decay That His Predecessors...
Ray WattsDr. Ray Watts officially was named president last week of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), the largest employer in our state and the No. 1 driver of economic activity in the...
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Joe Biden Provides Hope That Obama White House Finally Will Get Serious About...
Dana Siegelman on HuffPost LiveThe Obama administration's performance on justice issues has been dismal so far, but Vice President Joe Biden recently provided a glimmer of hope that the White House...
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The University of Alabama Board Is Led By A Thug, So Why Shouldn't Football...
(Clockwise, from upper left) UAfootball players Brent Calloway, TylerHayes, Eddie Williams, andD.J. PettwayThe University of Alabama football program today is splashed across the nation's sports...
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Can ABC Be Fair On VictoryLand Liquor License When Official Has Strong...
Hal and Jessica Taylor,with Bob RileyAn officer with the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC) essentially owes his family, which now includes a wife and two small children, to former Alabama...
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U.S. Supreme Court Must Face A Comedy Of Errors In Considering A Review Of...
Paul MinorHow entrenched is the rot in our federal judiciary? How grotesque is the corruption and incompetence in U.S. courtrooms?Those questions perhaps can best be answered by reviewing the Bush-era...
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Ex Wife of CEO Ted Rollins Might Have Been Warned That She Was About To Marry...
Ted RollinsSherry Carroll Rollins did not realize it at the time, but she probably received a warning that her husband-to-be might be a child molester.She was living in Charlottesville, Virginia, with...
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Did AG Luther Strange and Alabama Supreme Court Skirt The Law In Launching A...
Roadblocks go up at VictoryLandDid Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange follow proper procedures in seeking a search warrant, which was executed yesterday morning, for the VictoryLand casino in...
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