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The President Paints Himself Into An Ethical Corner By Voicing Outrage Over...
When Barack Obama said in January 2009 that he planned to "look forward as opposed to looking backwards" at the apparent crimes of the George W. Bush administration, reasonable observers knew that...
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Did GOP's Luther Strange Commit the Same "Crime" That He Alleges Against...
Lowell BarronThe Republican attorney general of Alabama has indicted a prominent Democrat for alleged violations of ethics and campaign-finance laws.Public records, however, indicate the Republican AG...
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Judge Dorothea Batiste Alleges In EEOC Complaint That Scott Vowell Unlawfully...
Dorothea BatisteA retired Jefferson County presiding judge, who is white and male, routinely changed rulings of a black, female circuit judge, according to a complaint filed with the Equal Employment...
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Was AG Eric Holder Mistaken, Misleading, Or Evasive In His Answers To...
Eric Holder(Updated at 11:55 a.m. on 5/16/13)U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday said it's his understanding that former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman has an active appeal and therefore is not...
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Jefferson County Circuit Judge Robert Vance Jr. Faces Lawsuit Seeking $25...
Robert Vance Jr.An Alabama judge faces a federal lawsuit that alleges he took a case from another judge and issued unlawful rulings that caused substantial financial harm to a trust organized under...
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From "Hotel California" to "The Chilton Hilton," Bonnie Cahalane and Don...
Bonnie CahalaneAn Alabama woman who was unlawfully incarcerated for five months last year has something in common with a man who co-wrote one of the most memorable songs of the rock-and-roll era.Bonnie...
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Legal Schnauzer And Our Reporting On Injustice Land In The Spotlight At...
Our reporting on justice issues in Alabama and beyond has drawn the attention of national Web sites in recent days.New York-based Above the Law (ATL), which might be the nation's most widely read legal...
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Sound And Fury About Evolving Scandal At IRS Obscure Questions About...
Karl RoveThe IRS and its targeting of conservative groups has captured the nation's attention in recent days. But a more important IRS-related story might be flying under the radar.A series of articles...
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Schnauzer Climbs Out Of Rubble In Oklahoma City To Represent The Fight For...
A miniature schnauzer climbs fromthe rubble in Oklahoma City.When we started this blog in June 2007, the title was meant to honor Murphy Abigail Shuler, a wonderful miniature schnauzer who enriched our...
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Alabama Judicial Commission Violates Its Own Rules In Investigation Of Jeffco...
Dorothea BatisteThe Alabama Supreme Court should take over the case against Jefferson County Judge Dorothea Batiste, in part, because the state's judicial inquiry commission has repeatedly violated its...
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Why Would Wall Street CEO Ted Rollins Take Steps To Keep His Daughter's Trust...
Sarah Rollins (right), with her sister, Emma, and father, TedPatriarchs in the wealthy Rollins family, from their primary bases in Georgia and Delaware, have a history of taking questionable actions...
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Strange's 2006 Payments To Former Campaign Aide Coincided With Pregnancy And...
Luther Strange and Jessica Medeiros Garrison Luther Strange paid almost $19,000 to a former campaign aide after he lost the 2006 lieutenant governor's race in Alabama. The payments appear to mirror...
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Federal Lawsuit Claims AL Judge Robert Vance Jr. Favors Large Law Firm That...
Robert Vance Jr.An Alabama judge is violating state laws that limit his ability to hear cases involving major campaign contributors, according to a pending federal lawsuit.Jefferson County Circuit...
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Alabama Isn't The Only State Where Crooked Judges Gather At Hunting Clubs To...
Former Illinois judge Michael CookAlabama, it turns out, is not the only state where corrupt judges and lawyers gather at hunting clubs to commit unsavory acts.It also happens in western Illinois, just...
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A Wife's Investigative Skills Turn Up Information About CEO Ted Rollins'...
Ted Rollins and partner Mike Hartnettat the New York Stock ExchangWives throughout the ages have turned to various investigative tactics when confronted with the possibility that their husbands are...
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Residents of Majority-Black Macon County, Alabama, Claim White GOPers Usurped...
Johnny FordAlabama Governor Robert Bentley signed an executive order on his first full day in office that violated the rights of voters in majority-black Macon County.That is the primary claim in a...
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From "Hotel California" To "The Chilton Hilton," Contracts Are Void When...
Don FelderGuitarist Don Felder, who wrote the music for "Hotel California," was ejected from the Eagles in 2001 in the fallout of a contract he signed under duress.Clanton, Alabama, resident Bonnie...
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FBI Probe Continues As Chief Financial Officer Exits At Resort And Casinos...
Pearl River ResortAn FBI investigation that started in July 2011 at Mississippi Choctaw casinos is ongoing, according to a credit-rating report issued last month.Meanwhile, the chief financial officer...
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Central Figure In The Rollins v. Rollins Divorce Story Is Injured In A...
Sherry Carroll Rollins, a central character in the controversial Rollins v. Rollins divorce case, was injured recently in an automobile crash on U.S. 280 near Birmingham. The incident involves a number...
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Constitutional Amendment Trumps A State Statute, So Luther Strange's Bingo...
Milton McGregor atVictoryLand casinoAlabama Attorney General Luther Strange has created a controversy about electronic-bingo in Macon County where no controversy exists, under the law.The...
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