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Under the Microscope: Is Liberal, Intellectual Condescension Really the Problem?
Alabama Senator Shelby Backs Down From Blocking Obama's Nominees
An Alabama Senator with long-standing ties to the US military-industrial complex and an outspoken critic of President Barack Obama is backing down from a direct confrontation with the White House today after taking the unprecedented step of announcing last week that he would filibuster all the president's appointments to secure earmarks for his home state. US Sen. Richard Shelby, an Alabama Republican who switched from the Democratic Party to be part of the Gingrich revolution in 1994, placed a hold on more than 80 presidential nominations before the Senate last week. He relented on Monday, saying he had simply been trying "to get the White House's attention."
Obama Demands Blue Cross Justify Massive Rate Hikes
Obama Invites GOP to Health Care Talks
Health Care Spending Skyrockets
House Likely to End Health Insurers' Antitrust Exemption
Rep. John Murtha, Iraq War Critic, Dies at 77
Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering from complications from gallbladder surgery.
Military Bleeds Green Movement
There's a coup underway in the environmental movement. War profiteers are charging into the green tech sector, drawing public money that could be used for transitioning to a nonexpansionist economy based on real green technology and localized energy independence.
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In Case You Missed It
Politics, Public Opinion
Support Grows for Countering Campaign Ruling
Obama Admits Health Care Overhaul May Die
Obama Implores Democrats to Swing Back
The President Brands Republicans as 'Opportunists'
Cops, Court, Justice
Why Alito Objects to Obama's History Claim
Does the First Amendment Protect Lies?
Ten American Baptists Charged in Haiti Kidnapping
Corporate Campaign Funds Could Affect Judiciary
War, Intel, National Security
Intel Agencies to Target Americans in 'Terrorism' Attacks
Google Teams with NSA to Investigate Cyberattacks
Homeland Security Redefined Away from Terrorism
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Science, Health, Environment
Swine Flu Epidemic Shows Signs of Fading
NASA Scratches Lunar Landing Plan
The Coal Ash Industry Manipulated EPA Data
Economy, Labor, Technology
Obama Says Unemployment Drop 'Cause for Hope'
Toyota to Recall Prius Hybrid
Arts, Media, Education, Entertainment
Oscars Go Big, And Small
'Catcher in the Rye' Author J.D. Salinger Dies
Sports, Travel, Outdoors
The Saints Go Marching Over the Colts in Miami, 31-17
Who Dat Nation: Saints Become America's Team
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Telescope
Featured Photo
A Nick Saban Hoodoo Wink?
When the announcement went out Saturday night that running back Mark Ingram had won the University of Alabama's first Heisman Trophy, the news traveled over the Internets faster than the old church bells could ring across the Old South.
Heisman Trophy 2009 Photo Essay
Where Success is Concerned, Alabama Does it by the Book
Five Values Create Cornerstone of Alabama's Success
A Call for EPA Takeover of Alabama's Water Program
Coal Ash Spill Anniversary as Forgotten as Disaster Itself
On the first anniversary of the second worst environmental disaster in American history, while the people in Tennessee are hiring lawyers and suing TVA and reading story after story in the local newspapers about their plight while the cleanup continues, the poor people of Perry County, Alabama, where TVA found a place to dump the toxic ash, are not singing Christmas carols...
Political Justice Archives
Siegelman-Scrushy Archives
For the final two years of the Bush administration, we covered the politicization of the U.S. justice system as much as any news organization anywhere. For scholars and others interested in researching the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, check out this archive and this archive. It goes even further back to the original Scrushy trial in Birmingham, which Editor and Publisher Glynn Wilson covered for The New York Times.
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