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Tuesday, reporter Karen Church investigated how Alabama's newest schools, like Concord Elementary, are being designed to save lives. More >>
A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes, but the world's most valuable company says it is complying with the laws and pays "an extraordinary amount" in taxes to the...More >>
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Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:11 AM EDT2013-05-22 04:11:06 GMT
The Alabama Department of Transportation will conduct its annual rehearsal of the plan that helped safely evacuate the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and Hurricane Dennis in 2005. On Wednesday,More >>
The Alabama Department of Transportation will conduct its annual rehearsal of the plan that helped safely evacuate the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and Hurricane Dennis in 2005.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:56 PM EDT2013-05-22 03:56:44 GMT
The Andalusia City Council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to approve an increase in the city's sales tax by 1.5 percent.The increase will bring the city's total sales tax to 9.5 percent and the increasedMore >>
The Andalusia City Council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to approve an increase in the city's sales tax by 1.5 percent.The increase will bring the city's total sales tax to 9.5 percent and the increasedMore >>
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An Alabama football fan got a dressing-down and two years in prison for obscenity in a viral video with an unconscious LSU fan after last year's championship game.
State District Judge Karen Herman told Brian Downing of Smiths Station, Ala., that he's a bully who has permanently damaged someone else's life.
Downing declined to say anything before the judge sentenced him as part of a plea deal.
He pleaded guilty in October to two counts of obscenity for rubbing his genitals on the LSU fan. Prosecutors dropped a charge of sexual battery, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
The incident took place last January after Alabama defeated LSU at the Superdome to claim the BCS title.
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