Robert Bentley

Robert Bentley

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  More work ahead in Ala for Scottsboro Boys pardons

  Though the Alabama Legislature has cleared the way for posthumous pardons of the Scottsboro Boys, much work — from legal documents to public hearings ... 

• Only Miss. abortion clinic gets license reprieve

  A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Mississippi from revoking the license of the state's only abortion clinic. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. 

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  Ala. lawmakers vote to pardon the Scottsboro Boys

  The legacy of the "Scottsboro Boys" is secure: The nine black teens were wrongly convicted more than 80 years ago in one of America's most infamous ... 

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  Ala. lawmakers tighten rules for abortion clinics

  Alabama lawmakers late Tuesday gave final passage to a measure placing stricter regulations on clinics that provide abortions. The state House voted ... 

• Longtime Alabama AD Mal Moore passes away

  Former Alabama athletic director Mal Moore, who played and coached under Bear Bryant, hired Nick Saban and presided over a heyday in athletics at his ... 

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  The South: A near-solid block against 'Obamacare'

  As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the South, including from governors ... 

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  BP civil settlement remains elusive as trial nears

  The U.S. Justice Department and the five Gulf coast states affected by a massive oil spill nearly three years ago have indicated they would like to ... 

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  US pays tribute to King as Obama begins new term

  The youngest daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. hailed the inauguration of the nation's first black president to a new term as one of the ... 

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  Transocean's $1.4B oil spill deal will help Gulf

  A $1.4 billion settlement between the Justice Department and Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean Ltd. will pump hundreds of millions of dollars ... 

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  GOP governors walk balance beam on health law

  Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who made a fortune as a health care executive, long opposed President Barack Obama's remake of the health insurance market. 

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  Conn. shooting victims remembered worldwide

  People around the country and world paused for a moment Friday morning to memorialize the 26 victims of the massacre a week ago at an elementary ...