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  1. suspicious sandwich activity
    A Police Officer Found a Bolt in His Arby’s SandwichHe says nobody can make a sandwich “with a bolt that large” unintentionally.
    By Clint Rainey
  2. Greg Gianforte’s Election-Eve Self-Sabotage Is One for the History BooksYou have to go back to a disastrous 1962 election-night speech by Alabama’s Jim Folsom to find a parallel to Gianforte’s last-minute self-sabotage.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. Alabama’s ‘Ten Commandments Judge’ Is Running for SenateAfter a bizarre career, famed theocrat Roy Moore wants to go to D.C.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. scandals
    Alabama Governor Resigns Over Sex Scandal, Pleads Guilty to MisdemeanorsKay Ivey has been sworn in as the second female governor in state history.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. Alabama’s Governor Expected to Resign After Protracted Sex ScandalBesieged by the legislature and the state ethics commission, Robert Bentley will probably cut a deal to avoid the slammer.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. ‘Big Luther’ Strange Will Replace Jeff Sessions in the U.S. SenateThe super-tall Alabama attorney general is seen as a good bet to retain the seat for the GOP in a 2018 special election.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  7. Jeff Sessions’s Promotion Stirs Pot in Alabama Governor’s Sex ScandalGovernor Robert Bentley could appoint the man who has been investigating his sex-and-corruption case to Sessions’s seat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. Alabama Official Apologizes After 50-Foot Cedar Chopped Down for Trump RallyCitizens were pissed after the tree was removed from a public park.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  9. Trump’s America Could Be Like Alabama With NukesMore and more, the new administration seems to be taking on a southern-fried reactionary character.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. harper lee
    Harper Lee’s Hometown Plans to Attract More To Kill a Mockingbird TourismReplicas of Scout’s and Boo Radley’s houses may be built in Monroeville, Alabama.
    By Tolly Wright
  11. terrible receipts
    Mom Upset After Fast-Food Receipt Calls Her Son ‘Lil Ugly Dude’“My ghetto side was telling me to go back up there and let them have it.”
    By Clint Rainey
  12. Creepy Clowns Are Still Terrifying People Across the SouthA Kentucky man in a clown costume was arrested for lurking near an apartment complex at 1 a.m.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  13. lgbt rights
    Alabama Chief Justice Suspended for Blocking Same-Sex MarriageRoy Moore said he intends to fight the suspension.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  14. SCOTUS Reverses Lesbian Adoption Court OrderStates have to recognize other states’ laws, says the Constitution. 
    By Samuel Lieberman
  15. Alabama Supreme Court Justice Bans Same-Sex Marriage (Again)Oh, hey, it’s Roy Moore.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  16. voter suppression
    Alabama Partially Reverses Closure of Driver’s License Offices in Poor CountiesIn response to widespread criticism, the offices will now open one day a month to serve local residents.
    By Jonah Shepp
  17. equal rites
    Judge Blocking Gay Marriage Worried About IncestRoy Moore is sure he’s on the right side of history. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  18. equal rites
    Gay Marriage Has Arrived in Alabama Despite the efforts of the state’s chief justice.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  19. politics
    Gay Alabama Legislator Threatens to Out Adulterous ColleaguesAfter they speak out against gay marriage.
    By Katie Zavadski
  20. big brother
    Alabama Schools Hired Ex-FBI to Monitor StudentsFourteen were later expelled.
    By Katie Zavadski
  21. Alabama Judge Compares Abortion to Gun Rights, Strikes Down RestrictionBecause you can’t take away our guns.
    By Katie Zavadski
  22. Crime
    Man in Captain America Shirt Tries, Fails to Rob Chinese RestaurantPathetic.
    By Hugh Merwin
  23. the sports section
    George W. Bush Feels Alabama Kicker’s PainHe said so in a note.
    By Adam Martin
  24. scary things
    Man Who Took Child Hostage Had Bombs in Bunker, Wanted TV InterviewFBI agents made their move when Dykes came up for supplies.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. crimes and misdemeanors
    ‘Fat Butt Michelle Obama’ Rant Warrants Ten-Day Suspension for Alabama CoachSome school-board members say that’s too harsh.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  26. scary things
    Alabama Hostage Crisis Ends With Child Alive, Kidnapper DeadThe FBI moved in and made a rescue.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  27. get off my lawn
    Alabama Court Is Not OK With Man Who Buried Deceased Wife in Front YardThe man has appealed the decision.
    By Brett Smiley
  28. school shootings
    There Was a Shooting Near Auburn University Last NightMixed reports of between one and three fatalities.
    By Andre Tartar
  29. other states’ embarrassments
    Alabama State Senator Wants to Keep Teachers Poor, for the ChildrenHe has a really good (read: terrible) reason for this. 
    By Dan Amira
  30. Mediavore
    California State Senators End Free Meals; Landry’s Buys McCormick & Schmick’sThe seafood giant swallows a slightly smaller fish.
  31. Mediavore
    Stop & Shop Opens ‘Concept’ Store in Chelmsford; Of Course Alabama Has aPlus Wal-Mart’s tainted fruit and more, all in our morning news round-up.
    By Kara Baskin
  32. the post-racial world
    Man Wearing Wire Catches Alabama State Senator Calling Black People ‘Aborigines’Now for the best part: The state senator was also the man wearing the wire.
    By Dan Amira
  33. the south
    Alabama Governor ApologizesHe didn’t mean to disenfranchise people who don’t believe in Jesus.
    By Dan Amira
  34. jerks
    Alabama Governor Insults All Seven or So Non-Christian AlabamansThey are not his brothers and sisters, he informs them.
    By Dan Amira
  35. early and awful
    How to Really Distance Yourself From Nancy PelosiJoke that she might “get sick and die.”
    By Dan Amira
  36. early and awkward
    Another Candidate Jumps on the Lucrative Vietnam-Misrepresentation BandwagonAlabama’s candidate for governor is being criticized for a vague TV ad.
    By Dan Amira
  37. early and awesome
    Dale Peterson Will Kill You If You Steal His Yard SignsThe failed Alabama agriculture commissioner is back.
    By Dan Amira
  38. The Great Outdoors
    Big Apple Barbecuer MoonlightsWant to try some ’cue worthy of the Big Apple BBQ Block Party without braving the crowds this weekend?
    By Daniel Maurer
  39. song of the south
    Math Teacher Obviously Thinks About Killing President Obama a LotThis was an awkward lesson plan.
    By Dan Amira
  40. early and awesome
    Candidate for Agriculture Commissioner Seconds Away From Rounding Up a PosseOne of the best political ads of the year.
    By Dan Amira
  41. Mediavore
    Mike Tyson Goes Vegan; Paris Hilton Gives Up In-N-OutA famous ear-biter goes meatless, while a famous socialite ditches fast-food.
  42. Other Cities
    Cheyenne Diner Finally in a Good PlaceShe arrived in Alabama today.
    By Daniel Maurer
  43. Reopenings
    Jay Dee Bakery Hitches a Ride to Alabama With the Cheyenne DinerThe two New York City landmarks will be the cornerstones of a new “town” outside of Birmingham.
    By Daniel Maurer
  44. Farewells
    Cheyenne May Be Headed for DixieAfter a deal to relocate it to Red Hook fell through, the diner may be sold within a week.
    By Daniel Maurer