Read more Alabama stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5193/alabama.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:50:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73594/ida-churns-toward-gulf-coast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHurricane Ida is surging toward the Gulf Coast, triggering emergency warnings in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida. Ida "threatens the safety and security" of citizens along the state's southeast coastline, said an emergency declaration by Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Forecasters are hoping Ida will lose force as it heads north,...http://www.newser.com/story/73594/ida-churns-toward-gulf-coast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 2:07:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69495/supreme-court-likely-to-uphold-alabama-sex-toy-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Alabama statute criminalizing the sale of sex toys will probably be upheld as constitutional if it is challenged in the Supreme Court, Eugene Volokh writes at the Volokh Conspiracy. The statute—which was upheld by the state's Supreme Court Friday and bans the distribution of "any device designed or...http://www.newser.com/story/69495/supreme-court-likely-to-uphold-alabama-sex-toy-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 6:58:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63309/mississippi-still-porkiest-but-alabama-closing-in.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. It's time for the nation's annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. Obesity rates among adults rose in 23 states over the past...http://www.newser.com/story/63309/mississippi-still-porkiest-but-alabama-closing-in.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 12:17:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61622/ncaa-alabama-must-vacate-10-football-wins-from-05-07.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe NCAA will require the University of Alabama to vacate at least 10 football victories from 2005-07 over rules violations that saw players arrange free textbooks for friends, the Birmingham News reports. The school will also be placed on 3 years’ probation, but the football program won’t lose any scholarships....http://www.newser.com/story/61622/ncaa-alabama-must-vacate-10-football-wins-from-05-07.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Jun 2009 12:35:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61017/black-president-sure-alabama-governor-well-see.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the post-Obama political landscape, a young congressman is attempting a feat perhaps more difficult than putting a black man in the White House, writes Robbie Brown in the New York Times . That would be putting a black man in the Alabama governor’s mansion. “Yes, it will be hard,” said...http://www.newser.com/story/61017/black-president-sure-alabama-governor-well-see.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 16:59:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55808/alabama-rep-says-he-has-list-of-socialists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Alabama congressman says 17 of his colleagues, plus a senator, are socialists who are pushing President Obama too far leftward, the Birmingham News reports. “Some of the men and women I work with in Congress are socialists,” Republican Spencer Bachus declared yesterday—though he wouldn’t name any beyond Vermont...http://www.newser.com/story/55808/alabama-rep-says-he-has-list-of-socialists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Apr 2009 12:11:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55593/suicidal-alabama-dad-kills-4-in-family.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA man shot dead his wife, teenage daughter, and two members of his wife's family before taking his own life in northern Alabama, AP reports. The man's body was found yesterday near his home, which had been burned to the ground. His divorce trial was due to start today and...http://www.newser.com/story/55593/suicidal-alabama-dad-kills-4-in-family.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 2:26:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54144/us-condom-maker-in-peril-as-feds-buy-chinese.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe sole supplier of condoms to Washington's overseas AIDS campaign is likely going out of business thanks to Asian competition, the Kansas City Star reports. The feds are close to signing contracts with companies in South Korea and China, which charge 2 cents per condom; Alabama-based Alatech charges five. Three...http://www.newser.com/story/54144/us-condom-maker-in-peril-as-feds-buy-chinese.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Mar 2009 17:25:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53499/bruno-pranks-alabama-army-base.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSacha Baron Cohen infiltrated an Alabama military base for a few hours in February as “Bruno”—a gay Austrian fashion journalist—before a savvy cadet spotted the ruse, the AP reports. The footage could appear in Cohen’s upcoming film, Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America For The Purpose Of Making Heterosexual...http://www.newser.com/story/53499/bruno-pranks-alabama-army-base.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Mar 2009 19:18:49 CDT