Alabama
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Mobile, Alabama fuel barge explosions cause major fire
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Multiple explosions aboard two fuel barges near Mobile, Ala., led to a major fire Wednesday night that left three people critically injured.
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Rolando McClain arrested in Alabama
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Decatur police say the 23-year-old Rolando McClain is charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after a disturbance at a park in his north Alabama hometown Sunday.
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Alabama hostage ends with boy safe, Jimmy Lee Dykes killed
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Special Agent Jason Pack said in an email that it also appears 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes "reinforced the bunker against any attempted entry by law enforcement."
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Alabama hostage news conference scheduled
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Authorities say they will be making a major announcement in the case of a 5-year-old who is being held hostage in an underground bunker in Alabama.
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Jimmy Lee Dykes holds 5-year-old hostage in Alabama
Conversations dragged into a fifth day on Saturday between police and a gunman accused of shooting a school bus driver to death Tuesday and holding a kindergartner hostage in an underground bunker.
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Charles Poland Jr. mourned amid Ala. standoff
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Charles Albert Poland Jr. was mourned by hundreds who gathered at a funeral home not far from the underground bunker where police say an Alabama man was still holding a 5-year-old boy early Sunday.
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Alabama hostage situation: Jimmy Lee Dykes shoots bus driver, flees with 6-year-old passenger
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The standoff dragged on through the night and into the afternoon Wednesday after the gunman boarded a stopped school bus in the small town of Midland City on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
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Katherine Webb, AJ McCarron's girlfriend, made famous by Musberger, ESPN
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After ESPN cameras lingered on her and Brent Musberger rhapsodized about her, Twitter is still abuzz about former Miss Alabama USA Katherine Webb, Alabama QB AJ McCarron's girlfriend. As of Wednesday night, her Twitter followers had swelled from 2,000 to 245,000.
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Alabama Crimson Tide beats Notre Dame for BCS title
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The championship was locked up by halftime. By the time the confetti landed, Alabama was already looking ahead to the next one. That's the way it is for the latest dynasty in Tuscaloosa. Win a title. Move on.
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Alabama student tried to use homemade explosives in high school attack plot
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An eastern Alabama high school student faces an attempted assault charge after authorities say he planned to use homemade explosives in a terrorist attack on fellow students at his school.
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Mobile tornado 2012: Alabama, south socked by Christmas day storms
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An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation's midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South began punching its way toward the Northeast on Wednesday, slowing holiday travel.
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Alabama holds off Georgia, 32-28, will face Notre Dame for national title
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AJ McCarron threw a 45-yard touchdown pass to Amari Cooper with 3:15 remaining, and No. 2 Alabama advanced to a national championship showdown with Notre Dame by holding off No. 3 Georgia 32-28 in a thrilling Southeastern Conference title game Saturday.
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BCS Rankings Oct. 14: Alabama, Florida, Oregon round out top 3
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Alabama and Florida are at the top of the season's first BCS standings, making it yet another all-SEC top two, with Oregon and Kansas State close behind the Gators.
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Isaac path: Isaac weakens, but flooding, rescues continue
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Isaac's rain fell almost constantly for more than a day, flooding neighborhoods in a rural part of the state and in neighboring Mississippi. Officials had to respond quickly because the waters were rising fast.
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Hurricane Isaac path: Louisiana, Gulf Coast remain on alert (Map)
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The Gulf Coast is bracing for what could be a direct hit from Hurricane Isaac. Keep up to date on everything with our interactive map, complete with projections, paths, news updates and social media chatter.
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Shooting near Auburn University leaves three dead, three injured
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The search continues in Alabama for a gunman suspected of killing three people and wounding three more in a shooting at a pool party near Auburn University.
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Brian H. Downing pleads not guilty to sex charges
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An Alabama fan pleaded not guilty this week to committing sexual battery on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS national title game, which was caught on video.
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Alabama girl, 9, found hanged from tree
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The 14-year-old brother of an Alabama girl has been accused in her death after the girl was found hanged from a tree.
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