Topic: University of Alabama
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The Myth of Martyrdom
Suicide bombers are the opposite of brave, argues Adam Lankford.
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Redskins Rule:How football outcomes predict the presidential election
Is it all over for President Obama because the Washington Redskins lost on Sunday? How the Redskins do the Sunday before Election Day almost always predicts the presidential outcome.
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Arizona illegal immigration law gets final go-ahead from court
Arizona's illegal immigration law directs police to check the status of individuals during a legal stop or detention. It's the latest chapter in the battle between the state and the Obama administration over which level of government has authority regarding immigration policy.
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Scientists could soon begin extracting nuclear fuel from seawater
The $300-per-pound price is still five times costlier than traditional mining, and a Department of Energy-funded analysis found that to be infeasible in the current economy.
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Obama’s DREAM Act-lite runs into more trouble as Nebraska, Arizona go rogue
Nebraska has joined Arizona in opposing legal status for immigrants who are newly-documented under Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, setting up a constitutional battle while raising tough questions about the program.
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NBC to live stream events at London Olympics
In addition to live television broadcasts, NBC and its cable subsidiaries will present many Olympic events live over the Internet this summer.
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Joplin seniors graduate after year of tragedy and triumph
A year ago, the deadliest tornado in six decades leveled Joplin, Missouri; President Obama commemorated that anniversary with a speech to the high school graduates who persevered.
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Daylight Saving Time 2012: Bill Lumbergh types warned about cyberloafing
Study finds Daylight Saving Time 2012 could cause 'staggering' amounts of cyberloafing at work.
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Allowed to stay, Miami student becomes face of Obama immigration policy
Obama administration gives Daniela Pelaez, a Miami high school valedictorian, a deportation reprieve. Her case affords the White House a political test of its new 'prosecutorial discretion' immigration policy.
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Super Tuesday fallout: Will the South ever vote for Mitt Romney?
On paper, Mitt Romney can clinch the nomination without winning many die-hard red states. But a surge by Rick Santorum in the South could spell big trouble for the frontrunner.
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Opinion: Penn State, Sandusky, and Paterno: When did football kill student activism?
It wasn't always like this. Throughout college football's history, students and players have boycotted games in protest of evils like segregation and racism. But what about alleged child sex abuse? Now, students seemed lulled into thinking that 'king football' must continue, at all costs.
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Anti-illegal immigration bill stokes backlash in Alabama fields
Farmers in states like Alabama that have passed strong anti-illegal immigration laws are fighting back, saying they are losing labor and that US workers are unwilling to take up farm work.
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Hispanics leave school in face of Alabama's tough immigration law
Alabama's new immigration law requires public schools to document the legal status of children upon enrollment. As a result, many immigrant families are withdrawing their children from school.
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Immigration law: court upholds key parts of tough Alabama law
Immigration law took a twist Wednesday when a judge upheld a controversial part of an Alabama immigration law that mirrors Arizona's SB 1070. Supreme Court intervention looks likely.
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Alabama judge casts doubt on harsh new illegal immigration law
A federal court judge in Alabama Wednesday raised questions about whether a recent state law restricting illegal immigration has constitutional merit.
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Difference Maker Kyes Stevens and her prison arts project change women's lives
The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project raises self-esteem and provides a creative outlet.
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Strauss-Kahn case raises question: How safe are hotel employees?
Violent crimes against hotel employees, as is alleged in the Strauss-Kahn case, are rare, but they do take place. Industry experts say protecting staff and making them feel safe is a priority.
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The Monitor's View: Alabama tornado outbreak: preparedness and response
It's not easy to prepare an entire city for a mile-wide tornado like the one that hit Tuscaloosa in Alabama. That makes individual preparedness – and rescue and recovery – especially important. Obama will tour the area Friday.
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Tornadoes take staggering toll in Alabama and Deep South (video)
A massive thunderstorm front spawned 137 tornadoes, killed at least 180 people, and mangled sections of Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Huntsville, Ala., on Wednesday. April is now one of the most violent weather months in the region in decades.
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Tax Day 2011: Why do presidents release tax returns? Hint: 'I am not a ...'
The modern tradition of presidents, vice presidents, and other politicians releasing their tax returns dates back to a non-Watergate Nixon scandal: tax evasion.
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What unleashed Japan's massive 8.9 earthquake?
Like the other 14 biggest earthquakes since 1900, the magnitude 8.9 event – that shook Japan and triggered tsunamis that swept the Pacific – was created by a piece of the Earth's crust shoving down into the planet's interior.
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The Auburn oaks and oaks in your yard
The news about the poisoned live oak trees at Auburn University sparks interest in growing oak trees in general. It's easy to grow them from acorns.
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Blackbirds fall from sky, fish die off: What's a conspiracy theorist to think?
Absent a final explanation, wild theories abound concerning reasons Arkansans' saw blackbirds fall from sky and fish die off en masse. The event revives superstitions about birds as omens.
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Georgia governor primary: Has Sarah Palin left GOP in disarray?
Sarah Palin endorsed Karen Handel in Tuesday's runoff in the Republican primary for Georgia governor. Palin and her fellow 'mama grizzly' have taken aim at the state's GOP establishment.
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Reggie Bush Heisman Trophy to be returned
Reggie Bush Heisman Trophy from USC will be returned to the Heisman Trophy Trust due to the amateur player payments scandal.
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