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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama: Former presidential candidate George Wallace, whose campaign platform touted the virtues of a racially segregated society in the American south, is protesting a new Spike Lee biopic that portrays the four-term Alabama governor as contemplating suicide following a 1972 assassination attempt. The 77-year-old Wallace insists that he never considered suicide. Having long since made peace with the black Americans he once opposed, he's concerned that Lee's film will unnecessarily dredge up his segregationist past. "I grow a bit weary with people who were always his critics saying he has to spend the rest...
...votes; Ohio State was second with four firsts. Rounding out the AP top five were Florida State (11-1), Arizona State (11-1), and Brigham Young (14-1). The second five: Nebraska (11-2), Penn State (11-2), Colorado (10-2), Tennessee (10-2) and North Carolina (10-2). Alabama was 11th, followed by Louisiana State, Virginia Tech, Miami, Northwestern, Washington, Kansas State, Iowa, Notre Dame, Michigan, Syracuse, Wyoming, Texas, Auburn and Army. With the rout, Florida avenged not only a 24-21 loss to the Seminoles just 33 days ago that knocked them off college football's perch...
...yard march and put Arizona State ahead 17-14. "This is tough to take," Plummer said. "This was my last game as a Sun Devil. I wanted to go out and win it. But they just played great." In the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Gene Stallings capped his Alabama career with a fifth straight bowl win, 17-14 over No. 15 Michigan. Stallings was 70-16-1 in his seven seasons as the Crimson Tide's head coach, winning the national championship in 1992. After the win, Stallings was typically understated. "The thing about winning your last game," he said...
Kinsley tries to tie together the fortunes of liberalism and libertarianism. That is a fatal flaw in his argument. Liberalism views marijuana use and gay rights as morally equivalent, while libertarian thought does not attach any morality to either of them. JON ACKER Tuscaloosa, Alabama...
...Alabama had held a referendum on segregation in the 1950s or on slavery in the 1850s, wickedness would have won each time. Krauthammer calls it "democracy" when a numerically stronger group (whites) forces the numerically weaker group (blacks) to do its will. Enlightened men call it tyranny. JONATHAN FARLEY Berkeley, California...