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...Civil War ended 126 years ago, but the Stars and Bars can still stir racial tension in the old Confederacy. Three years ago, 14 black state legislators in Alabama were arrested for attempting to remove the Confederate flag, symbol of a slaveholders' rebellion, at the state capitol. In 1983 black students at the University of Mississippi succeeded in forcing the school to abandon the flag as its emblem...
...furor has as much to do with the nominee's prospective job as with his alleged insensitivity. The 12-member 11th Circuit, covering Florida, Georgia and Alabama, reversed Ryskamp rulings on civil-liberties issues eight times during his short judicial tenure. In Ryskamp's defense, Justice Department officials note that his civil rights record mirrors that of other federal judges. But that is largely a reflection of the fact that liberals are an "endangered species" on the federal bench, as Sheldon Goldman, a University of Massachusetts expert on the judiciary, puts...
...interview, Kerrigan refused to say exactly where she was born. The most specific thing she would say is, "I was born in the South. I was born a rebel." She says she has lived in Mobile, Alabama; Great Falls, Virginia; and Arizona...
...This really makes you feel appreciated," said Sgt. Jimmy Jemison of the 7778th Maintenance Unit of the Alabama National Guard, which was heading for home in Jackson...
Last year the U.S. produced an estimated 350 million tons of hazardous waste, and the disposal industry generated about $4 billion in revenues. The ; Texas decision highlights the nation's growing concern about how to balance industry's needs with the environmental impact of waste disposal. Alabama, New York, and North and South Carolina are also debating their policies on hazardous waste...