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STAFF BLOG UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA HOCKEY Huntsville to the WCHA
Alabama-Huntsville has been accepted to the WCHA and will join the league immediately next season. Huntsville's admittance to the WCHA means the league will be at an even 10 teams after realignment n...
Posted on 1/17/13 at 5:49 PM
A MINNESOTAN IN CHINA The Final Leg
This three-week journey through central China capped off my 11-month stay in China. After it, I returned to my China home of Zhuhai for two days of preparations, reflection, and final good-byes to all...
Posted on 9/29/12 at 8:47 AM
THE NEW FORTY Who you gonna' call?
Alabama is a lush and lovely state - I enjoyed my short visit there. It isn't a state I could ever live in though as my hair and the weather had irreconcilable differences. Thankfully, even though the...
Posted on 9/28/11 at 10:14 PM
NEW PLATEAUS The Final Leg
My 11-month stay in China ended with the three-week journey you've been following me on. This three-week journey ended with a brief bit in the historic city, Xi'an. After this stop, my trek through ...
Posted on 9/28/11 at 11:27 AM
THE DULLUM FILE Blind Boys of Alabama
Some days opening the (snail) mail is worth it. Today was one of those days. Today in the mail I got a review copy of the new CD by the Blind Boys of Alabama called Take the High Road. The album i...
Posted on 5/5/11 at 2:51 PM
IN THE SPIRIT: Redemption story with charming, awkward, tearful parts 
Sometimes we go looking for a story and sometimes the story finds us.
Such is the case with Andy and Jon Erwin, Birmingham, Ala., brothers who grew up playing with cameras in the studio where their dad was a television and radio broadcaster.
By Naomi Dunavan , March 10, 2012
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Storms demolish small towns in Indiana, Kentucky; 38 dead
Emergency crews desperately searched for survivors today after a violent wave of Midwest and Southern storms flattened some rural communities and left behind a trail of destruction: shredded homes, downed power lines and streets littered with tossed cars.
By Jim Suhr and Roger Alford , March 03, 2012
Storms level Indiana towns, kill 16 across 3 states (VIDEO)
VIDEO: Watch at bottom of pagePowerful storms stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes wrecked two Indiana towns and killed at least eight people Friday as the system tore roofs off schools and homes, flattened a fire station, flipped over tractor-trailer trucks and damaged a maximum security prison. It was the second deadly tornado outbreak this week.
By Bruce Schreiner and Ken Kusmer , March 02, 2012
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Backbone of U.S. safety net: Volunteer 'disaster junkies'
Rebuilding after storms is becoming a growth industry as the United States is slammed by more natural disasters, and leaders of the response efforts say the nation's recovery network functions as well as it does because of a backbone of volunteers nicknamed "disaster junkies."
By Jay Reeves , March 02, 2012
Alabama judge acquits man accused in honeymoon drowning
An Alabama judge Thursday acquitted the man accused of drowning his newlywed wife during a honeymoon diving trip to Australia eight years ago, saying in an unusual ruling that prosecutors did not prove the man intentionally killed his wife to collect on a life insurance policy. Circuit Judge Tommy Nail issued his ruling before the defense had even presented its case in the two-week-long trial and before jurors were given the case to deliberate.
By Jay Reeves , February 23, 2012
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Alabama hit again by tornadoes; 2 dead, 100 hurt
At least two tornadoes roared across the heart of Alabama on Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 100 others during the middle of the night. More than 200 homes were destroyed, the Red Cross said, and just as many houses were heavily damaged.
By Jay Reeves , January 23, 2012
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Man sentenced to 6 years for promoting fake concerts in N.D., other states
A Florida man involved in schemes to promote and sell tickets to non-existent concerts in Iowa and other states has been sentenced to six years in federal prison. Scott Elkins of Tampa, Fla., received the sentence Friday from a federal judge in Iowa, where he had pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud.
By Associated Press , January 20, 2012
Natalee Holloway declared legally dead by Alabama judge
An Alabama judge signed an order Thursday declaring Natalee Holloway dead, more than six years after the American teenager vanished on the Caribbean island of Aruba during a high school graduation trip.
By Phillip Rawls , January 12, 2012
Van der Sloot pleads guilty to killing Peruvian woman (video)
After Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty today to the 2010 murder of a Peruvian woman he met at a Lima casino, his lawyer argued that the killing was tragically triggered by fallout from the very event that originally brought his client notoriety.
By Frank Bajak , January 11, 2012
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Alabama No. 1, except among some Associated Press voters
Four members of the media panel had Oklahoma State at No. 1, and Erik Gee, of KNML-AM in Albuquerque, N.M., picked LSU — as he said he would before the game.
By Ralph D. Russo , January 10, 2012
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Alabama takes BCS championship with 21-0 victory over LSU
VIDEO: Bottom of articleJeremy Shelley redeemed Alabama's kickers
Shelley overcame a few errant kicks to equal a bowl record with five field goals in the Crimson Tide's 21-0 win over LSU in Monday night's BCS championship game, writing a feel-good ending for the little guys with the maligned legs.
By John Zenor , January 09, 2012
OBIT: Gene Bartow, 81, 647-win college basketball coach who succeeded Wooden at UCLA
University of Alabama-Birmingham school officials say former UCLA, UAB coach Gene Bartow has died. He was 81.
By Associated Press , January 04, 2012
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: LSU, Alabama on track for title showdown
Only a major upset or a dramatic shift by voters can prevent a rematch between LSU and Alabama in the BCS national championship game.
By Associated Press , November 27, 2011
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1 dead, several hurt as storm pounds Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi
A strong storm system that produced several possible tornadoes hit the Southeast tWednesday, damaging dozens of homes and buildings. At least one person was killed and more than a dozen others were injured.
By Bob Johnson , November 16, 2011
Alabama county files for largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history
Alabama's most populous county filed what became the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in an effort to retake control of its beleaguered sewer system and wipe away as much of its whopping $4.15 billion in debt as possible.
By Phillip Rawls , November 10, 2011
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