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• Newsmakers

  March 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C2 Signed Free-agent safety Ed Reed is finally a Houston Texan. The nine-time Pro Bowl safety signed a contract with Houston on Friday, a week after leaving town with no deal …

• Alabama rolls past Notre Dame for title

  January 7, 2013 in Sports Alabama romped to its second consecutive BCS championship, and third in four seasons, beating No. 1 Notre Dame 42-14 in a BCS championship game that was no classic after all. 1

• Air attack the wild card for Tide, Irish

  January 7, 2013 in Sports on Page B1 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Enough of the talk. Sometime around 9 tonight, a champion will be crowned at Sun Life Stadium. It’ll end the weeks of hype, debate and discussion …

• N.D. has its charms

  January 7, 2013 in Sports on Page B4 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The images will be vivid, history will be haunting, ghosts will be everywhere. This is Knute Rockne versus Bear Bryant, Touchdown Jesus versus Dreamland Bar-B-Que, Four … 1

• BCS Championship: Alabama vs. Notre Dame

  January 7, 2013 in Sports on Page B4 WHAT’S AT STAKE Alabama is going for its third national championship in four years and trying to become the first school to win back-to-back BCS titles. Notre Dame is seeking …

• Notre Dame players say Irish, Tide defenses are alike

  January 5, 2013 in Sports on Page C8 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – When No. 1 Notre Dame lines up on offense Monday night in the BCS championship, the team on the other side of the ball will look …

• Alabama manhandles Michigan 41-14

  September 2, 2012 in Sports on Page C5 ARLINGTON, Texas – Dee Milliner and the Alabama defense pushed around Michigan and showed they can still dominate. Even after sending three starting defenders from last year’s national championship team …

• Saban: Predictions for birds

  August 6, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 Here’s a prediction: Nick Saban won’t like questions about predictions. The Alabama coach says “they hijack the game” by putting the focus on the BCS and who will play in …

• Airbus to build 1st US assembly plant in Alabama

  July 2, 2012 in Nation/World MOBILE, Ala. — In the battle to dominate the global aviation industry, European aerospace giant Airbus announced its first assembly plant in the United States today, a symbolic and significant … 16

• Police arrest Ala. man in post-BCS video

  January 20, 2012 in Sports on Page B7 NEW ORLEANS – An Alabama man was arrested late Wednesday in connection with a video appearing to show someone in a University of Alabama jacket abusing an unconscious Louisiana State …

• Alabama crushes LSU for BCS title

  January 10, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 NEW ORLEANS – The Rematch of the Century, it wasn’t. For Alabama, it was good enough for No. 1, if not a lot of style points. The Crimson Tide romped …

• ’Bama-LSU redux again will feature defenses

  January 9, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 NEW ORLEANS – Les Miles squeezed out a smile, clenched his left hand nervously and extended his right hand toward Nick Saban. The coaches got in an awkward grasp, forced …

• Storm killed Alabama player’s girlfriend as 2 huddled in home

  January 8, 2012 in Sports on Page C7 NEW ORLEANS – Carson Tinker remembers huddling in a walk-in closet in the house on 25th Street, squeezing his girlfriend, Ashley Harrison, as the rumbling grew louder and the walls …

• Alabama edges Okla. St. for BCS title game berth vs. LSU

  December 5, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Play it again, LSU and Alabama. The Crimson Tide edged out Oklahoma State in the final round of voting Sunday and will play the top-ranked Tigers in the BCS national …

• LSU, Alabama will meet again for BCS title

  December 4, 2011 in Sports Play it again, LSU and Alabama. The Crimson Tide edged out Oklahoma State in the final round of voting and will play the top-ranked Tigers in the BCS national championship … 2

• No. 1 LSU races to SEC title with blowout win over Georgia

  December 4, 2011 in Sports on Page C7 ATLANTA – The “Honey Badger” doesn’t care when his team struggles. He just takes what he wants.

• Top-ranked LSU guts out 9-6 win over No. 2 Alabama

  November 6, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – No. 1 LSU gained the inside track to the BCS title game, beating No. 2 Alabama 9-6 on Drew Alleman’s 25-yard field goal in overtime after a …

• In brief: LSU, Alabama atop AP poll

  October 3, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 College football: LSU and Alabama are the top two teams in the country one month before their game in Tuscaloosa. The SEC West rivals held the first two spots in …

• Alabama executes man who killed store clerk

  September 22, 2011 in Nation/World, News ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has executed a man described by a police informant as trying to make a name for himself when he killed a convenience store clerk in …

• ’Bama back on top for first time since 1992

  January 8, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 PASADENA, Calif. – First, the Alabama defense knocked Colt McCoy out of the game. Later, it saved a national championship. Hanging onto a precarious three-point lead and with momentum on …

• Gunman kills nine, himself in Alabama

  March 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 SAMSON, Ala. – A gunman on a terrifying rampage across two southern Alabama counties killed at least nine people Tuesday, including members of his own family and apparent strangers, and …

• Selma remembered

  March 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 SELMA, Ala. – The nation’s first black attorney general and Gov. George C. Wallace’s daughter celebrated the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march Sunday – 44 years after state troopers from her …

• Missing pilot faked plane crash, police suspect

  January 13, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 MILTON, Fla. – A businessman whose financial management companies were under investigation apparently bailed out of his small plane and then let it crash in a Florida swamp. However, a …