“Alabama” on The Daily Caller

The sister of a white Mobile, Alabama man who suffered severe head trauma during a beating by approximately 20 black neighbors on Saturday spoke exclusively to The Daily Caller, saying that the incident started after one of her children witnessed some of the eventual assailants stealing an item from a neighbor’s porch — not, as some media outlets have reported, following a disagreement about a pick-up basketball game in the street. (more)

Two states — Michigan and Alabama — are jointly leading the nation in the difficult race to force down unemployment rates. (more)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — You can buy Fat Bastard wine in Alabama, but you’ll have to go elsewhere for Dirty Bastard beer. (more)

A nightclub in Montgomery, Ala. is raising eyebrows by hosting a “Food Stamp Friday” party on April 6 that seems to glamorize life on the federal government’s food assistance program. (more)

The College Democrats at Alabama A&M University are among a coalition of student groups that have invited Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan to speak on campus despite his history of outlandish and offensive remarks. (more)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials presented The Daily Caller with a less-than-clear explanation of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s Feb. 15 comments that ICE would not increase cooperation with Alabama on its tough deportation program called “Secure Communities” while a state illegal immigration law is adjudicated. (more)

Former Alabama Democratic Rep. Artur Davis is criticizing the Alabama Democratic Party for hosting its controversial “evening with Bill Maher” reception this weekend. (more)

Members of Congress are openly criticizing Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano after tough questions from Alabama Republican Rep. Mike Rogers revealed that she halted a tough deportation program involving his state and her Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. (more)

Former Alabama Supreme Court justice Roy Moore was ousted from office almost a decade ago for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument he placed in the state’s judicial building. (more)

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum secured a pair of dramatic wins in Alabama and Mississippi Tuesday that severely damaged Newt Gingrich‘s campaign, which had said that the former House speaker needed to win in the Deep South. (more)

This year’s political robo-call wars are continuing in the South, as Alabama voters have reported receiving mysterious pro-Rick Santorum calls from an unaffiliated political action committee based in Virginia. (more)

Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore plans to ride his horse to the voting booth when the southern state holds elections on Tuesday. (more)

The Alabama Democratic Party has now scrubbed a web page advertising its upcoming fundraiser with HBO’s Bill Maher following an uproar from conservatives about the event because of the comedian’s history of making sexist statements about women. (more)

Some images are so powerful that we can almost categorize them as sacred. By casually invoking these images we can trivialize, even desecrate, them to a point where they lose their unique and important standing in our collective memories. (more)

Republicans in Alabama are now calling on the Alabama Democratic Party to cancel an upcoming fundraiser with HBO’s Bill Maher because of the comedian’s history of “disgusting rhetoric.” (more)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man who spent 18 months in an Australian jail for the drowning death of his wife during a diving trip in that country was acquitted of murder in Alabama on Thursday. A judge ended the trial with his acquittal ruling before the defense had even presented its case, saying prosecutors lacked evidence to prove Gabe Watson intentionally killed his wife. (more)

Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker offered some red meat to pro-lifers when he used a wrongful death case to call on states to give legal rights to unborn babies, arguing that Roe v. Wade’s “viability standard is not persuasive” and “should be abandoned.” (more)

Last year’s book, “Throw Them All Out,” by the Hoover Institution’s Peter Schweizer, accused various members of Congress of using inside knowledge of the legislative process in Washington, D.C., to get rich as the American economy wilted. (more)

Diversity advocates are bombarding Alabama with adjectives. (more)

Alabama’s unemployment rate continues to drop amid state-wide enforcement of a new immigration law, despite Democratic efforts to block and stigmatize the popular reform. (more)