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• Super-Rich Elites Fuel An "Offshore Economy" Estimated at $21 Trillion

  

  Ultra-rich individuals around the globe are exploiting tax havens to hide an estimated $21 trillion offshore, according to a new study by the Tax Justice... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 SOCIETY

• Alabama Lawyer Threatened to Kill A Man In the Midst of Divorce Proceedings

  

  Jeff ScruggsHow is this for "legal ethics"?Birmingham attorney Allan L. Armstrong threatened to kill a man in 2008 after cheating with the man's wife, apparentl... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Scandal-Ridden Barclays Is a Key Financial Booster for Campus Crest CEO Ted...

  

  Barclays CEO Bob DiamondCampus Crest Communities, whose CEO was the beneficiary of a grossly unlawful divorce judgment in Alabama, draws major financial... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2012 SOCIETY

• Karl Rove and Karen Johnson: The Political Marriage That Ali Akbar Built?

  

  Karl Rove and Karen JohnsonKarl Rove and Karen Johnson don't seem like the kind of couple that would have a quickie wedding. Published reports indicate they hav... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• JPMorgan Chase Becomes a Major Player In the Slimy Debt-Collection Business

  

  Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan ChaseThe largest bank in the United States, and perhaps the sleaziest, has been involved in our debt-collection story from the... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2012 SOCIETY

• Was Lawyer Chace Swatek's Injury a Sign That He Had a "Huffing" Problem?

  Alabama attorney Chace Swatek was seriously injured in a fall last summer, according to posts on his Facebook page.Was the fall caused by inhalant abuse, which... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Is Karl Rove's Quickie Marriage Designed to Counteract Reports About His...

  

  Karl Rove and Karen JohnsonHow should a prominent political figure react when he is being hounded by reports of a bisexual affair with a junior party operative? Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Penn State Employees Feared They Would Be Fired If They Reported Sandusky's Abuse

  

  Louis FreehFormer FBI director Louis Freeh yesterday released his report on the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State, and coverage has focused mainly on the rol... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Was Major Bashinsky the Target of Attempted Extortion Before He Died?

  

  Sloan Y. Bashinsky Jr.Alabama lawyer Major Bashinsky killed himself because someone was about to "out" him as bisexual, according to a recent blog post by his... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Did Former U.S. Prosecutor Who Worked for Choctaws Really Kill Himself in...

  

  Jack LacyA former assistant U.S. attorney who helped prosecute a high-profile murder case from the civil-rights era was found dead in his Brandon, Mississippi,... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Alabama Lawyer Bill Swatek Has a Habit of Abusing His Own Clients, Especially...

  

  William E. SwatekMost of my reporting on Alabama attorney William E. Swatek has focused on the bogus lawsuit he filed on behalf of our criminally inclined... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Here Are Sure Signs That Alabama Remains In the Noxious Grip of Conservative...

  

  Rob RileyWhy is Alabama's largest newspaper hemorrhaging readers so badly that it is about to start printing just three days a week? A couple of hints can be... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 DEBATE, LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Oil, Money, Politics, and the Death of a Prominent Alabama Lawyer

  

  William Cobb "Chip" HazelrigAccording to the official finding, Alabama lawyer Major Bashinsky shot himself in the head and used duct tape and rope to create... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Jerry Sandusky Case Unmasks Morally Bankrupt "Leaders" in Higher Education

  

  Jerry SanduskyThe second chapter of the Jerry Sandusky scandal is about to be written, and it looks like it will be radically different from the first. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Connecting the Dots Between Karl Rove and His Alleged Bisexual Lover

  

  Ali Akbar and Tim PawlentyThe GOP operative who is alleged to be Karl Rove's bisexual lover states in a video that he has, in fact, worked with Rove. We also... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• How Much Sleaze Will Be Unearthed In Investigation of U.S. Chamber of Commerce?

  

  Tom DonohueThe U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold most of the Obama health-care law was by far the most-watched story of last week. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Attorney In Rolando McClain Lawsuit Once Threatened to Kill a Man

  

  Rolando McClainAn attorney who filed a lawsuit alleging that a former University of Alabama football star had a history of "criminal activity" has himself been... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Karl Rove's Bisexual Affair Might Have Sparked His Bizarre Rant on Fox News

  

  Greta Van Sustern and Karl RoveKarl Rove is having a bisexual affair with the president of a conservative bloggers' group, and concern about being outed... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Chace Swatek and "Huffing": Did Dust-Off Cause the Death of an Alabama Attorney?

  

  The abuse of inhalants, known in street terms as "huffing," once was limited mostly to adolescents and adults living in poverty. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Jerry Sandusky: Only the Tip of the Iceberg?

  

  Jerry Sandusky Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was found guilty on 45 counts Friday night in perhaps the most high-profile child... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 LEGAL, SOCIETY