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Week 14: Ohio State returns and BYU-Coastal square off
Among the teams contending for a playoff spot, the intrigue is not about who No. 3 Ohio State is playing as much as who will be play playing for the Buckeyes this weekend. Ohio State seems to be on track to play at Michigan State on Saturday after a spike in COVID-19 cases in the program forced a cancellation of...
World War II vet beats COVID-19, marks 104th birthday
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man who spent World War II repairing bomb-damaged trains in France recovered from a fight with COVID-19 in time to mark his 104th birthday on Thursday. Major Wooten was physically drained and a little fuzzy mentally after battling the new coronavirus but appears to be on...
Alabama man convicted of delivering drugs in government car
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama county government worker has been found guilty in federal court of delivering nearly 2 pounds (1 kilogram) of methamphetamine using his work truck, according to prosecutors. Anthony Lamon Frazier, 38, was convicted of possession with the intent to distribute more than 50...
Amazon workers in bid to unionize at Alabama warehouse
BESSEMER, Ala (AP) — Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama are seeking to form a union, setting up a potential battle in the Deep South with a company that has opposed unionization efforts. Employees at the Bessemer facility filed a petition last month with the National Labor Relations Board saying...
Explosives topple 1,000-foot stack at old power plant
BRIDGEPORT, Ala. (AP) — Crews used explosives to topple a 1,000-foot-tall (305-meter-tall ) smoke stack at an old power plant in Alabama on Thursday in a major step toward preparing the site for redevelopment. Workers hired by the Tennessee Valley Authority set off the charges at the site of the Widows...
College Football Picks: Alabama-LSU has decided lack of buzz
Alabama-LSU has in 13 months gone from Game of the Century to not even as interesting as BYU at Coastal Carolina. The top-ranked Crimson Tide visit the defending national champion Tigers on Saturday for a game that is likely to be a name-the-score blowout for Alabama, which is favored by more than four...
No. 1 'Bama can hand LSU 1st 2-game skid under Orgeron
No. 1 Alabama (8-0, 8-0 SEC, No. 1 CFP) at LSU (3-4, 3-4), Saturday at 8 p.m. EST (CBS). Line: Alabama by 29 1/2. Series record: Alabama leads 53-26-5. WHAT’S AT STAKE Alabama probably can afford one loss and still make the College Football Playoff, but a loss to a sub-.500 team would represent a...
No. 5 Texas A&M visits Auburn riding 5-game winning streak
No. 5 Texas A&M (6-1 SEC, No. 5 CFP) at Auburn (5-3), Saturday at noon EST (ESPN). Line: Texas A&M by 7. Series record: Tied 5-5. WHAT’S AT STAKE? The Aggies are still in the playoff hunt even with slim chances of winning the SEC Western Division. They’ve won five games in a row though two...
No. 1 Alabama primed to prolong its primacy at LSU
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The way top-ranked Alabama has been rolling over opponents, coach Nick Saban likely could spend another week or more recovering from COVID-19 at home without jeopardizing the Crimson Tide’s national title hopes. Saban, however, has left little doubt about his intention to be...
Biden eyes defeated candidates for key administration roles
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In politics, there can sometimes be an upside to losing. President-elect Joe Biden is eyeing several Democrats who lost congressional reelection races last month for key positions in his administration. They include outgoing Reps. Abby Finkenauer of Iowa and Donna Shalala of Florida...
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