alabama

Adam Weinstein · 01/02/14 09:44AM

Boar Tush, Lick Skillet, Slick Lizard, and Smut Eye. Alabama town names are pretty weird. Weirder still is that a list of them is currently one of the most-read "stories" on Alabama's news site of record. What's the weirdest-named place you ever visited? Tell us in the comments.

Black Drag-Dancing Santas Anger Townsfolk at Alabama Christmas Parade

Adam Weinstein · 12/23/13 09:00AM

Semmes, Alabama, is named for a Confederate admiral. Shockingly, the people of Semmes, Alabama, felt a little weird about an "all-male, African-American gay dance team from Mobile" impersonating sexy Santa gals at their annual Christmas parade. If by weird, you mean irate.

Alabama Town Evacuates Over Suspected Bomb, Learns It's Just Marijuana

Adam Weinstein · 11/22/13 11:13AM

More than a dozen schools, two college campuses, and multiple businesses in Decatur, Alabama, were evacuated Thursday over a suspicious package attached to a railcar laden with toxic gas. But rather than explosives, authorities found the package held several pounds of weed.

Public University Tries to Create a Christian Dorm

Hamilton Nolan · 08/05/13 12:04PM

Just when you think that the state of Alabama has taken the summer off from providing fodder for desperate bloggers, Troy University— a public university, based in Alabama— goes and announces it's opening a brand new dorm just for Christians.

Disabled, Shit-Covered Cruise Ship Descends to New Circle of Hell Off the Coast of Alabama

Max Read · 02/14/13 03:28PM

The Carnival cruise line disabled by a fire and left floating for days, stinking of shit and piss, has reached a new level of horror as the towline taking it to Alabama—where its passengers would, finally, be able to disembark and go home—broke, leaving them floating once more in the Gulf of Mexico, 30 miles from shore. It's been fixed, and the ship is moving again—but as these images show, it's still not pretty.

The Bunker in Alabama Where the Kidnapped 5-Year Old Was Held Looks Crazy

Jordan Sargent · 02/05/13 11:51PM

The saga of the kidnapped five-year old in Dale County, Alabama has come to a conclusion. The boy is safe and resting in a hospital and his captor, Jimmy Lee Dykes — who kidnapped the boy after shooting his bus driver dead — is dead himself following an FBI raid.