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Jefferson’s Most Wanted: Accounting for Political Corruption in Alabama

By Kyle Whitmire
There’s a problem affecting our political culture here, and recent events have given us a snapshot of it. Speaking to the Birmingham City Council last month, Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford had on
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Katopodis middle man in Langford car deal

Katopodis acted as middle man in Langford car deal, tried to trade $4,000 Corvair for $350 guitar. Also, Council President Smitherman says she didn't trust Katopodis.

By Kyle Whitmire
A Navy lieutenant who had once been in a "paternal relationship" with John Katopodis testified Thursday that Katopodis once acted as a middleman in a deal to sell a $4,000 '65 Chevrolet Corvair to Bir
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Katopodis charity paid political expenses

Computer Help for Kids paid for myriad political activities, including autodialers for candidates and a campaign manager for former Birmingham City Councilor Jimmy Blake. Collins takes stand.

By Kyle Whitmire
Former Jefferson County Commissioner John Katopodis used money from the publicly funded charity Computer Help for Kids to pay for myriad political activities, including autodialers for candidates and
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Former directors: Katopodis alone kept charity finances

Three former executive directors of Computer Help for Kids testified Tuesday afternoon that they were kept out of the loop with the charity's finances and that the organization's hierarchy was confusing.

By Kyle Whitmire
Three former executive directors of Computer Help for Kids testified Tuesday afternoon that they were kept out of the loop about the charity's finances and that the organization's hierarchy was confus
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Charity funds withdrawn at casinos, paid credit cards

While Jefferson County was paying more than $800,000 of taxpayers’ money to the non-profit Computer Help for Kids, those funds were being withdrawn at casino ATMs and being used to pay personal credit card debts, an official from Regions bank testified in

By Kyle Whitmire
While Jefferson County was paying more than $800,000 of taxpayers' money to the non-profit Computer Help for Kids, those funds were being withdrawn at casino ATMs and being used to pay personal credit
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Langford handled Katopodis charity checks

While serving on the county commission, Larry Langford arranged for Computer Help for Kids to receive nearly $800,000 in county money and frequently had the checks delivered directly to him, a county administrator testified today in the trial of former Co

By Kyle Whitmire
While serving on the county commission, Larry Langford arranged for Computer Help for Kids to receive nearly $800,000 in county money and frequently had the checks delivered directly to him, a county
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Richard Scrushy now broke and busted

By Kyle Whitmire
At the end of one of the few remaining court battles in the HealthSouth saga, a Jefferson County circuit court judge saw what 12 jurors in criminal court did not - he found the former HealthSouth CEO
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Twitter is the revolution

By Kyle Whitmire
In the waning days of the Bush Administration, rumors ran rampant that the White House was plotting another front in the War on Terror — regime change in Iran. Such a fight could come in many forms, o
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LOW TIDE:

With a 4-24-2 record in three years as the head football coach at the University of Alabama, it's no wonder that J.B.

By Matt Hooper
He pondered the same questions he had heard hundreds, if not thousands, of times over the past few months. They tortured him, agonized him — in part because he had grown tired of searching for the ans
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JeffCo preps $51 million in cuts

By Kyle Whitmire
Jefferson County has identified more than $50 million in budget cuts, but those reductions could be painful and residents would see immediate affects. The county must reduce its budget after losing se