Implementing Alabama?s extreme immigration law (HB 56) would be incredibly expensive. That is the bottom line of a new report by University of Alabama economist Samuel Addy entitled A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the New Alabama Immigration Law. According to the report, the law could cost Alabama up to $11 billion in GDP and nearly $265 [...]

LOS ANGELES ? Kate Beckinsale is back with a vengeance, with her latest “Underworld” movie opening at No. 1 this weekend. “Underworld Awakening” made an estimated $25.4, distributor Sony Screen Gems reported Sunday. This is the fourth film in the vampire action saga. Beckinsale starred in the first two movies as the warrior Selene, then [...]

‘It’s very different from any other music video,’ guys say about clip, premiering Wednesday (December 14) on BET’s ’106 & Park.’By Jocelyn Vena Mindless Behavior Photo: MTV News Justin Bieber and Michael Bublé have fans celebrating the holidays with their albums Under the Mistletoe and Christmas, respectively, and now it’s Mindless Behavior‘s turn. The boy [...]

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.?? Confederate Civil War vessel H.L. Hunley, the world’s first successful combat submarine, was unveiled in full and unobstructed for the first time on Thursday, capping a decade of careful preservation. “No one alive has ever seen the Hunley complete. We’re going to see it today,” engineer John King said as [...]

A woman protester who claims she wants to see blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng, recounts her grievances as a Chinese police officer questions her outside the hospital where Chen is recuperating in Beijing, Saturday, May 5, 2012. While it appears China will likely make a rare concession and allow activist Chen Guangcheng to leave China with [...]