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The University of Alabama is seeking out participants to enroll in a national study that explores factors that impact child development.
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The College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl pits the number one ranked Michigan Wolverines against the number four Alabama Crimson Tide, the two winningest programs in major college football.
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Sportsbook director Jay Kornegay is anticipating massive crowds at Westgate's Las Vegas location this weekend and Monday to bet on the two College Football Playoff semifinal games. Alabama is attracting a lot of bets for the Rose Bowl.
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NASA is looking back on a bit of space history today while a University of Alabama astronaut is focusing on the future. It was on this date back in 1972 when the crew of Apollo 17 returned to Earth. That was NASA’s last manned lunar mission. Astronaut, and UA grad, Bob Hines is supporting the flight of Artemis Two, which will soon send people back to the moon.
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CNN says it will host two debates, in Iowa and New Hampshire, next month as the dust settles from the event on the campus of the University of Alabama. If Tuscaloosa’s event is any indication. Nikki Haley will be the focus of attention and attacks. APR news worked with NPR to provide national coverage of the first ever Presidential debate in Alabama.
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The four Republican presidential candidates debating Wednesday night mostly targeted each other instead of Donald Trump. Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley took the brunt of the attacks as she gets more interest from donors and voters. That was among the results that left University of Alabama students in the Debate audience either embarrassed or making jokes.
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The shrinking field of Republican presidential hopefuls will gather on a debate stage at The University of Alabama for the fourth time this year, running out of time to shake up a race that's been dominated by former President Donald Trump. Alabama Public Radio news is working alongside NPR to provide national coverage of the event.
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The number of candidates on stage is shrinking, but the fundamentals of Wednesday's Republican presidential debate may be familiar to anyone who has watched the previous three meetings. APR news previewed the event nationally for NPR on “All Things Considered” and “Weekend Edition Sunday.” Links to both stories are at the bottom of this article.
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The fifty University of Alabama students, and the nine hundred reportedly “invitation only” audience members, now know who will be on stage for the GOP Debate at the Moody Music Building on the Tuscaloosa campus. And, one more contender has dropped out.
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Republican presidential candidates will debate Wednesday within walking distance of where George Wallace staged his "stand in the schoolhouse door" to oppose the enrollment of Black students at the University of Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement.