A Jefferson County sewer manhole cover in Railroad Park in Birmingham, Ala. Leaders of Alabama''s most populous county voted Wednesday to file an estimated $4.1 billion bankruptcy, the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. It includes more than $3 billion in sewer bond debt.
Alabama players work out during their first practice of the year on Friday night in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Tomato farmer Leroy Smith, second from left, talks with State Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, in Steele, Ala. Only a few of Smith''s field workers showed up for work after Alabama''s new immigration law took effect recently.
A masked man with the Knight of Revelry tosses beads to the crowds gathered on Government Street in Mobile, Ala., on March 8.
From left, Jacob Porter, Olivia Grubbs, Alyssa Viladiu, Laura Prater and Giang Lu share a laugh during a lunch break at a home under construction in Northport, Ala., on March 14.
Duane Dixon, left, cuts through a stud as Cole Medders, second from left, and Mason Moore watch at a home under construction in Northport, Ala., on March 14. These volunteers are building and furnishing a house in five days for a 67-year-old wheelchair-bound widow in a project they called Blitz Build 2011.
Jackson shakes hands with Auburn University President William Muse during graduation ceremonies in Auburn, Ala. Jackson was six courses short of graduating when he left the school in 1985. He went back to earn a bachelor's degree in family and child development.
Portable toilets stand on the beach as a sunbather plays with her dog in the waters off Dauphin Island, Ala. The portable bathrooms are for the use of oil cleanup crews as they work to defend the coast against oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
President Obama chats with workers repairing an oil boom as he tours a staging facility in Theodore, Ala. The president's message included an economic appeal to Americans to come visit the Gulf Coast. “There’s still a lot of opportunity for visitors to come down here. There are a lot of beaches that have not been affected and will not be affected. If people want to help, the best way to help is to come down here and visit,” Obama said.
Richard Pinegar a Captain with Dauphin Island, Ala. Fire Rescue collects tar balls to be taken to U.S. Geological Survey scientists who were on the island testing water and sand samples for levels of oil.
The Silver and Black chose ex-Alabama LB Rolando McClain, who celebrated with his mother Tonya Malone in his hometown of Decatur, Ala.
Alabama's Terrence Cody runs an agility drill for defensive linemen.
Ryan Newman's car goes airborne at the end of the backstretch in Talladega's November event. Newman's car slid on its roof, but he escaped without injury.
Newman, who had been one of the most outspoken drivers after Carl Edwards' scary crash at the Alabama track in April, said it was ironic that he wound up upside down in the speedway's next event.