Dorm deposit hike could Tide outdunks Vandy Downtown offers upscale cause student woes in overtime thriller nightlife to students OPINIONS, Page 4 SPORTS, Page 5 THE SCENE, Page 10 Thursday, February 9, 2006 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 112, Issue 85 AG: church attacks assault on state the heart of these commu- The FBI is looking Arsonists should pay, top law nities,” King said. “These into whether the fires enforcement official says are the places where peo- were civil rights viola- ple dedicate their babies, tions under laws cover- BY MARLIN CADDELL pray when something is ing attacks on religious Metro/State Editor wrong … and bury their property, and the state ■
[email protected] dead.” and federal government He said insurance has offered $10,000 in Alabama Attorney General Troy money is not enough to rewards for information. King told the Business Law Society heal the wounds of com- Troy King King said one of his on Wednesday that he was doing munities affected by worries about the burn- everything in his power to stop the the arsonists, and he ings is the fear it cre- arsonist attacks that have burned called the burnings an “attack on ates, which can lead to vigilantism. nine churches in the state in the Alabama.” He said members of community past week. King said the FBI and the federal churches who are worried about Last week, five Baptist churches agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, their church being burned might were burned in rural Bibb County Tobacco and Firearms were working “take up their shotguns to stand and four more were set ablaze with local law enforcement to find watch in the church.” in Greene, Pickens and Sumter the suspects in the case.