Miles faces questions about Alabama joke (Fox Sports)
LSU coach Les Miles found a way to take some of the focus off his players before coming into this state. Defending a national title? Finding a quarterback? Those were all hot topics during the Tigers' visit to Southeastern Conference media days on Wednesday, but so was Miles' playful poke at the University of Alabama - coached, of course, by his LSU predecessor Nick Saban.

Mercedes-Benz to cut production at Alabama plant (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Mercedes-Benz is reducing production of vehicles made in Alabama. Plant spokeswoman Felyicia Jerald said sales trends and the overall economy prompted the production cuts.

Alabama legislators to begin writing water plan (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Alabama businesses, farmers and water systems continue to struggle with the effects of two years of drought despite recent rains that have brought some relief.

Retirement Systems of Alabama willing to buy debt-laden Jefferson County sewer system (Birmingham News)
Alabama's state pension fund would buy Jefferson County's deeply indebted sewer system if the price were right, pension chief David Bronner said Wednesday.

112-yr-old Alabama man spends days drawing images from youth (GMA News)
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - Bent over or sitting at a table, gripping a ballpoint pen, marker or crayon, Frank Calloway spends his days turning visions from his youth into lively murals - and at 112 years old, the images of his childhood are a window to another time.