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Saban's contract approved
Associated Press – June 14 (appeared in hundreds of media outlets across the United States)
University of Alabama trustees approved the eight-year, $32 million contract for football coach Nick Saban on Thursday. The deal doesn't include a buyout clause if he wants to leave early and puts a cap on the number of public appearances Saban must make every year…
USAToday – June 15
ESPN.com – June 14
Sporting News – June 14
SportsIllustrated.com –June 14

Saban’s contract a done deal
Tuscaloosa News – June 15
…“We believe this contract serves the university well," President Robert Witt told trustees. “It represents a sound business decision." No state taxpayer money will be used to pay Saban’s salary…

Trustees approve Saban's contract
Birmingham News – June 15
In a unanimous vote, the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees approved an eight-year, $32 million contract for Nick Saban that gave football coaches everywhere cause to celebrate… “This is one of the most sound business decisions the University of Alabama has made," said university President Robert Witt, who by comparison had a total compensation package worth $572,600 for 2006-07, according to a survey in the Chronicle of Higher Education…

Endorsements not included in Saban's deal
Huntsville Times – June 15
It's all done. Alabama football coach Nick Saban signed his eight-year, $32 million contract Wednesday, the Board of Trustees compensation committee unanimously approved it Thursday and if there was a concern that something might go wrong in negotiations, those concerns are now…

UA trustees approve Saban's contract
Montgomery Advertiser – June 15
The Crimson Tide coach signed his contract on Wednesday and it was sent to the board of trustees for the compensation committee's approval late Thursday afternoon…“I think the university did everything exactly like you would like for them to do," Saban said. "We appreciate (university) President (Robert) Witt in his role and what he did and all the other people in the university community that made all this happen and we're very pleased and happy to be here. We look forward to trying to build something special for the state of Alabama and the people at the University of Alabama."

Paleoanthropology: Food for thought
Science Magazine – June 15
…began to collaborate with physiologist Stephen Secor of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, who studies digestive physiology and metabolism in amphibians and reptiles…

UA seeks to raise tuition by 8%
Associated Press – June 15
UA System trustees meeting Thursday and today in Tuscaloosa also could approve tuition increases of 8 percent for the Tuscaloosa campus and 7.5 percent for the University of Alabama at Birmingham, according to system spokeswoman Kellee Reinhart…
Huntsville Times – June 15
Decatur Daily – June 15
WBRC (Birmingham) -- June 14 and 15
WVTM (Birmingham) -- June 14 and 15
WKRG (Mobile) -- June 15
WAKA (Montgomery) -- June 14 and 15
WSFA (Montgomery) June 14 and 15

Child Abuse Costs the state Millions
According to UA’s Center for Business and Economic Research, child abuse is costing the state over $500 Million dollars per year.
WRBL (Columbus, Ga.) -- June 14
WVTM (Birmingham) -- June 12
WAKA (Montgomery) -- June 12
WSFA (Montgomery) -- June 12

Blogger launches PAC-to-PAC PAC
Mobile Register – June 15
…Dan Roberts, an engineering major at the University of Alabama who runs the blog Between the Links -- www.betweenthelinks.com -- said in a phone interview Thursday that he created the PAC to highlight the need for a ban on PAC-to-PAC transfers…

Covington considered 'coastal' for storm planning
Andalusia Star-News – June 15
…The Alabama State Data Center at The University of Alabama recently analyzed those counties - which include Baldwin, Clarke, Covington, Escambia, Geneva, Mobile, Monroe and Washington - and determined that 16 percent of the state's population is in danger in a hurricane…

Golf, football team up for 4-H
Montgomery Advertiser – June 15
Former football coaches Pat Dye of Auburn University and Joe Kines of the University of Alabama joined Blakeney at an event that has raised an estimated $60,000 over the past three years…