<div id="subtitle">Ala. banker pleads guilty to paying bribes to Birmingham mayor, will help prosecutors</div><div><p>An investment banker pleaded guilty Tuesday to bribing Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, the second co-defendant to admit funneling cash and gifts to Langford in exchange for $7 ...

<div id="subtitle">Indicted Birmingham, Ala., mayor told federal investigators he had debts from fancy clothes</div><div><p>The always flamboyant and well-dressed mayor of Alabama's largest city told federal investigators last year that he had big debts, in part from buying expensive attire, and he had a buddy who ...

<div id="subtitle">Feds arrest Birmingham, Ala., mayor on bribery, fraud, other charges linked to sour bonds</div><div><p>The mayor of Alabama's largest city was arrested Monday on charges of steering millions of dollars of bond work to a friend in exchange for more than $230,000 in bribes ...

<div><p>The mayor of Alabama's largest city, Larry Langford, was arrested Monday on charges of steering millions of dollars of bond work to a friend in exchange for more than $230,000 in bribes that paid his debts for flashy clothes, jewelry and Rolex watches.</p><p>The bond deals ...