ATLANTA - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist wants some more ribs. That's why he and Alabama Gov. Bob Riley on Friday agreed to renew their friendly wager from last year's SEC championship game. Full Article at Jacksonville.com

Game on! Gov. Charlie Crist today made a "friendly wager" with Alabama Gov. Bob Riley in advance of Saturday's SEC football championship faceoff between the UF Gators and the University of Alabama Crimson Tide. Full Article at Naked Politics

Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist have a friendly wager on the outcome of the Southeastern Conference football championship on Saturday. Riley says he will send Crist a rack of ribs from Dreamland if Florida wins. Full Article at Florida Today

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist have a friendly wager on the outcome of the Southeastern Conference football championship on Saturday. Riley says he will send Crist a rack of ribs from Dreamland if Florida wins. Full Article at Miami Herald

Gov. Bob Riley is taking back an October announcement that his administration would no longer approve state contracts that weren't put out for bid -- a move fueling the fight between the Republican governor and Democratic legislators over no-bid deals. Full Article at Montgomery Advertiser

One after another, speakers at the Democratic Governors Association meeting yesterday in Washington said how tricky 2010 would prove for just about anybody seeking to gain or hold office. One example is Alabama, where Republican Gov. Full Article at Real Clear Politics

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Gov. Bob Riley is backing off an October announcement by his administration that it would no longer approve contracts that weren't bid. Full Article at Everything Alabama

Dreamland at center of Gov. Bob Riley's wager. Full Article at Everything Alabama

Alabama Gov. Bob Riley said the firefighters set a fine example of service in their response to the terrorist attacks in 2001, and they continue that tradition with their annual trips south. Full Article at Biloxi Sun Herald

  Cape-Atlantic All-Stars Selected by league coaches. Full Article at Philadelphia Inquirer

Alabama Gov. Bob Riley today urged state mental health officials to tour the shuttered Carraway hospital in Birmingham and consider it as a possible replacement for Bryce state hospital in Tuscaloosa. Full Article at Everything Alabama

• Second of a two-part series MOBILE, Ala. -- State Rep. H "Mac" Gipson of Prattville proposed legislation back in 2004 to allow charter schools to operate in Alabama. The bill didn't even make it out of committee. Full Article at Everything Alabama

Alabama could gain to up to $175 million from that pot - all of which would go to education - if the state scores high enough on a U.S. Department of Education 500-point system for determining winners. Full Article at TimesDaily.com

WASHINGTON -- Gulf Coast officials are working together to land a federal contract to build nearly 200 refueling tankers for the Air Force, a multibillion-dollar deal that could create tens of thousands of jobs and jump-start an effort to create an... Full Article at Montgomery Advertiser

Gov. Bob Riley is on to something, and the rest of us should catch on to this idea before it's too late. The governor has decreed that those folks whose salaries are paid by our tax dollars be referred to as "public servants." No more "public employees. Full Article at Montgomery Advertiser

The Tarrant City School system will receive a $239,772 grant that was part of the federal stimulus package passed earlier this year, Gov. Bob Riley's office announced today. Full Article at Everything Alabama

Gov. Bob Riley will again close down state operations on Friday and give state employees a four-day weekend. Full Article at Montgomery Advertiser

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Two agency heads in Gov. Bob Riley's administration have traded barbs on Facebook over a candidate for governor who is critical of Riley. Full Article at WAFF