With Election Day on Tuesday, voters across Alabama will have the opportunity to select a new governor, a U.S. Senator and many local officials. Be ready with these sample ballots for Jefferson and Shelby counties.

(The Jefferson County sample ballot includes 164 versions, one for every combination of districts.)

Ballots can be printed, downloaded or viewed in full-screen mode.

Look for more coverage throughout, including all the results after polls close at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

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Sample ballots for all 67 counties.

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Jefferson County ballot

Shelby County ballot

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Even in the dark
bowels of the earth, hope lives
for the survivors.

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Rejoice! Or repent. Republican Robert Bentley and Democrat Ron Sparks will have one final, final debate tonight.

The Alabama gubernatorial candidates will clash at 7 at Athens State University. It’s airing in Huntsville on WHNT channel 19.2, and will live-stream on AL.com.

Check out clips from the Oct. 19 debate at Auburn University. (See the entire debate.)

Video: Campaign and ethics reform

Video: Jobs

Video: Public school funding

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Who will win the debate, Bentley or Sparks? And who will win next Tuesday? Tell us in the comments below.

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Video: Preview of “The Spill,” “Frontline”

Some of you may recall way back in the spring of this year, a teensy weensy little petroleum spill somewhere out to sea.

It started with an oil drilling platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico killing 11 workers and blossoming into the worst U.S. environmental disaster ever. Portions of the Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida coastlines suffered natural and economic damage.

Relive those heady days of early 2010 tonight when “Frontline” presents “The Spill,” a look inside the seemingly reckless practices of BP, the platform’s owner.

BP chief executive officer Robert Dudley said Monday, “I do not believe that BP is an unsafe company. There will be some documentaries run, I think tomorrow night in the U.S., that paints that picture of the company.”

The report airs at 9 tonight on Alabama Public Television, repeating at 1 a.m. Sunday. It will also be available for viewing online.

Caution: Watching this news documentary may cause vomiting, but don’t worry, BP will clean that up, too.

Video: “The Spill” investigates BP’s history of lax inspections
and equipment upgrades and maintenance.

In times of madness,
shake your tiny fists of rage
at an uncouth world.

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Yellow pages filled
with obscure methods to reach
people on the stay.

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Friends come and go, but
bitter rivalries endure
for generations.

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Riding on the bus
listening to the motor
strain for one more mile.

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The voices within
have come to a decision:
sausage, extra cheese.

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Inner warmth powers
non-electric blanket while
curled up on the couch.

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Kendal Brown, the 24-year-old contestant from Northport, was eliminated in tonight’s episode of “America’s Next Top Model.” She was in the Bottom Two with Esther Petrack of Boston.

In the previous week, the judges had praised Brown in her photos, but the seventh week of competition proved disastrous for her.

We’ll have more soon in Nadria Tucker’s full recap.

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On the runway: more on “America’s Next Top Model.”

Video: Preview of tonight’s episode. You know
what reality TV needs? More drinking.

We’re just about at the halfway point, with six models sent home and eight remaining on “America’s Next Top Model.” Tonight, the girls party like rock stars and dress each other up.

Northport’s Kendal Brown can be hit or miss. Last week, her photos were a hit with the judges, but can she keep up the momentum as weird Ann Ward continues her dominance in the competition?

See the show tonight, and come back for Nadria Tucker’s weekly recap after the show.

Also:

• Episode 6 recap

Video: And what else does it need more of? Shopping!

“America’s Next Top Model” airs at 7 p.m. Wednesdays on CW 21.

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The G-men pulled some
bad apples in a barrel
full of rotten ones.

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If you’re still on the fence about Robert Bentley and Ron Sparks, you can see them square off one last time in tonight’s hourlong debate at Auburn University. The two will make their pitches and answer (or deflect) the tough questions starting at 7 tonight.

NBC 13’s Andrea Lindenberg will serve as moderator. Questions will include those submitted ahead of time by citizens and vetted by the League of Women Voters.

The debate will be carried on Alabama Public Television and on WBHM (90.3 FM). A live video stream will also be available on the Alabama Public Television website, while WBHM will have an audio stream. AL.com will also have a live video stream and moderated chat.

Republican nominee Bentley has been on the defense this week after admitting he sought and received contributions from the Alabama Education Association. Whether this will aid Democratic nominee Sparks remains to be seen.

Video: The previous Bentley-Sparks debate at
Birmingham-Southern College. (Note: Video will play,
after it loads completely.)

Election Day is Nov. 2.

Also:

• The World Around You looks at the fallout from Bentley’s AEA admission and whether it will help Sparks at all.
• Video: First debate at the University of Alabama

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The shorter days, the
longer nights, darkness roams with
frosty companions.

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