BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama's largest county appears headed for the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, a $3.2 billion mess created by the nation's credit crunch and a colossal, corruption-riddled sewer project.

Politicians in Jefferson County — which has 658,000 residents and includes the state's biggest city, Birmingham — are struggling to find a way out of the jam, but they have mostly abandoned talk of raising taxes and fees after running into fierce opposition at raucous public meetings.

Mayor under suspicion

Among those still under suspicion is former Commissioner Larry Langford, who was elected mayor of Birmingham last year in a landslide. He has denied any wrongdoing.

The county has won repeated extensions from its creditors since March, with the latest one running through mid-November. After that, it is unclear how long the crisis can go on.

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Some fine African-styled weapons those nigs got their hands on. What's that colorful thing that pack-rat nigger has found-- a 3.2 billion dollar whoopee cushion?