Former governor says he discussed finding work for speaker

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama Gov. Bob Riley testified on Monday that requests the House speaker sent him asking for help finding a job were sometimes serious and sometimes part of a running joke between the two old friends.
As the state ethics trial for House Speaker Mike Hubbard resumed Monday, a state prosecutor continued to quiz the former governor about the emails in which Hubbard appears to repeatedly ask Riley for a job and lament that a 2010 ethics law would prevent him from