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| Honey Boo Boo's Mama June 'Very, Very Shocked' By Her Weight Loss Monday, Jul 15, 2013 01:25 PM PDT  "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" star Mama June has dropped some pounds in the last few months - something that has floored her. Full Story | Top |
| Zimmerman protesters raid LA store, stop freeway Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 08:33 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Protesters ran through Los Angeles streets Monday night, breaking windows, attacking people on sidewalks and raiding a Wal-Mart store, while others blocked a major freeway in the San Francisco Bay area in the third night of demonstrations in California over George Zimmerman's Florida acquittal in the killing of Trayvon Martin. Full Story | Top |
| Key witness in Zimmerman case says defense attorney is ‘lucky I’m a Christian’ Monday, Jul 15, 2013 06:47 PM PDT  The young friend of slain teenager Trayvon Martin made her first public remarks since George Zimmerman was found not guilty on Saturday. Full Story | Top |
| Study: Later retirement may help prevent dementia Monday, Jul 15, 2013 05:30 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — New research boosts the "use it or lose it" theory about brainpower and staying mentally sharp. People who delay retirement have less risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, a study of nearly half a million people in France found. Full Story | Top |
| Juror says Zimmerman went 'above and beyond' but that race was not an issue Monday, Jul 15, 2013 06:06 PM PDT  A juror in the George Zimmerman trial made her first public appearances since the trial reached its verdict on Saturday, saying race did not play a role in the jury's decision but admitted she believes Zimmerman went "above and beyond" his role as a neighborhood watch member. Full Story | Top |
| Zimmerman's lawyer calls prosecutors 'disgrace' to profession Monday, Jul 15, 2013 07:55 PM PDT  By Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - George Zimmerman's chief defense lawyer on Monday called Florida prosecutors "a disgrace to my profession" for holding back evidence for months and pledged a new effort to impose sanctions against them. Mark O'Mara and co-counsel Don West argued the self-defense case that helped Zimmerman win an acquittal of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges on Saturday for the 2012 shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. The law requires prosecutors to share evidence with defense attorneys, especially if it helps exonerate defendants. ... Full Story | Top |
| Twitter user swiftly sabotages Zimmerman juror’s book deal Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 07:02 AM PDT  A Twitter user who launched a social media campaign to stop a juror in the George Zimmerman case from getting a book deal has succeeded in her effort—within six hours. On Monday, Juror B37, one of six female jurors who made the controversial decision to acquit Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Fla. town somberly absorbs Zimmerman verdict Monday, Jul 15, 2013 02:08 PM PDT  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Nearly 70 years after Jackie Robinson was run out of town, Sanford is absorbing what some see as another blow to race relations: the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin. Full Story | Top |
| Initially split Florida jury heard Zimmerman call for help Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 04:45 AM PDT  By Daniel Trotta and Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors in the trial of George Zimmerman were originally split whether the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin amounted to murder, but most agreed it was Zimmerman, not Martin, calling for help in the background of an emergency call, a juror told CNN. The six-woman jury acquitted Zimmerman, ending a trial that became a national story about race in America. The unnamed juror, number B-37, said no one on the jury believed that race played a role in the shooting. ... Full Story | Top |
| Get Your Life Back! Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 07:40 AM PDT Katie's Take Can you imagine a life without your devices? No Smartphone. A status update desert. A flightless Twitter bird. The thought alone may be terrifying. Author and Comedian Baratunde Thurston did it – and survived to tell the tale. The constant digital presence of the self-proclaimed "social media guy," caused Thurston to hit a [...] Full Story | Top |
| Panama finds suspected weapons on N. Korean ship Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 12:42 PM PDT  PANAMA CITY (AP) — A North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which is under a United Nations arms embargo, Panamanian officials said Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| On Martin case, Obama shifts from passion to calm Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 09:02 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama first addressed the death of Trayvon Martin last year, he did so passionately, declaring that if he had a son, he would look like the slain 17-year-old. His powerful and personal commentary marked a rare public reflection on race from the nation's first black president. Full Story | Top |
| Sharpton to lead 'Justice for Trayvon' rallies Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 10:39 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton announced Tuesday that he will lead a national "Justice for Trayvon" day in 100 cities this weekend to press for federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman. Full Story | Top |
| All involved agree, sand dune rescue 'a miracle' Monday, Jul 15, 2013 07:24 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — One minute, 6-year-old Nathan Woessner was scampering up a massive dune in northern Indiana with his dad and a friend. He was gone the next, without a warning or sound. Full Story | Top |
| Irate Ivy League professor calls God ‘a white racist god’ after Zimmerman verdict Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 05:32 AM PDT In light of a Florida jury verdict finding George Zimmerman not guilty, a professor at an Ivy League university has now concluded that God is "a white racist god with a problem" who "is carrying a gun and stalking young black men." Full Story | Top |
| Wis. man faces trial for shooting teenage neighbor Monday, Jul 15, 2013 04:04 PM PDT  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jurors were selected Monday in the case of a 76-year-old white man charged with gunning down a 13-year-old black boy last year on a Milwaukee sidewalk over a theft allegation. Full Story | Top |
| Zimmerman jury initially split 3-2-1 on verdict Monday, Jul 15, 2013 05:53 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jury in George Zimmerman's trial initially had three votes for not guilty, two votes for manslaughter and one vote for second-degree murder when deliberations began, juror B-37 told CNN on Monday. The jury later reached a unanimous verdict of not guilty. "There was a couple of them in there that wanted to find him guilty of something. And after hours and hours and hours of deliberating over the law, and reading it over and over and over again, we just decided there's no other way or place to go," she told CNN. (Reporting by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Dina Kyriakidou) Full Story | Top |
| Deaf NY Starbucks patrons sue, say they're mocked Monday, Jul 15, 2013 06:59 PM PDT  Some Starbucks workers in the city were so rude to deaf customers they mocked them and called the police to try to get them kicked out, a lawsuit says. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and an order ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama, GOP offer differing visions on immigration Monday, Jul 15, 2013 05:14 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is using his presidential pulpit to press the Republican-controlled House to embrace a path to citizenship for all 11 million people living illegally in the U.S., while a top Republican says those brought to America as children should be given the highest priority for legalization. Full Story | Top |
| Astronomer finds new moon orbiting Neptune Monday, Jul 15, 2013 02:13 PM PDT  By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An astronomer studying archived images of Neptune taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has found a 14th moon orbiting the planet, NASA said on Monday. Estimated to be about 12 miles in diameter, the moon is located about 65,400 miles from Neptune. Astronomer Mark Showalter, with the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, was searching Hubble images for moons inside faint ring fragments circling Neptune when he decided to run his analysis program on a broader part of the sky. ... Full Story | Top |
| Leader of Mexico's Zetas drug cartel captured Monday, Jul 15, 2013 08:26 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, the notoriously brutal leader of the feared Zetas drug cartel, was captured before dawn Monday in the first major blow against an organized crime leader by a Mexican administration struggling to drive down persistently high levels of violence, officials announced. Full Story | Top |
| Parenting columnist targeted by Ky. board sues Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 12:52 PM PDT  John Rosemond has been dispensing parenting advice in his newspaper column since 1976, making him one of the longest-running syndicated columnists in the country. Full Story | Top |
| Chris Brown probation revoked; he remains free Monday, Jul 15, 2013 03:33 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge revoked Chris Brown's probation on Monday after reviewing the details of an alleged hit-and-run accident involving the singer and his behavior afterward. However, the singer was not ordered to jail. Full Story | Top |
| Zimmerman case was not about race, juror tells CNN Monday, Jul 15, 2013 08:10 PM PDT  By Daniel Trotta NEW YORK (Reuters) - The George Zimmerman trial was not about race and the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer was justified in firing the shot that killed Trayvon Martin because he feared for his life, one of the jurors told CNN on Monday. Juror B-37, a mother of two who grew up in a military family and used to have a permit to carry a concealed weapon, said she did not believe Zimmerman racially profiled the unarmed black teenager when he called police to report a suspicious person. ... Full Story | Top |
| Juror: Zimmerman had right to defend himself Monday, Jul 15, 2013 07:35 PM PDT MIAMI (AP) — A juror in the George Zimmerman trial said Monday that the actions of the neighborhood watch volunteer and Trayvon Martin both led to the teenager's fatal shooting last year, but that Zimmerman didn't actually break the law. Full Story | Top |
| Richard Cohen Shows Why Racism Makes You Do Dumb Things Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 09:00 AM PDT  Richard Cohen's column in Tuesday's Washington Post— arguing that George Zimmerman was right to assume Trayvon Martin was a criminal, because he was a black male—is racist and wrong. More important, it's wrong because it's racist. That is, it's not that Cohen is "wrong" in the oh-that's-so-politically-incorrect sense. It's that he's wrong because the assumptions he makes about race and crime are not based on facts. Full Story | Top |
| Lionfish beyond reach of divers worry researchers Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 02:34 AM PDT  ABOARD THE SUBMERSIBLE ANTIPODES (AP) — The invasive lionfish that crowds coral reefs and preys on native fish in the Atlantic's shallower waters is such a problem that divers in Florida and the Caribbean are encouraged to capture and eat them whenever they can. Full Story | Top |
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