ORLANDO, Fla. – George Zimmerman says in a new video that a person in his circumstances can’t feel guilty over surviving a confrontation like the one he had with Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old he fatally shot three years ago in Florida. Zimmerman said in the video that he would …
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GREENVILLE, S.C. – South Carolina schools have partially lifted a ban on junk food. State Education Superintendent Molly Spearman has lifted a complete ban on selling unhealthy snacks in schools. Some sales can take place for certain, approved fundraisers, multiple media outlets reported Sunday. The prohibition started last July under …
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BOSTON – As a judge questioned prospective jurors Friday in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one woman described her struggle to try to push aside a haunting image she saw in the days after the deadly attack. “The image of him putting the backpack behind that …
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PUEBLO, Colo. – A Pueblo public school system and a Colorado Springs magnet school are among 30 schools that have one more year to improve state accountability scores or face state sanctions. According to the Colorado Springs Gazette (http://tinyurl.com/pa384y3 ), action against the 30 schools was scheduled to begin this …
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SALT LAKE CITY – Police were forced to step in during a tense standoff in a polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border when members of Warren Jeffs’ sect blocked a former follower from taking her children. Mohave County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Trish Carter said deputies were in Colorado City, Arizona, …
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DENVER – Officials say a Southwest Airlines flight traveling from Las Vegas to Milwaukee was diverted to Denver Friday night after reporting “pressurization issues.” Denver International Airport spokeswoman Laura Coale says that Flight 100, which departed Las Vegas at 6 p.m. PDT, diverted to Denver after about 90 minutes. She …
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho – A Twin Falls County sheriff’s spokeswoman says a 73-year-old man has died in a parachute jump off a bridge over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho. The Twin Falls Times-News reports (http://is.gd/cDoxoG ) that spokeswoman Lori Stewart says the man’s parachute deployed too late and he …
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A Florida woman was arrested after allegedly attempting to use counterfeit bills at a Walmart, trying to sneak out of the store with more than $800 worth of items she did not pay for and, while being detained by police, trying to eat the fake cash. Zipporah Abraham, 38, was …
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Los Angeles police announced an arrest in the killing of at least three homeless people and one additional individual. Police announced during a press conference on Saturday that Jerrid Powell, 33, was arrested in relation to the murders. Police say that Powell was arrested when his car was stopped by …
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a case surrounding a Maine hotel that could have made it harder for people with disabilities to learn in advance whether a hotel’s accommodations meet their needs. Hotels and other business interests had urged the justices to limit the ability of so-called testers to …
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