(CNN) — Mississippi authorities said Friday that they have caught the man they believe gunned down two strangers last week along interstate highways in the northwestern part of the state. Tunica County Sheriff K.C. Hamp said charges were filed Friday against James D. Willie, 28, for kidnapping, rape, illegal possession of a firearm and murder [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Trayvon Martin Witness Believes ‘He Intended for This Kid to Die’
A closer look at the witness statements and audio testimony taken in the immediate aftermath Trayvon Martin’s death provides the first insight into George Zimmerman’s behavior after he shot the unarmed teen. A man listed as witness 13 was one of the first people to approach Zimmerman minutes after the shooting. He saw him bleeding [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The what, where, when of Sunday’s solar eclipse
Alaska News Features Alaskans can catch a glimpse of a partial solar eclipse on Sunday afternoon. That’s when the moon will pass in front of the Sun and cast a shadow across the home planet’s surface on a trajectory that begins in Asia and crosses the ocean into North America. “Something strange is about to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Congress Decries $800M in Unused Federal Grants
Nearly $800 million in federal grant money authorized and appropriated by federal agencies remained unspent for years, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report. The April 16 report was highlighted Friday by GOP Sen. Tom Coburn, following the release a day earlier of a GAO study he commissioned that cast doubt on whether taxpayers’ [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Day of glitches mar Facebook stock debut
But for the first two hours of regular trading, nothing happened to the share price. “Unchanged,” read the screens on Nasdaq’s exchange and on cable channels that had prepared special segments. When trading finally began at 11:30, applause broke out at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The stock shot up. Then chaos ensued. Traders [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Path to US Fuel Security? Look North
Outside of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, America has no energy security plan. The next best thing may lie 500 miles north of the U.S.-Canada border in a remote area of Alberta. Here, in an area roughly the size of Florida, lies the largest single deposit of petroleum anywhere in the world. Current estimates of recoverable [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Final moments call to girlfriend
George Zimmerman, 28, faces second-degree murder charges in the death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, on February 26. Zimmerman said that before he shot the teenager, he was “assaulted (by Martin) and his head was struck on the pavement,” according to a police report. According to a fire department report, Zimmerman had “abrasions to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »New documents, photos shed light on Trayvon Martin case
George Zimmerman, 28, faces second-degree murder charges in the death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, on February 26. Zimmerman said that before he shot the teenager, he was “assaulted (by Martin) and his head was struck on the pavement,” according to a police report. According to a fire department report, Zimmerman had “abrasions to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Trayvon Martin case: new documents paint complicated picture (+video)
The trove of information released in the Trayvon Martin case provides support both to George Zimmerman’s defenders and accusers. By Kyle Hightower and Mike Schneider, The Associated Press / May 17, 2012 George Zimmerman appears at a bond hearing in Sanford, Fla., last month. Zimmerman saw a doctor the day after his encounter with Trayvon Zimmerman. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Obama hosts key world leaders at Camp David
President Obama begins four days of intense international diplomacy Friday by welcoming seven of the world’s most powerful leaders to join him at Camp David. The gathering of the Group of 8 — the U.S., Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and Russia — represents the largest such event ever held at the presidential [...]
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