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Zimmerman juror is pitching a book MIAMI – One of the six jurors in the George Zimmerman trial is planning to write a book. Martin Literary Management announced Monday...

DATE: Jul 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Filibuster fight: Senators scrap over nominees

WASHINGTON – A showdown looming, Republicans and Democrats groped for a compromise behind closed doors Monday over confirming stalled White House appointees in a dispute that threatened what...

DATE: Jul 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Infighting among rebels in Syria undermines revolt effort

BEIRUT – On Syria’s front lines, al-Qaida fighters and more mainstream Syrian rebels have turned against each other in a power struggle that has undermined the effort to topple Syrian Presid...

DATE: Jul 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bill favors national park on moon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Imagine a U.S. National Park like Yellowstone or the Great Smoky Mountains on the moon, one that would protect artifacts left behind by the Apollo astronauts. Sound cr...

DATE: Jul 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Attorney General Holder calls Martin killing an ‘unnecessary shooting’

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday called the killing of Trayvon Martin a “tragic, unnecessary shooting,” and said the Justice Department will follow “the facts and the law”...

DATE: Jul 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Town in Florida somberly absorbs Zimmerman verdict

Progress in race relations has been slow, residents say

DATE: Jul 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bipartisan duo goes on tour

Power couple pushing tax reform

DATE: Jul 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Egypt’s army chief defends coup CAIRO – Facing unrelenting pressure from Muslim Brotherhood protesters, Egypt’s military chief sought to justify his decision to remove Mohmmed Mor...

DATE: Jul 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pakistani militants fighting in Syria

ISLAMABAD – Suleman spent years targeting minority Shiite Muslims in his home country of Pakistan as a member of one of the country’s most feared militant groups. Now he is on his way to a n...

DATE: Jul 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World