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Defense seeks to introduce Trayvon Martin’s texts

SANFORD, Fla. – Defense attorneys on Tuesday tried to get Trayvon Martin’s text messages and a Facebook posting dealing with fighting introduced at George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder tr...

6 dismissed in 1st day of Fort Hood murder trial

FORT HOOD, Texas – The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage declined to ask potential jurors any questions Tuesday as jury selection finally began in his l...

Former judge admits flaws in secret court

WASHINGTON – A former federal judge who served on a secret court overseeing the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance programs denied Tuesday that the judges act as “rubber stamps.”...

Automatic speed control at play

NTSB looking at how equipment used in Asiana crash

White House projects shrinking deficit

WASHINGTON – The White House said Monday that the federal budget deficit for the current fiscal year will shrink to $759 billion. That’s more than $200 billion less than the administration p...

Immigration, student loans top congressional plans

WASHINGTON – Congress returned Monday to potentially incendiary fights over nominations, unresolved disputes over student loans and the farm bill, and the uncertainty of whether lawmakers ha...

Airliner parts found in bay

Investigators to look at pilot fatigue

Nation/World Briefs

Clashes in Egypt leave at least 54 dead CAIRO – Egypt was rocked Monday by the deadliest day since its Islamist president was toppled by the military, with more than 50 of his sup...

Rivals protest in Cairo

CAIRO – Secular and liberal factions trying to install one of their own as Egypt’s new prime minister collided into strong resistance Sunday from the sole Islamist faction that backed the mi...

Nation/World Briefs

Crews gather clues on fireworks accident SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – Fire crews have combed a community park northwest of Los Angeles in search of clues after a Fourth of July fireworks...

Official: Asiana flight was landing too slowly

SAN FRANCISCO – Pilots of Asiana Flight 214 were flying too slowly as they approached San Francisco airport, triggering a control board warning that the jetliner could stall, and then tried ...

Fervent foes fight fracking for life

VESTAL, N.Y. – Big energy companies have been trying for five years to tap the riches of the Marcellus Shale in southern New York, promising thousands of new jobs, economic salvation for a ...