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Zimmerman wants Trayvon's pot use referenced

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:20:43 -0400

ORLANDO, Florida - An attorney for the neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is asking a judge to deny prosecutors' request that the teen's marijuana use be off limits.

Zimmerman wants Martin's pot use on the table

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:05 -0400

Dice sculpture draws complaints in Mason City

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:51:27 -0400

MASON CITY, Iowa - Members of two community groups want Mason City officials to move or get rid of sculpted dice in a downtown park.

In Myanmar, living in fear amid religious violence

Thu, 02 May 2013 21:16:27 -0400

YANGON, Myanmar - They have seen how trouble starts from the smallest things. They have seen the police powerless before mobs fired with religious zeal and armed with bricks and swords. They have seen on TV and in newspapers the burning homes of people just like them light up the night. And so they have erected rusted barbed-wire barricades and volunteered to sit on street corners, 10 men at time, watching through the night.

Texas, La., community groups sue EPA for emissions

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:01:44 -0400

HOUSTON - Community groups in Texas and Louisiana have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accusing it of using "outdated and inaccurate formulas" to report emissions from refineries and chemical plants.