WikiLeaks case file fight moves to federal court
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The WikiLeaks organization and a handful of journalists are asking a federal judge in Baltimore to order greater transparency in the court-martial of an Army private who has acknowledged sending reams of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website.
Pocket-dialing 911 leads to Fla. murder charge
|Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities in South Florida say a man is charged with murder because he was overheard discussing the killing when his cellphone pocket-dialed 911.
In Arias trial, TV cameras never far behind
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
PHOENIX — The Jodi Arias murder trial had all the ingredients of a circus the minute it started: sex and violence, a defendant more than willing to seek the spotlight, a judge who extended leniency in allowing lengthy testimony and cameras in court - and a media-savvy sheriff ready and willing to set up jailhouse interviews with his most famous inmate.
Text of atheist prayer given in Arizona House
|Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
An atheist lawmaker's daily prayer Tuesday at the Arizona House of Representatives led a fellow lawmaker to ask for a do-over the following day.
Bill would block release of some Newtown records
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
HARTFORD, Conn. — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office and Connecticut's top prosecutor are working privately with state lawmakers to craft legislation that would block the public release of certain records from the Newtown school shooting and possibly other crimes.
Arizona House non-prayer sparks Christian re-do
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
PHOENIX — An atheist lawmaker's decision to give the daily prayer at the Arizona House of Representatives triggered a do-over from a Christian lawmaker who said the previous day's prayer didn't pass muster.
Minn. teen whose farewell song became web hit dies
|Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
LAKELAND, Minn. — A Minnesota teenager whose farewell song became a YouTube sensation has died after a fight with bone cancer.
Zimmerman wants Trayvon's pot use referenced
|Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. — 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.
Facebook posts: Suit filed over vet's detention
|Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
RICHMOND, Va. — A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of an ex-Marine who was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting anti-government messages on Facebook, using the case to criticize a program that looks for veterans who may have become extremists.
School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
MOORE, Okla. — With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building's lack of modern safety standards, destroying the school and killing seven students.
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