IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 7/11/2013

NTSB: Pilots relied on automatic speed control

In this photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, Investigator in Charge Bill English, foreground, and NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman discuss the progress of the investigation into the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco. The Asiana flight crashed upon landing Saturday, July 6, at San Francisco International Airport, and two of the 307 passengers aboard were killed. (AP Photo/National Transportation Safety Board)

The pilots of Asiana Flight 214 relied on automated cockpit equipment to control the jetliner's speed as they landed.

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Defense trying to get Martin texts introduced

Defense counsel Mark O'Mara talks to George Zimmerman, with co-counsel Don West, center, in Seminole Circuit Court, in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen, in 2012. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)

They want to show messages and cellphone photos dealing with fighting and guns to the jury.

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Carpenter 1 fire rages outside Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 08: Smoke from the Carpenter 1 fire in the Spring Mountains range is illuminated by the setting sun as it billows behind the Stratosphere Casino Hotel (R) on July 8, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. More than 15,000 acres have burned since lightning sparked the blaze in Carpenter Canyon on the Pahrump, Nevada side of Mount Charleston on July 1. More than 750 firefighters are battling the wildfire which crested the peak of Mount Charleston on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of 520 people as it began descending the east side of the mountain, about 35 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The fire is 15% contained and fire officials estimate that they won't have it fully contained until July 19. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Republicans accuse Obama of exceeding authority

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. gestures as he speaks with reporters on Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. In the courts of law and public opinion, congressional Republicans increasingly accuse President Barack Obama of exceeding his Constitutional authority for the benefit of special interests, most recently by delaying a requirement for businesses to provide health care for their workers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the courts of law and public opinion, congressional Republicans increasingly accuse President Barack Obama of exceeding his constitutional authority for the benefit of special interests, most recently by delaying a requirement for businesses to provide health care for their workers.

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Defense seeks to introduce Trayvon Martin's texts

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Defense attorneys asked a Florida judge on Tuesday to introduce Trayvon Martin's text messages and a Facebook posting dealing with fighting as evidence at George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial.

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Pentagon takes 'second look' at embattled MIA unit

FILE - This May 18, 2009 file photo show Members of the JPAC, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, right, and South Korean Army soldiers searching for remains of U.S. soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War in Hwacheon, South Korea. The Pentagon said Tuesday it will take a “second look” at how it goes about accounting for missing Americans on foreign battlefields, following the disclosure of an internal assessment that the work is “acutely dysfunctional” and at risk of failure.“We have a sacred obligation to perform this mission well,” Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters, referring to the Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command, or JPAC, which is based in Hawaii and run by a two-star general. The U.S. estimates there are more than 83,000 Americans missing from World War II, Korea and Vietnam. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday it will take a "second look" at how it goes about accounting for missing Americans on foreign battlefields, following the disclosure of an internal assessment that the work is "acutely dysfunctional" and at risk of failure.

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Crews burn brush near homes in Vegas-area wildfire

The Las Vegas Strip skyline is seen as smoke continues to billow from the Carpenter 1 fire on Mount Charleston on Monday, July 8, 2013 in Las Vegas. Homes were threatened, but more than 750 firefighters, including 18 elite Hotshot crews, were battling the Carpenter 1 Fire some 25 miles northwest of Las Vegas, said Jay Nichols, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, David Becker)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fire crews burned forest undergrowth Tuesday near homes in the mountains northwest of Las Vegas to protect them from one of two large Nevada wildfires while local casino owners offered rooms to evacuees.

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APNewsBreak: Docs paint ex-Patriot as triggerman

Ernest Wallace, of Miramar, Fla., center, mouths words to people sitting in Attleboro District Court, in Attleboro, Mass., while standing next to his attorney David Meier, left, during his arraignment, Monday, July 8, 2013. Wallace, who pleaded not guilty, is facing an accessory to murder charge in the case involving former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez and has been ordered held without bail. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell, Pool)

ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — A man linked to the murder case involving former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez cast him as the triggerman in a police interview, according to documents filed Tuesday in Florida that provide the most damning evidence yet against the star athlete.

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck of 'The View' joining Fox
NEW YORK (AP) — Elisabeth Hasselbeck is leaving the desk at "The View" for the couch on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends."

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Ind. prof: Film shows FDR in concealed wheelchair
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A professor at an Indiana college says he has found film footage showing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt being pushed in his wheelchair, depicting a secret that was hidden from the public until after his death.

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10 Things to Know for Wednesday

Deborah Hersman of the National Transportation Safety Board speaks about Asiana Flight 214, which crashed on Saturday, July 6, 2013, at San Francisco International Airport, at a news conference in South San Francisco, Calif., Tuesday, July 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:

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Illinois enacts nation's final concealed-gun law

Illinois Sen. Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago, argues concealed carry gun legislation while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Tuesday, July 9, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. Illinois became the last state in the nation to allow public possession of concealed guns as lawmakers rushed Tuesday to finalize a proposal ahead of a federal court's deadline. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The last holdout on allowing the public possession of concealed guns, Illinois joined the rest of the nation Tuesday as lawmakers raced to beat a federal court deadline in adopting a carry law over Gov. Pat Quinn's objections.

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Documents: Hernandez told pal he fired fatal shots

FILE - In this June 26, 2013, file photo, Aaron Hernandez, left, stands with his attorney, Michael Fee, right, during arraignment in Attleboro District Court in Attleboro, Mass. Since Hernandez was arrested last week in the shooting death of a friend whose body was found a mile away from his home, a portrait has emerged of a man whose life away from the field included frequent connections with police-related incidents that started as long ago as his freshman year at the University of Florida. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle, Mike George, Pool)

ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — A man linked to the murder case against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez told police Hernandez admitted firing the fatal shots, and a vehicle wanted in a double killing in Boston a year before had been rented in Hernandez's name, according to documents filed Tuesday in Florida that provide the most damning evidence yet against the star athlete.

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GOP wants delay in health law's individual mandate

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, and GOP leaders, pauses while meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2013, following a Republican strategy session. Boehner said President Barack Obama should grant individuals a reprieve from the Affordable Care Act's coverage requirement — just like the White House did last week for larger employers. Last week, the Obama Administration unexpectedly announced a one-year delay in the employer requirement, saying more time was needed to work out technical issues. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Framing a new argument against President Barack Obama's health care law, congressional GOP leaders called Tuesday for a delay in the law's requirement that individual Americans carry health insurance.

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'Bless my Hotshot crew': Survivor speaks at vigil
PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — On a day filled with speeches from dignitaries including the vice president, the words of the lone survivor of a fire crew overrun by flames resonated deepest in an arena packed with firefighters from around the nation.

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