IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 7/15/2013

Jury clears Zimmerman in death of Trayvon Martin

George Zimmerman leaves the courtroom a free man after being found not guilty in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in Sanford Florida

A national day of protest is called for by supporters of the teenage boy's family.

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Reactions to Zimmerman verdict from across the nation

Demonstrators react after Zimmerman was found not guilty on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in Sanford

Sanford, Fla., residents, Floridians and Americans across the country reacted Saturday night to the not-guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial.

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Martin, Zimmerman families make comments on social media

FILE - In this March 27, 2012 file photo, Trayvon Martin's parents, father Tracy Martin, left, and mother Sybrina Fulton, attend a House Judiciary Committee briefing on racial profiling and hate crimes on Capitol Hill in Washington. The jury in the trial of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman began deliberating his fate, Friday, July 12, 2013, on charges in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The families of George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin are reacting on Twitter after the former neighborhood watch volunteer was cleared of all charges in the fatal shooting of the unarmed black teen.

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Scenes from George Zimmerman's murder trial

Demonstrators react to the verdict outside Seminole County Court where George Zimmerman was found not guilty on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in Sanford, Florida July 13, 2013. A Florida jury on Saturday found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, in a case that sparked a national debate on race and guns. REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)

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Quotes and reaction to Zimmerman verdict

James Evan Muhammad, front left, of the New Black Panther Party, shouts slogans after the verdict of not guilty was handed down in the trial of George Zimmerman at the Seminole County Courthouse, Saturday, July 13, 2013, in Sanford, Fla. Neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman was cleared of all charges Saturday in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager whose killing unleashed furious debate across the U.S. over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

A jury of six women found neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman not guilty of all charges on Saturday in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Here are some quotes from key figures involved in the case:

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Malian troops to open France's Bastille Day parade
PARIS (AP) — Troops coming from Mali and 12 other African countries will march with the French military in an unusual Bastille Day parade in Paris on Sunday, to honor their efforts against terrorism.

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Report: Israel led air strike in Syria on July 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say Israel targeted advanced anti-ship cruise missiles near Syria's principal port city in an air attack carried out earlier this month, The New York Times reported.

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ID emerges of third girl to die of SF plane crash

In this Saturday, July 6, 2013 aerial photo, firefighters, lower center, stand by a tarpaulin sheet covering the body of a Chinese teen struck by a fire truck during the emergency response to the crash of Asiana Flight 214 at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. The girl was hit by a fire truck while covered with firefighting foam, authorities said Friday, July 12, revealing a startling detail that suggested she could have survived the crash only to die in its chaotic aftermath. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The name of a girl who died of injuries suffered in the crash-landing of an Asiana Airlines flight in San Francisco emerged on Saturday.

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Russia: no asylum application from Snowden

In this image provided by Human Rights Watch, NSA leaker Edward Snowden, center, attends a news conference at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport with Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks, left, Friday, July 12, 2013. Snowden wants to seek asylum in Russia, according to a Parliament member who was among about a dozen activists and officials to meet with him Friday in the Moscow airport where he's been marooned for weeks. Duma member Vyacheslav Nikonov told reporters of Snowden's intentions after the meeting behind closed doors in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. (AP Photo/Human Rights Watch, Tanya Lokshina)

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian immigration officials said Saturday they have not received an application from Edward Snowden, the U.S. National Security Agency leaker who wants to get asylum in Russia.

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Lincecum throws 1st no-hitter, beating SD 9-0

San Francisco Giants celebrate after the no hitter thrown by Tim Lincecum, center, against the San Diego Padres in a baseball game in San Diego, Saturday, July 13, 2013. The Giants won the game 9-0. Tim Lincecum has thrown his first career no-hitter and the second in the majors in 11 days, a gem saved by a spectacular diving catch by right fielder Hunter Pence in the San Francisco Giants' 9-0 win against the last-place San Diego Padres on Saturday night. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Freak is back.

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An injured Mariah Carey performs at MLB-Sandy show

Mariah Carey performs in Central Park during the All-Star Charity Concert to benefit Hurricane Sandy victims on Saturday, July 13, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Invision/AP Images)

NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey has a new accessory: the stylish sling supporting her injured shoulder.

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In the night, train brings grief to Quebec town

FILE- In this July 11, 2013, file photo, Raymond Lafontaine, who lost his son and two daughters-in-law, receives a hug from Quebec Premier Pauline Marois during her visit to Lac-Megantic, Quebec as Marois toured the site where a runaway oil train killed 50 people in a fiery explosion. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz, File)

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — It was surely the most festive spot in town as a Friday night turned into a Saturday morning at the Musi-Cafe - a full house, live music, plenty of beer and nachos to animate long-time friends.

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Puig & Pirates, Homer & Harper highlight 1st half

File-This April 23, 2013 file photo shows Colorado Rockies' Eric Young Jr., center, and others trying to keep warm in below-freezing weather before the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves in Denver. When the Atlanta Braves and Colorado Rockies started up at Coors Field in late April, it was 23 degrees. That made it the coldest game time temperature since STATS began recording them more than two decades ago. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — Just for fun, let's turn back the baseball clock a few months.

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Police: Robbery not motive in SF store killings

In this frame grab from video, emergency personnel tend to an injured man after a shooting outside a shopping center in San Francisco, Friday July 12, 2013. Two women were killed and a man was wounded on Friday before a suspect covered in blood was arrested at a shopping center in a crowded neighborhood that is home to police headquarters and several tech companies, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine if the shooting was connected to a botched robbery. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A bloodied gunman suspected of killing two women and seriously wounding a man inside a jewelry store at a popular shopping center had visited the store at least once before, and investigators don't believe that robbery was a motive for the attack, police said Saturday.

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Iraq: Blasts at Sunni mosques in Baghdad kill 21

Security forces inspect the scene of a suicide bomb attack at a coffee shop as civilians also look around in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 13, 2013. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the crowded coffee shop late Friday in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs exploded outside two Sunni mosques in Baghdad late Saturday, killing at least 21 people leaving prayers and extending a wave of daily violence rippling across Iraq since the start of the holy month of Ramadan, authorities said.

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Texas Republicans finally pass new abortion limits

Opponents and supporters of abortion rights rally in the State Capitol rotunda in Austin, Texas on Friday, July 12, 2013. The Texas Senate convened Friday afternoon to debate and ultimately vote on some of the nation's toughest abortion restrictions, its actions being watched by fervent demonstrators on either side of the issue. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Texas passed a bill that would give the state some of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws and force most of its clinics to close, leading Democrats to promise a fight over the contentious measure in the courts and at the ballot box.

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