IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 7/17/2013

Juror: Race was not an issue in Zimmerman verdict

A juror in the Zimmerman case defends her decision

But he went "above and beyond" in his role as a neighborhood watch member.

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Zimmerman's lawyer calls prosecutors 'disgrace' to profession

Defense attorney O'Mara listens to testimony during the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman in Seminole circuit court in Sanford

George Zimmerman's chief defense lawyer on Monday called Florida prosecutors "a disgrace to my profession" for holding back evidence for months.

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Obese Boy Scouts banned from jamboree

Boy Scouts who do not meet weight requirements for the National Scout Jamboree have been excluded from the gathering.

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Ind. doctor suspected in 2 deadly Neb. attacks

Dr. Anthony Garcia, 40, is pictured in this photo released by the Omaha Police. Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said that Garcia was arrested Monday, July 15, 2013, in Illinois. Garcia has been linked to both the May 2013 Omaha slayings of 65-year-old Roger Brumback and 65-year-old Mary Brumback and the 2008 stabbing deaths of an 11-year-old Thomas Hunter and his family housekeeper, 57-year-old Shirlee Sherman. The slain Brumback and Hunter fired Garcia in 2001 when he was a pathology resident at Creighton Medical School. (AP Photo/Omaha Police)

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities arrested an Indiana doctor Monday on suspicion of carrying out two attacks in Omaha over the past five years in which four people were killed who had ties to a local university medical school that fired him in 2001.

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Report: Arizona wildfire grew quickly, was erratic

FILE - In this June 30, 2013 file photo, a wildfire burns homes in Yarnell, Ariz. The wildfire that began with a lightning strike and caused little immediate concern because of its remote location and small size quickly blazed into an inferno, leading officials to rapidly order more resources in the hours before flames killed 19 members of an elite Hotshot crew, according to a report released Monday, July 15, 2013. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski, File)

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona wildfire that began with a lightning strike and caused little immediate concern because of its remote location and small size quickly blazed into an inferno, leading officials to rapidly order more resources in the hours before flames killed 19 members of an elite Hotshot crew, according to a report released Monday.

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American diplomat: US not backing a side in Egypt

This image released by the office of the Egyptian Presidency shows U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, center, meeting with Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour, right, as U.S. ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson listens in, second left, at the presidential palace in Cairo, Monday, July 15, 2013. The senior U.S. diplomat held talks Monday with Egypt's interim leaders as well as the head of the military in the highest level visit by an American official since the Egyptian army ousted the country's first democratically elected leader. The two-day visit by Burns to Cairo comes nearly two weeks after Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was overthrown by the military following days of mass protests. Washington has been sharply criticized by both Morsi's supporters and opponents for what each side perceives as support for their rival's position. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

CAIRO (AP) — The most senior U.S. official to visit Egypt since its elected president was ousted said Monday that Washington is committed to helping the Arab country succeed in its "second chance" at democracy, adding this can only happen with the participation of the Muslim Brotherhood.

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All involved agree, sand dune rescue 'a miracle'

This undated photo provided by the Woessner family via The University of Chicago Hospital, shows Nathan Woessner. The doctor who helped treat the 6-year-old Illinois boy who was buried for hours in a sand dune said Monday, July 15, 2013, he’s responsive and expected to make a full neurological recovery. The boy has been in critical condition since being rescued Friday at the dune known as Mount Baldy in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore near Michigan City, Ind. (AP Photo/The Woessner Family via The University of Chicago Hospital)

CHICAGO (AP) — One minute, 6-year-old Nathan Woessner was scampering up a massive dune in northern Indiana with his dad and a friend. He was gone the next, without a warning or sound.

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More tests needed for cause of Monteith's death

A handwritten card is placed among flowers at a small memorial to Canadian actor Cory Monteith outside the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sunday July 14, 2013. Monteith's body was found in a room at the hotel Saturday. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)

The cause of "Glee" actor Cory Monteith's death remained unclear Monday, and authorities in Canada said it could take several days before toxicology test results are in.

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APNewsBreak: MLB OKs sex orientation harass policy

FILE - In this May 1, 2013 file photo, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks during Law Day at the Court of Appeals in Albany, N.Y. Major League Baseball says it will bolster its policies against harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation, according to a new agreement provided to The Associated Press on Monday, July 15, 2013. The league is scheduled to announce its new policy during All-Star Game festivities on Tuesday with the players' union and Schneiderman, who helped draft the agreement. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Major League Baseball says it will bolster its policies against harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation, according to a new agreement provided to The Associated Press on Monday.

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Filibuster fight: Senators scrapping over nominees

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is surrounded by reporters as he returns to his office after meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2013. The Senate Democrats that make up the majority and the Republicans that comprise the minority are gathering in a rare closed-door meeting in the Old Senate Chamber for a showdown over presidential nominees that have been blocked by a GOP filibuster. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A showdown looming, Republicans and Democrats struggled without success Monday night in marathon, closed-door talks to resolve the fate of several of President Barack Obama's stalled appointees, a dispute that threatened what little bipartisan cooperation remains in the Senate.

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Leader of Mexico's Zetas drug cartel captured

FILE - This undated file image downloaded from the Mexican Attorney General's Office rewards program website, shows the leader of Zetas drug cartel, Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, alias “Z-40”. Mexican media reports and a U.S. federal official confirmed that Trevino Morales has been captured. (AP Photo/Mexican Attorney General's Office website)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, the notoriously brutal leader of the feared Zetas drug cartel, was captured before dawn Monday in the first major blow against an organized crime leader by a Mexican administration struggling to drive down persistently high levels of violence, officials announced.

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Fla. town somberly absorbs Zimmerman verdict

FILE - In this Saturday, July 13, 2013 file photo, Darrsie Jackson, center, reacts after hearing the verdict of not guilty in the trial of George Zimmerman, with her children Linzey Stafford, left, 10, and Shauntina Stafford, 11, at the Seminole County Courthouse, in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman had been charged with the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Nearly 70 years after Jackie Robinson was run out of town by the KKK, Sanford is absorbing what some see as another blow to race relations: Zimmerman's acquittal. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Nearly 70 years after Jackie Robinson was run out of town, Sanford is absorbing what some see as another blow to race relations: the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin.

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NH woman gets 10 years in Rwanda fraud case

FILE - In this Thursday, April 12, 2012 file photo, Beatrice Munyenyezi leaves the Federal Court in Concord, N.H. A federal judge Monday, July 15, 2013, sentenced her to 10 years in prison after she was convicted of lying about her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide to come to the United States and eventually obtain citizenship. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday sentenced a New Hampshire woman to the maximum 10 years in prison for lying about her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, saying the United States cannot be a haven for those who slaughter out of hatred and ignorance.

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Twinkies may be smaller than people recall

FILE-- In this Friday, July 12, 2013, file photo Jo Mullen picks up a box of Twinkies at Wal-Mart, in Bristol, Pa. The new owners of Hostess have leaner operating costs now that they're no longer using unionized workers. It turns out the spongy yellow cakes may also be a little smaller than the last Twinkies people remember eating. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

NEW YORK (AP) — Twinkies are back, but they may be a bit smaller than you remember.

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Filibuster fight: Senators end closed-door meeting

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2010, file photo access to the Old Senate Chamber is sealed off before an unusual closed session on Capital Hill in Washington. The immediate and the institutional are on a collision course in the Senate, where majority Democrats want to erode the right of minority Republicans to block confirmation of President Barack Obama's picks for administration posts. All 100 senators have been invited to a meeting Monday, July 15, 2013, with the press and public barred, to seek a compromise that a handful are now exploring. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats have wrapped up more than three hours of extraordinary closed-door talks over the fate of several of President Barack Obama's stalled nominations without a resolution.

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