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The 25 best movie musicals of all time
The American Film Institute picks the best song-and-dance stories ever put on film.
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The 25 best movie musicals of all time
The American Film Institute picks the best song-and-dance stories ever put on film.
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George Zimmerman's bloody nose in high-def: What does it reveal?
The defense team for George Zimmerman is ratcheting up an aggressive pretrial PR campaign, and the new picture of him with a bloody nose is an attempt to sow doubt in prosecutors' claims.
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Baseball fans pick best Boston Red Sox players of past 100 years
To celebrate the centennial of Fenway Park, the club conducted an online election, the results of which are sure to be debated.
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George Zimmerman: No DNA evidence of a struggle for his gun
George Zimmerman claims self defense in the killing of Trayvon Martin. But there's no DNA evidence that Trayvon Martin ever touched George Zimmerman's gun.
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Trayvon Martin case’s mystery man: George Zimmerman’s cop connection
New evidence shows that George Zimmerman, the defendant in the Trayvon Martin murder case, counts a law enforcement officer – a federal agent – as a close adviser.
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Sanford detective wanted manslaughter charge for George Zimmerman (+video)
Sanford Police Detective Chris Serino recommended a manslaughter charge for George Zimmerman, who killed Trayvon Martin. The detective has been reassigned as uniformed patrolman on the graveyard shift.
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Why police tapes of George Zimmerman may be key to his defense (+video)
The tapes, released Wednesday, recount George Zimmerman's version of events the evening he shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. He said Trayvon initiated a fight – and who starts an attack is key under Florida's Stand Your Ground law.
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Newly released video shows Zimmerman's account of fatal Trayvon Martin fight
In a video posted on a website by George Zimmerman's defense team, Zimmerman said Trayvon Martin saw his gun and reached for it as the two scuffled on the sidewalk at a gated apartment community in Florida. That's when Zimmerman said he pulled the gun and shot the teenager.
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Zimmerman posts bail, goes into hiding
The accused killer is likely in another state; he has been the recipient of death threats.
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Trayvon Martin case a trial by fire for rookie Sanford mayor
For about a month, Mayor Jeff Triplett labored to keep a lid on an explosive situation in Sanford, Fla., after local police released George Zimmerman, who fatally shot teenager Trayvon Martin. The mayor emerged intact, but not unchanged.
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George Zimmerman arrest: Proof that the system worked – or failed?
A special prosecutor issued an arrest warrant for George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case. But earlier, local police had refused to do so, raising questions about the legal process.
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Trayvon Martin case: Relief, hope in Sanford, Fla., after Zimmerman charged
With second-degree murder charges filed Wednesday against George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case, residents in Sanford, Fla., scene of the alleged crime, perceive that a crisis has passed.
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No grand jury in Trayvon Martin shooting
The special prosecutor has said she does not need one to continue her investigation, though the decision rules out a first-degree murder charge.
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George Zimmerman ready to surrender, if charged
George Zimmerman would come out of hiding, and turn himself in to police if he's charged, says his lawyer. Special prosecutor Angela Corey says she will decide whether to charge George Zimmerman "soon."
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Did Trayvon Martin attack George Zimmerman first?
Neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman says Trayvon Martin punched him, jumped on top of him and began banging his head on a sidewalk. Zimmerman said he cried for help, then shot Martin.
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Trayvon Martin was suspended from school at time of death, report says
The slain Florida teen had been caught with traces of marijuana several days before he was shot, though he has no criminal record.
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The Monitor's View Trayvon Martin case: What cities can learn
Cities like Sanford must improve their community-building to reduce the kind of fear that might have led George Zimmerman to confront a hoodie-covered Trayvon Martin.
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Trayvon Martin case: US could bring hate crime charge against George Zimmerman
The Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin if there is sufficient evidence the slaying was motivated by racial bias.
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Who is George Zimmerman, and why did he shoot Trayvon Martin?
George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch captain who shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, wanted to be a police officer and mentored an African-American boy. Is he a vigilante or, as one neighbor said, 'a good dude'?
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Obama on Trayvon Martin death: a time of 'soul-searching' for 'all of us' (+video)
President Obama on Friday addressed for the first time the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, saying, 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon.' Some decry an 'official national tragedy.'
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Trayvon Martin case: More protests Friday in Florida (+video)
Trayvon Martin protesters plan Friday morning rally in Tallahassee, Fla. How do Travon Martin supporters and civil rights activists define justice?
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Thousands rally for slain black teen Trayvon Martin
Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III joined Martin's parents at the rally.
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Police chief, state attorney step aside in Trayvon Martin case
Both officials said that their presence was a potential distraction to the investigation.
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Will Trayvon Martin case spur rethinking of Stand Your Ground laws? (+video)
Calls are mounting to reassess, and perhaps refine, the Stand Your Ground law in Florida, after the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin by a man who apparently pursued the teen and then claimed self-defense.
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Trayvon Martin case: Should Sanford police chief be fired?
Late Wednesday, Sanford city commissioners passed a motion of "no confidence" in Police Chief Bill Lee Jr., who has defended his department for not arresting George Zimmerman after he shot Trayvon Martin, a black teenager.
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