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Jodi Arias penalty phase retrial will not be televisedJodi Arias: A Phoenix judge ruled earlier this week that the聽33-year-old woman's penalty phase retrial, where jurors will again deliberate whether she should get the death penalty, will not be televised and will remain in Phoenix. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder.聽
Aid to Philippines a chance to boost US image in AsiaHumanitarian missions, like the US military's relief effort in the Philippines, portray the US in a favorable light, but are also a strategic opportunity to show America's capability for handling warfare.
'Duck Dynasty'-backed political outsider takes Louisiana Congressional seatFinanced almost entirely out of his own pocket, Republican Vance McAllister, a businessman, raised his profile in the race for Louisiana's 5th Congressional District through his friendship with the family profiled in the reality TV show 'Duck Dynasty.'聽
JFK mementoes, kept 50 years, mark that awful dayFor those closest to the events on Nov. 22, 1963, it's hard to say why they've held onto keepsakes for fifty years.
Gettysburg Address: How Illinois school children helped buy a rare copyKnown as the 'Everett copy,' Illinois owns one of five known copies of the Gettysburg Address written in President Abraham Lincoln's hand. In the 1940s thousands of school children helped raise the money to make it happen.
Army works to destroy incinerators used to burn chemical weaponsThe US Department of Defense is tearing apart multibillion-dollar incinerators in four states, which were used to destroy tons of deadly nerve gas and other chemical weapons. Technology other than incineration will be used to neutralize chemical agents.- Chiarini photo: A push to make 'revenge porn' illegalChiarini photo: The ex-boyfriend of Annmarie Chiarini posted her nude photos online. So-called "revenge porn" is legal in everywhere in the US but California and New Jersey. Does the right of free speech permit a sexually explicit photo to be posted without permission?
Political misstep turns Chris Christie's long-time mentor against himAfter winning a landslide reelection as Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie failed in an attempt to remove the state Senate Republican leader, Tom Kean, son of Christies's long-time political mentor, former Governor Tom Kean Sr.聽
BART officials call for return to bargaining tableTransit officials say a family medical leave provision in the labor contract that settled two recent BART strikes is too expensive, and was added to the contract inadvertently. They've called for renewed talks with union representatives.聽- White mayor, black wife: End of another racial taboo?New York City's Bill de Blasio is apparently the first white male politician in US history elected to a major office with a black spouse by his side. A new milestone in America's racial journey?
- Richie Incognito files grievance, Jonathan Martin wants to returnRichie聽Incognito filed a grievance over his suspension from the Miami Dolphins. Jonathan Martin gave seven hours of testimony Friday about locker room incidents involving Richie Incognito. Martin says he still wants to play in the NFL.
- Michael Phelps: Prepping for Rio Olympics?Michael Phelps passed a drug test, lost 15 pounds, and is back training. Michael Phelps retired at age 27 after winning 18 gold medals and 22 medals. Will he be back to compete in the Rio Olympics?
'Rock Your Mocs' campaign celebrates the cultures of Native AmericansA social media campaign started by a New Mexico student has gone global. On Friday, Native Americans and other indigenous people around the world wore moccasins to celebrate Native pride.- Pilot: Passenger fell from plane into oceanMiami-Dade Police Department spokesman Javier Baez identified the victim as Gerardo Nales of Key Biscayne, an island not far from where the plane's聽pilot聽said Nales fell into the water.
- Cursive handwriting: Seven states fight for cursive writing in schoolCursive handwriting: In the digital age, has good handwriting become obsolete? Why seven states are fighting to return cursive writing to the Common Core curriculum.
- Obama backpedals on canceled health insurance plansPresident Obama announced changes to the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) to give insurance companies another year to keep offering consumers plans that would otherwise be canceled.
Marines accident claims 4 lives during safety sweep at Calif. baseMarines accident:聽There was no live firing on the range at the time of the periodic sweep of explosive materials, said a Marine official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.- Ohio execution stay: Child rapist wants to donate organsOhio execution stay: Ohio governor grants execution stay for child rapist and murderer to consider his request to donate his organs before his execution. A delaying tactic or attempt to do good?
- Joan Jett: Why ranchers are upset over Macy's parade choiceJoan聽Jett, a vegetarian, will perform in the South Dakota float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Some ranchers are rankled because Joan Jett is an animal rights advocate.
Officials investigate 4 accidental Marine deathsBrigadier General聽John Bullard offered condolences to the families of four Marines who died while clearing an artillery and bombing range on Wednesday at Camp Pendleton in California. The cause of the accident is under investigation.聽
