(AP) — A police officer accused of bringing targets resembling Trayvon Martin to a gun range has been fired. Port Canaveral Interim Chief Executive Officer John Walsh told WFTV on Saturday (http://bit.ly/175m2lH ) that Sgt. Ron King was leading a target practice with two other Port Canaveral police officers and a civilian port employee when he pulled out the targets April 4. Original post on seattlepi.com Comments on reddit.com
Lockheed Martin will make commercial use of quantum computing, which could solve some business and science problems millions of times faster than can be done today. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
George R.R. Martin is the man behind A Song of Ice and Fire — the series of epic novels upon which HBO’s Game of Thrones is based. A novelist and screenwriter, Martin’s career has spanned a… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A defense contractor better known for building jet fighters and lethal missiles says it has found a way to slash the amount of energy needed to remove salt from seawater, potentially Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Investigators say two would-be hit men from Albuquerque may have had their sights set on the teen mega star; Justin Bieber. Original post on krqe.com Comments on reddit.com
ACTA has received a knockout blow from the European Parliament as the majority of MEPs voted in favor of rejecting the controversial trade agreement, which critics say would protect copyright at the expense of freedom of speech on the Internet. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
On the Today show, Gifford inquires about Short’s relationship with his wife Nancy, who died in 2010 Original post on people.com Comments on reddit.com
Among the voluminous evidence released Thursday in the shooting death of 17-year-old Florida high school student Trayvon Martin is a toxicology report showing that the teen had trace levels of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, in his blood and urine. Original post on time.com Comments on digg.com
Two police reports written the night that George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin said that Zimmerman had a bloody face and it looked like his nose was broken. Two witnesses appear to back up Zimmerman’s version of being on his back and beaten by Martin. Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on digg.com
From the blog Bill Cosby on George Zimmerman: Guns, not race, real issue in Trayvon Martin case: The Cutline Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
Updated at 8:02 p.m. ET: George Zimmerman, the Florida man who claims he shot and killed Trayvon Martin in self-defense, has set up a personal website to collect money for his legal expenses, his attorneys told NBC News on Monday. Several sites purporting to raise money for Zimm … Original post on msn.com Comments on digg.com
The network reacted to the furor that erupted after it was revealed that its edit took George Zimmerman’s comments on Trayvon Martin’s race out of context. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
(Photo: Rekia Boyd)”Her death certificate says killed by police, but I feel like my sister was murdered,” says Martinez Sutton, whose 22-year-old litt… Original post on truth-out.org Comments on digg.com
Shocker – Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh weigh in on Trayvon Martin’s case – VIDEO: Political pundits Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh have taken a dash to the airwaves to defend the shooter in the Trayvon Martin case, even before the full details of the shooting are known. Original post on irishcentral.com Comments on digg.com
Richard Kurtz, a Miami funeral director who prepared Trayvon Martin’s body, said he found no “cuts, scratches, or bruises, only a gunshot wound to the chest.” Original post on politicususa.com Comments on digg.com
Check out these portraits from the rally Thursday night, where a diverse crowd of more than… Original post on citypages.com Comments on digg.com
Latest development in the Trayvon Martin case, ABC News has obtained exclusive surveillance video of George Zimmerman taken in cuffs to the police station, and no blood or bruises can be seen on his face, back of his head, or on his clothes. Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on digg.com
One month later, some of us fail to understand what this is about. One month later, some of us are using the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to advance their own selfish aims or are throwing up smoke to divert our attention from what matters. One month later, a reminder seems sadly necessary. Original post on miami.com Comments on digg.com
Did George Zimmerman have help from his father, a retired judge, in clearing his name in three separate arrests? That’s the question that’s Original post on out.com Comments on reddit.com
The President made his first comments on the tragic Trayvon Martin case, calling for soul searching over the shooting and noting that if he had a son, he would look like Trayvon. It’s time for… Original post on politicususa.com Comments on digg.com
The shooting death of Trayvon Martin by a crime-watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., raises new questions about ‘stand your ground’ laws that allow the use of deadly force in self-defense by people who fear they are in danger of death or serious harm. Original post on latimes.com Comments on digg.com
10 Reasons Everyone Should Be Furious About Trayvon Martin’s Murder: Get angry… Original post on buzzfeed.com Comments on digg.com
Geraldo Rivera said Friday that Trayvon Martin might not have been shot dead by George Zimmerman if he hadn’t been wearing a hoodie. Original post on talkingpointsmemo.com Comments on digg.com
Million Hoodie March (Andrew Dallos/[Twitpic http://twitpic.com/8zi0zi]) After more than three weeks of public outcry over the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by a man some have… Original post on dailykos.com Comments on reddit.com
In the wake of spreading public outrage, the Justice Department and the FBI have opened an investigation into the shooting of a black teenager by a Florida neighborhood watch captain who escaped arrest. Original post on msn.com Comments on reddit.com
At the focal point of a shooting scandal: a mild-mannered neighbor who fixated on crime and focused on young, black males. Original post on miami.com Comments on reddit.com
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An attorney for the family of Trayvon Martin, the teenager shot to death last month by a neighborhood watch captain in an Orlando, Fla., suburb, said police withheld the shooter’s violent past from the slain youth’s family. Police initially told Martin’s family that George Zimmerman, 28, admitted to shooting Martin, 17, on Feb. 26, after he called 911 and reported a suspicious person, said the attorney, Benjamin Crump. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Members of Congress and their staff have grown used to scouring the Web, Twitter and Facebook to see where voters stand before finalizing their positions. But the heated debate over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has turned the social news website Reddit into an unlikely rallying point for opponents of the bill. “[SOPA] would kill Reddit,” Reddit general manager Erik Martin told The Hill. “We’re a platform so normally we would not take a stand on any political issue but this one would end our ability to run the site.” The website where users submit and vote for links has a proven track record launching online memes and viral videos, but the specter of SOPA has turned the community’s attention squarely toward Washington. The results have been eye-opening for Washington and Silicon Valley alike. SOPA would empower the government and copyright holders to obtain court orders forcing search engines, More