memeorandum: NAACP president asked to step down (Jason Marks/WAVY-TV)

9:05 AM ET, July 14, 2013

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Greg Botelho / CNN:

George Zimmerman found not guilty of murder in Trayvon Martin's death — Photos: Zimmerman trial in death of Trayvon Martin — (CNN) — George Zimmerman is not guilty of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, a Florida jury decided late Saturday. — The fact that Zimmerman fired …

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Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:

Zimmerman Is Acquitted in Trayvon Martin Killing — SANFORD, Fla. — George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, igniting a national debate on racial profiling and civil rights, was found not guilty late Saturday night of second-degree murder.

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Jason Marks / WAVY-TV:

NAACP president asked to step down — NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - It seems much of the country is gripped by the George Zimmerman murder trial. As it comes to a close, many in Hampton Roads are upset about a Facebook post by a local head of the NAACP. — “To the majority of the African-American community …

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Michael Martinez / CNN:

Zimmerman a free man, but may be a marked man — Zimmerman trial in death of Trayvon Martin — (CNN) — The acquittal of George Michael Zimmerman, 29, means he's a free man and will be able to walk out of the courthouse because he's no longer in police custody.

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Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:

Law and Justice and George Zimmerman — The exoneration of Travyon Martin's killer is a stark reminder of the limitations of our judicial systems and the choices we make about the laws under which we live. — In the next few hours and days you'll likely be inundated with analysis …

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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:

Zimmerman found not guilty in killing of Trayvon Martin — SANFORD, Fla. — A Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman of charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter Saturday night in a case that alternately fascinated and appalled large segments of a spellbound nation.

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Seni Tienabeso / ABC News:

George Zimmerman Verdict: Not Guilty — The jury in the George Zimmerman murder trial has found Zimmerman not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin. — Zimmerman, who faced the possibility of life in prison, showed no reaction to the jury's verdict. — The six women in the jury delivered …

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Zimmerman found not guilty in shooting death of Trayvon Martin — George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who triggered a national debate about race after shooting an unarmed black teenager named Trayvon Martin, was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges Saturday night.

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USA Today:
Zimmerman jury has question about manslaughter charge

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U.S. News:
Jury finds George Zimmerman not guilty

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Andrew Branca / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Zimmerman Verdict Reached: NOT GUILTY — A verdict has been returned in Florida v. Zimmerman: — NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS — The State prosecutors, including the until recently rarely-seen Angela Corey, are currently providing interviews to the press, essentially re-arguing their catastrophically failed courtroom arguments.

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Andrew Branca / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Zimmerman Trial: Verdict Watch LIVE

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David Bauerlein / Associated Press:
State Attorney Angela Corey fires information techonology director who raised concerns in Trayvon Martin case

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Reuters:

Snowden documents could be ‘worst nightmare’ for U.S.: journalist — (Reuters) - Fugitive former U.S. spy contractor Edward Snowden controls dangerous information that could become the United States' “worst nightmare” if revealed, a journalist familiar with the data said in a newspaper interview.

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Melissa Harris-Perry / msnbc.com:
Edward Snowden, come on home

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Little Green Footballs:
Greenwald Issues Blackmail Threat: “The US Should Be on Its Knees Begging”

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Richard Brooks / The Sunday Times:

Whodunnit? JK Rowling's secret life as wizard crime writer revealed — JK Rowling says she found writing a crime novel under a male pseudonym to be a ‘liberating experience’ (Mike Marsland) — JK ROWLING has secured another literary coup by writing an acclaimed detective novel in the guise of a first-time author.

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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:

Israel Airstrike Targeted Advanced Missiles That Russia Sold to Syria, U.S. Says — WASHINGTON — Israel carried out an air attack in Syria this month that targeted advanced antiship cruise missiles sold to the Syria government by Russia, American officials said Saturday.

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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:

Remark by Obama Complicates Military Sexual Assault Trials — WASHINGTON — When President Obama proclaimed that those who commit sexual assault in the military should be “prosecuted, stripped of their positions, court-martialed, fired, dishonorably discharged,” it had an effect he did not intend …

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CNN:

Schweitzer won't run for Senate in 2014 — Schweitzer was widely considered to be the Democratic frontrunner to campaign for the seat and keep it in Democrats' hands after the current holder, Sen. Max Baucus, retires at the end of his sixth term. — After Baucus' retirement announcement in late April …

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