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Physician: Zimmerman had broken nose, black eye

The day after George Zimmerman fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a family physician wrote in a report obtained by ABC News that Zimmerman had a broken nose, “a pair of black eyes, two lacerations to the back of his head and a minor back injury.”

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US veterans to return war medals in protest

Iraq war veteran Steven Acheson will engage in the rarest of protests this weekend: He will hand back his military service medals at the NATO summit in Chicago, an act one veteran calls "disgraceful."

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First Thoughts: Here we go again

Here we go again: Boehner raises prospect of another debt-ceiling showdown… That carries potential risks and rewards for Boehner and the GOP… Romney focuses on cutting spending, but where’s the beef?... Bain Capital story chases Romney as he campaigns in Flori …

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Greeks withdraw $894 million in a day: Is this beginning of a run on banks?

Updated at 12:05 p.m. ET: Political leaders in Athens were due to discuss an emergency government Wednesday to deal with a possible run on banks as it emerged Greeks withdrew almost $900 million in a single day, fearing their country could crash out of the euro currency by the e …

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Oregon mom sued by church over online criticism

An Oregon mother of seven is being sued for defamation by her former church over critical comments she made online. Julie Anne Smith, a stay-at-home mom who home-schools her children, said church members began shunning her and her family after they left Beaverton Grace Bibl …

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Europe, US and the world brace for messy impact from Greece

As Greece teeters on the edge of financial collapse, European officials have a new task before them: preventing the financial turmoil from spreading across the continent, across the Atlantic and around the rest of the world. The fear is that Greece’s financial turmoil …

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck gets smacked down by the President

Source: Daily Kos

I love The View with one exception. That exception is Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

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Hawaii first state to ban plastic bags at checkout

By now, it’s hardly news when a city bans plastic bags at checkout counters -- but an entire state? That’s happened in Hawaii, where Honolulu County has joined the state’s three other counties to give Hawaii a first-in-the-nation title. "Passing the bans did ta …

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Boehner: 'I'm not threatening default'

House Speaker John Boehner today denied he was threatening default when he called yesterday for equal or greater spending cuts to accompany a future increase in the debt ceiling. "I'm not threatening default," he said in response to a question by NBC News. "What I'm trying to do  …

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Child care cost hikes derailing women's careers

Clarissa Doutherd, 30, was able to lift herself out of poverty and climb the ladder of success at a nonprofit, rising from part-time bookkeeping assistant to staff accountant. But last year the high cost of child care derailed her ambitions. Doutherd, who lives in Oakland, Calif …

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Newsvine Confessional

Since I've been requested to open up the confessional booth, here is an article for whoever wants to confess their sins and receive penance (up to and including spanking by the moderator) Edit: Since I'm telling people to do "Our Tyler"s and "Hail Sally"s, here is the article wit …

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Beer-swilling bride sparks controversy in New Zealand

A front-page photo showing a contestant in a Bride of the Year competition taking a swig of beer has sparked controversy in New Zealand. Katrina Hayman, a pig midwife, was snapped by the Taranaki Daily News as 34 women relived their big day for the event. "At your wedding y …

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Romney presses Obama on debt with aid of prop clock

  ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Mitt Romney continued to drive a debt-oriented message here on Wednesday morning, extending his "prairie fire" of debt metaphor with the assistance of a prop. In a nod to the independent voters who pushed the Sunshine State into the Democratic column …

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Romney wins Nebraska, Oregon primaries

Mitt Romney won the Nebraska and Oregon Republican primaries on Tuesday, adding to his delegate haul in his march toward the GOP presidential nomination.  The Associated Press declared Romney the winner in Nebraska which, along with Oregon, hosted its nominating process on  …

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Stimulus dollars funded erectile dysfunction study in California

This may not have been the type of "stimulus" feds intended. Two grants totaling nearly $1.5 million were distributed to the University of California San Francisco, NBCBayArea.com has discovered. The money was part of the federal stimulus program and went to studies into the ere …

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Illinois police on the hunt for groom of slain bride found in bathtub

Burbank, Ill., police are on the hunt for the husband of a newlywed woman found stabbed to death in her bathtub over the weekend. Arnoldo Jimenez, 30, and Estrella Carrera, 26, were married on Friday, just two days before Carerra's body was found by authorities during a search p …

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George Zimmerman Medical Report Sheds Light on Injuries After Trayvon Martin Shooting - ABC News

Source: ABC News

A medical report compiled by the family physician of accused Trayvon Martin murderer George Zimmerman and obtained exclusively by ABC News found that Zimmerman was diagnosed with a "closed fracture" of his nose, a pair of black eyes, two lacerations to the back of his head and  …

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Defense rests without calling John Edwards or Rielle Hunter

Updated at 2:20 p.m. ET: Lawyers for former Sen. John Edwards rested their case in his campaign finance corruption trial Wednesday morning without calling Edwards or his onetime mistress, Rielle Hunter.

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Graveyard dating back to 19th century found below California construction site

Construction at a portion of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has stopped in San Jose, Calif., because crews have unearthed pine boxes filled with the bodies of those whose families couldn't afford their proper burials, NBC Bay Area has learned. The pine boxes date back to betw …

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'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic goes on trial over slaughter at Srebrenica

Updated at 4:57 a.m.: THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic went on trial for genocide on Wednesday, accused of leading the slaughter of 8,000 unarmed Muslim boys and men in Srebrenica in 1995, Europe's worst atrocity since World War II. The ailing 70-year- …

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Crime Stoppers offers record reward in unsolved slaying of Iranian medical researcher

Four months after Iranian-born medical researcher and activist Gelareh Bagherzadeh was gunned down in her car just yards away from her family’s home in west Houston, authorities are hoping the offer of a sizable cash reward will help solve her killing.

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US-led imperative in peril as trained Afghans turn enemy

Source: msnbc.com

This year, 22 coalition service membes have been killed by men in uniform

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