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Jury in John Edwards trial asks for 20 exhibits
The jury in the John Edwards campaign-finance fraud trial is asking to see about 20 more evidence exhibits during its fifth day of deliberations. The jury began its discussions Friday and has occasionally asked to see exhibits over the past few days. Jurors have taken a lunch break and will ...
Private ship's space station flyby called success
The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday, passing a critical test in advance of Friday's actual docking. The unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule performed a practice lap around the orbiting lab and checked out its communication and navigation systems. Officials at the ...
Legal experts discuss FAMU band member interviews
Band members' statements to investigators that a Florida A&M University drum major willingly got on a bus where he endured a beating with drumsticks, mallets and fists help explain why prosecutors didn't file more severe charges such as manslaughter and second-degree murder, legal experts say. Interviews with defendants in Robert ...
Forecasters: 9 to 15 storms this hurricane season
Federal forecasters predict there will be about nine to 15 storms during this year's Atlantic hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its initial outlook Thursday for the six-month storm season that officially begins June 1. The season got an early start when Tropical Storm Alberto formed last ...
Gulf fishermen reel from seafood troubles
Gloom infects the hard-working shrimp and crab docks of this gritty fishing town as the second full year of fishing since BP's catastrophic oil spill kicks into high gear. Usually folks are upbeat and busy in May, when shrimpers get back to work in Louisiana's rich waters. This spring, though, ...
Alabama 10th highest in rate of injury deaths
A new study finds that Alabama ranks 10th in the nation for deaths caused by injury, which costs the state millions in medical bills. "The Facts Hurt" report by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation shows Alabama has adult-related injury deaths at a rate of ...
Marker to honor Opry humorist Rod Brasfield
Rod Brasfield, a Grand Ole Opry humorist from 1944 until his death in 1958, was to be honored Thursday with a marker on the Mississippi Country Music Trail. The marker was to be unveiled at the Rod Brasfield Memorial Park in Smithville. Brasfield, who was famous for his comedy routines ...
Private supply ship flies near space station
The world's first private supply ship drew close to the International Space Station on Thursday in a critical fly-by-without-stopping test in advance of the actual docking. The SpaceX Dragon capsule was directed to stay at least 1 1/2 miles away from the orbiting lab as it got started on a ...
Clinton: US wars with al-Qaida on the web
The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida, engaging in a cat and mouse game to replace anti-American al-Qaida ads on Yemeni tribal websites. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that experts based at the State Department swapped al-Qaida ads on Yemeni websites bragging ...
Zimmerman complained about Sanford police in 2011
George Zimmerman accused the Sanford police department of corruption more than a year before he shot Trayvon Martin, saying at a public forum the agency covered up the beating of a black homeless man by the son of a white officer. "I would just like to state that the law ...
3 Doors Down guitarist Matt Roberts leaves band
3 Doors Down says on its website that founding member and guitarist Matt Roberts has left the rock band because of health problems. The statement Wednesday says Roberts has problems with blood circulation and other health issues. It calls the split amicable. Roberts grew up with bassist Todd Harrell and ...
As Edwards jury deliberates, speculation grows
John Edwards tried to make eye contact with each juror as they filed into the courtroom Wednesday before heading home after a fourth day of deliberations without a verdict in his campaign finance trial. A former trial lawyer, Edwards is familiar with the old courtroom adage that jurors who return ...
NC House wants to go slow on prisoner health care
Legislators are trying to prevent North Carolina prison officials from privatizing inmate medical care for all of the state's adult prisoners unless they get the express approval of the General Assembly. The full House agreed unanimously Wednesday to a Senate bill designed to set aside $205.5 million to eliminate a ...
Bryant signs laws affecting students and veterans
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill Wednesday that requires kindergarteners or first-graders to be tested for dyslexia, a reading disorder that can sometimes go undiagnosed for years and leave children struggling to learn. The matter is intensely personal for Bryant. He was in fourth grade before a caring teacher ...
Lawsuit alleges toxic exposure at prison in Fla.
More than 160 current and former employees and family members are suing the federal prison agency over ailments they blame on exposure to toxins at an electronics recycling facility at a penitentiary in the Florida Panhandle. Many are suffering from sores, joint pain, memory loss and internal bleeding as well ...
Defendant says drum major wanted to be hazed
A Florida A&M drum major who died after being hazed on a bus asked to go through the ordeal because it was seen as an honor, a criminal defendant in the case said in a deposition released Wednesday Twenty-six-year-old Robert Champion had asked all season to go through the hazing ...
University student in Tampa diagnosed with TB
A University of South Florida student has been diagnosed with tuberculosis and it's the second case this year at the school. The Hillsborough County Health Department said Tuesday that the student is being treated and recovering in isolation. About 30 other students, faculty, staff and people in the community may ...
NC company wants to use art to encourage health
A new company in High Point is hoping to color the world with its art prints that encourage folks to eat smarter, think positively and exercise. Paradigm Nutrition Inc., formed in late 2011, offers "nutritional facts in a nonthreatening, easy-to-understand way," said Bill McKenzie, who owns the company with his ...
Commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station
Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies Tuesday after a spectacular middle-of-the-night blastoff. The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket and its unmanned Dragon capsule marked the first time ...
UNC, WakeMed hospitals end Raleigh turf battle
One of North Carolina's largest private hospital systems and the University of North Carolina Health Care System ended a turf battle Tuesday over the Research Triangle region's health care market. Public university system President Tom Ross and the heads of UNC Health Care and Raleigh-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals announced ...
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