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Trayvon Martin effect: School lifts ban on hoodiesA Delaware high school will allow students to wear hoodies Friday as part of a demonstration for Trayvon Martin. Who wears hoodies today and why?
Militia leaders plead guilty to gun chargesThe Hutaree militia had earlier been cleared of conspiracy charges stemming from accusation of domestic terrorism.
- Next step for Supreme Court on Obamacare: secret Friday vote
The justices meet to discuss the health-care bill on Friday.
Obama: Taxpayers shouldn't subsidize oil industry's record profitsMoments after Obama made his election-year appeal in the White House Rose Garden, the Senate failed to reach the threshold of votes needed to proceed to a measure that would have ended the subsidies.
President Obama vastly outspends GOP presidential campaignsObama has spent more than $135 million — more than GOP challengers Romney and Rick Santorum combined — on his re-election apparatus, according to an Associated Press analysis of Federal Election Commission records.
Romney gains key endorsements, moves into mop-up phase of campaignSecond-place Rick Santorum seemed to publicly acknowledge for the first time Wednesday that his quest for the presidential nomination may end in failure, and third-place Newt Gingrich is running out of money and cutting back his campaign, both in staff and appearances.
JetBlue pilot Clayton Osbon's unraveling baffles friendsWitness say Osbon told his co-pilot that 'things just don't matter' and sprinted down the center aisle — yelling jumbled remarks about Sept. 11 and Iran.
New police video casts doubt on George Zimmerman injuriesGeorge Zimmerman appears uninjured in a police video taken after the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman's attorney said that his client had a broken nose and an injury to the back of his head.
Bush endorsement leaves Romney focused on NovemberThe Republican Party appears to be moving out of its primary fight to begin girding for a Romney-Obama matchup in the general election.
Amazon founder locates Apollo 11 rocketsJeff Bezos, the dot-com billionaire, announced that he has located the booster rockets that lifted the first moon mission into space at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. He hopes to raise one or both to the surface.
George H.W. Bush to endorse Mitt Romney for presidentGeorge H.W. Bush will join his son Jeb in endorsing former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney as the GOP nominee for president. George H.W. Bush was the 41st US President.
Newt Gingrich cuts one third of campaign staff but vows to press onGingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, plans to spend much less time in primary states and instead personally call delegates to try to persuade them to back him at the Republican National Convention in August.
MLB season opener: Mariners defeat Athletics, 3-1, in JapanMLB season opener: Japan's own Ichiro Suzuki had a big day for Seattle as they beat Oakland in 2012's first game. The contest in Tokyo was the most recent MLB season opener that occurred outside the US.
Plastic restraints failed to hold pilot, JetBlue CEO vows reviewJetBlue CEO says he knew the pilot who become erratic on flight 191 to Las Vegas personally. But JetBlue promises a review of safety procedures.
Trayvon Martin: Why Fox pulled 'Neighborhood Watch' movie adsFox pulled posters and a trailer for the movie "Neighborhood Watch," a summer comedy. Separately, Trayvon Martin's mother filed to trademark rally slogans about her son.
Federal crews plan to contain wildfire in ColoradoFederal fire crews today expect to take control of the 7-square-mile wildfire blaze that may have claimed two lives and destroyed 28 homes in the mountains southwest of Denver.
Colorado wildfire may have started from controlled burnThere had been a controlled burn to prevent wildfires near the area where the 7-square-mile fire started.
JetBlue captain restrained on cross-country flightPassengers had to tackle the captain after he began running down the aisles ranting; the co-pilot took over and the plane made an emergency landing in Texas.
Should Al Sharpton be Trayvon Martin activist and MSNBC host?Al Sharpton is a leading civil rights activist in the Trayvon Martin case. He also hosts a daily politics show on MSNBC. Is there a conflict between Sharpton's activism and his journalism?
Trayvon Martin was suspended from school at time of death, report saysThe slain Florida teen had been caught with traces of marijuana several days before he was shot, though he has no criminal record.
