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In Sanford, Fla., Zimmerman trial keeps a shaken community on edgeThe Trayvon Martin shooting rocked Sanford, Fla., to its core. And with the murder trial of George Zimmerman now underway, the city is unnerved by the attention and fearful about the outcome.
Miss USA 2013: Top 6 Questions & Answers (+video)
'Man of Steel' offers a new generation its own, brooding, SupermanTo each American generation, its Superman. But will audiences get what they need from another spandex-clad, costumed, immigrant superhero in this summer's 'Man of Steel'?
FocusNot sci-fi: Researchers work toward post-trauma limb regenerationResearchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., are working on what they call the next logical frontier: easing the human body into fully repairing and regenerating itself.
Focus'Exponential' progress in prosthetics helps ease tough path for amputeesPeople who lost arms or legs in the Boston Marathon bombings – and in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars – are among some 2 million Americans coping with limb loss. Emerging technologies and expanded peer support programs are helping.
'Star Wars: Episode VII' director J.J. Abrams drops new hints about film'Star Wars: Episode VII' is set to begin filming in January, according to director J.J. Abrams. He also spoke briefly about his vision for how the film will fit in to the franchise.
Tony Awards: Why producers are turning to oldies but goodiesTony Awards producers under pressure to put on a good (ratings) show this year will spotlight material that viewers 'know and love,' not just numbers from nominated plays.
Cover StoryHow online learning is reinventing collegeThe online learning movement, spreading more by the week, will change how tomorrow's students go to school, who teaches them, and what they learn.
Is Justin Bieber’s driver’s license at risk? Neighbors allege recklessness in Ferrari.Pop star Justin Bieber's neighbors say he drives dangerously fast in their gated community, endangering children. Of recent indiscretions, Bieber says, 'I'm young and I want to have fun.'
STORY UPDATE: Youth group Roca will earn 'Pay for Success'The nonprofit group Roca is starting a groundbreaking partnership with the state of Massachusetts. But it will only be paid if it succeeds.
Facebook cracks down on hate speech against womenWomen account for more than half of Facebook users. When women's rights activists fired off some 60,000 tweets and 5,000 e-mails to advertisers protesting gruesome images, Facebook took note.
Churches grapple with whether to cut Boy Scout tiesChurches are huge sponsors of Boy Scout troops, which is what made the debate over the new policy on gay boys so difficult. Churches are split on whether to abandon the scouts.
Boy Scouts: Will anti-gay troops emerge?Religious leaders are suggesting that religious Boy Scouts leave the organization after its leadership voted to welcome gay boys. Others aren't so sure that the status quo will change.
Cover StoryAs Memorial Day arrives, Americans plan 'chill' vacationsMore people are untethering from their electronic devices and frenetic lifestyles to take vacations this summer that revel in the pursuit of doing ... nothing.
Boy Scouts allow gay Scouts, but leave ban on gay leaders in placeThe Boy Scouts of America voted to lift a ban on gay Scouts, but critics say a decision to maintain a ban on gay Scout leaders sends a mixed message and leaves the issue unsettled.
Abercrombie & Fitch: What's wrong with selling just to 'cool people'?Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries set off a cultural backlash when said that his company is primarily interested in 'good-looking people.' But the company is jealously guarding its brand, even as the market for plus-size teens grows.
Boy Scouts' historic vote on gays: lobbying right up to the endHowever the Boy Scouts of America members from around the country vote Thursday in Texas on allowing gay scouts, the iconic 103-year-old boys' organization is at a crossroads.
Feds rooting out 'unwelcome speech' on campus: But what is that?The failure of the University of Montana to respond adequately to sexual assault allegations has led to a broadening of how the federal government defines verbal harassment. Free speech advocates worry that the new policy will chill the right to speak freely on campus.
With gun violence down, is America arming against an imagined threat?A Pew study released Tuesday finds that Americans think gun violence has escalated when in reality it's way down from two decades ago. The violence has dropped, meanwhile, even as gun ownership has increased.
Cover StoryTelecommuting: Steady growth in work-at-home culture, Yahoo or notTelecommuting is a rapidly growing work-life style. Yahoo's recent ban of remote work sent a wave of concern through white-collar legions who consider themselves fortunate – and more productive – working in pajamas at home or holed up in a Starbucks cafe.
