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• NTSB: Flight attendants ejected during crash
• Expert bolsters Zimmerman account of Martin shooting
• Criminal probe in Quebec train derailment
• Egypt pushes transition, naming prime minister
• Republicans accuse Obama of exceeding authority
• Expert says evidence jibes with Zimmerman's story
• Pentagon takes 'second look' at embattled MIA unit
• Illinois enacts nation's final concealed-gun law
• Documents: Hernandez told pal he fired fatal shots
• Ind. prof: Film shows FDR in concealed wheelchair
• Panel: Next Mars rover should gather rocks, soil
• Casinos open rooms to Vegas-area wildfire evacuees
• Singer Randy Travis remains in critical condition
• Crews burn brush near homes in Vegas-area wildfire

NTSB: Flight attendants ejected during crash Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:56 PM PDT Both women were found on the San Francisco runway, amid debris.

Expert bolsters Zimmerman account of Martin shooting Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:52 PM PDT A forensic expert backed George Zimmerman's account of his fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin on Tuesday, testifying that evidence showed the neighborhood watchman was under the unarmed black teenager when he fired his gun.

Criminal probe in Quebec train derailment Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:31 PM PDT Canadian authorities said Tuesday they have opened a criminal investigation into the fiery wreck of a runaway oil train in this small town as the death toll climbed to 15, with dozens more bodies feared buried in the burned-out ruins.

Egypt pushes transition, naming prime minister Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:25 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military-backed interim leader named a new prime minister and won $8 billion in promises of aid from wealthy Arab allies in the Gulf on Tuesday in moves aimed at stabilizing a political transition less than a week after the army deposed the Islamist president.

Republicans accuse Obama of exceeding authority Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:55 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — In the courts of law and public opinion, congressional Republicans increasingly accuse President Barack Obama of exceeding his constitutional authority for the benefit of special interests, most recently by delaying a requirement for businesses to provide health care for their workers.

Expert says evidence jibes with Zimmerman's story Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:18 PM PDT SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The trajectory of the bullet and gunpowder on Trayvon Martin's body support George Zimmerman's account that the teen was on top of him when the defendant shot and killed Martin, an expert on gunshot wounds testified Tuesday.

Pentagon takes 'second look' at embattled MIA unit Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:58 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday it will take a "second look" at how it goes about accounting for missing Americans on foreign battlefields, following the disclosure of an internal assessment that the work is "acutely dysfunctional" and at risk of failure.

Illinois enacts nation's final concealed-gun law Posted: 09 Jul 2013 05:11 PM PDT SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The last holdout on allowing the public possession of concealed guns, Illinois joined the rest of the nation Tuesday as lawmakers raced to beat a federal court deadline in adopting a carry law over Gov. Pat Quinn's objections.

Documents: Hernandez told pal he fired fatal shots Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:10 PM PDT ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — A man linked to the murder case against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez told police Hernandez admitted firing the fatal shots, and a vehicle wanted in a double killing in Boston a year before had been rented in Hernandez's name, according to documents filed Tuesday in Florida that provide the most damning evidence yet against the star athlete.

Ind. prof: Film shows FDR in concealed wheelchair Posted: 09 Jul 2013 05:01 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A professor at an Indiana college says he has found film footage showing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt being pushed in his wheelchair, depicting a secret that was hidden from the public until after his death.

Panel: Next Mars rover should gather rocks, soil Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:44 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Explore an intriguing spot on Mars. Hunt for ancient signs of Martian life. Bag a bunch of rocks and leave them on the surface for a future mission to possibly return.

Casinos open rooms to Vegas-area wildfire evacuees Posted: 09 Jul 2013 04:26 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — Several local casino companies are teaming with the American Red Cross of Southern Nevada to provide hotel rooms to people evacuated from their homes due to a wildfire in the mountains northwest of Las Vegas.

Singer Randy Travis remains in critical condition Posted: 09 Jul 2013 02:19 PM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Randy Travis remained in critical condition Tuesday in a Texas hospital after doctors inserted a device to stabilize his weakened heart.

Crews burn brush near homes in Vegas-area wildfire Posted: 09 Jul 2013 03:51 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fire crews are burning away undergrowth within a quarter-mile of homes to protect woodsy hamlets in the mountains northwest of Las Vegas from a wildfire that has charred an area nearly the size of Manhattan.

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