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Senate Republicans are working on an alternative version of the DREAM Act, a Democrat-supported bill that has become a lightning rod in the immigration debate.

Skittles and Arizona Iced Tea have become symbols in the most talked about news this year, the Trayvon Martin case, regarding a 17-year-old Florida teen who was shot and killed Feb. 26 returning from the store to buy candy and a drink. Thrust into the spotlight from critics who believe Skittles and Arizona Iced Tea have profited from the death of the teen since the case gained national attention, the companies finally spoke out addressing accusations of commercial gain.

A threatening Tweet aimed at George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old Florida man who ignited a firestorm of outrage when he shot unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to death on Feb. 26, has gone viral as damaging reports of the victim's history have come out.

Opana is the hot new prescription drug of abuse, sometimes with tragic consequences. Back in high school in Houston, Texas, C.J. Coomer got good grades and played football. He was dark-haired and handsome, popular with his friends and doted on by his family.

New details about Trayvon Martin's record as well as his personal interactions on Facebook and Twitter have emerged recently, as George Zimmerman supporters defend his Stand Your Ground right.

Stock index futures were flat on Monday as investors found little reason to keep pushing shares higher after a 1 percent rally in the previous session.

Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen who was shot dead by a neighborhood watch captain, had been suspended from his Miami high school for drug possession, family spokesman Ryan Julison said.

The New Orleans Police Department Monday suspended a police officer indefinitely without pay after he posted incendiary comments online about Florida teen Travyon Martin.

George Zimmerman told Sanford, Fla., police that Trayvon Martin punched him, knocked him down and slammed his head into the pavement repeatedly before he shot and killed the teen Feb. 26. Rallies continued around the country Monday to demand justice in the case.

Giant Gambian pouch rats -- among the largest muroid rodents in the world -- have hit Florida's Grassy Keys and are breeding despite efforts to eradicate them.

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Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old unarmed boy shot dead by 28-year-old George Zimmerman on the streets of Sanford, Florida on Feb. 26, was suspended from school once for carrying an empty plastic bag with traces of marijuana inside it, according to a new report. The question that arises is this: Why should this late reveal matter when a killer is still on the loose and Martin's family has not received closure?

On ABC's Good Morning America a man identified as a friend of George Zimmerman, defending his friend after the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin.

The Democratic senator wrote that the U.S. Justice Department, which is already investigating the death of Florida teenager Trayon Martin, has an obligation to investigate the controversial self-defense law that critics say was a factor in Martin's death.

The Trayvon Martin shooting case is only gaining more and more attention, and as the national spotlight continues to shine on Sanford, Florida, the White House finds itself having to defend the emotional remarks President Barack Obama gave on the topic last week.

Tim Tebow could be involved in a love triangle with two celebrity females.

The Final Four 2012 in New Orleans is just days away and a week from now a champion of the 2012 NCAA Tournament will be crowned.

Athletes have showed their support in the Trayvon Martin case and look to continue showing it on Monday at a rally in Sanford, Fla. where the 17-year-old was shot and killed.

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Cuba on Monday. The three-day trip marks the second time that the head of the Catholic Church has visited the island nation since the Communist Revolution of 1959.

Sunday's win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational was the 72nd of Woods's PGA Tour career, one behind Jack Nicklaus for No. 2 on the all-time list. The last one came 30 months ago, in September 2009.

Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street activists marched through the streets of New York City Saturday protesting police violence and demanding the resignation of New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.