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This photo combo shows George Zimmerman. At left is a 2005 booking photo provided by the Orange County Jail via The Miami Herald, and at right is an undated but recent photo of Zimmerman taken from the Orlando Sentinel's website showing Zimmerman, according to the paper. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in the town of Sanford, Fla., told police he shot unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26. The photo of Zimmerman at right is a sharp contrast from the widely used 2005 booking photo from an arrest in Miami Dade County. (AP Photo)

Old photos may be deceptive in Trayvon Martin shooting case

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 5:01pm

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- When he was shot, Trayvon Martin was not the baby-faced boy in the photo that has been on front pages across the country. And George Zimmerman wasn't the beefy-looking figure in the widely published mugshot.

Both photos are a few years old and no longer entirely accurate. Yet they may have helped shape initial public perceptions of the deadly shooting.

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FILE - In this July 6, 1967 file photo Davy Jones of Monkees singing group is shown at press conference at Warwick Hotel in New York City. Jones died Wednesday Feb. 29, 2012 in Florida. He was 66. Jones rose to fame in 1965 when he joined The Monkees, a British popular rock group formed for a television show. Jones sang lead vocals on songs like "I Wanna Be Free" and "Daydream Believer." (AP Photo/RH,File)

Monkees singer Davy Jones dies of heart attack at 66

Matt Sedensky The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 2:52pm

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Davy Jones, a former actor turned singer who helped propel the TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts and into rock 'n' roll history, died Wednesday in Florida. He was 66.

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Mogul, facing trial, adopts girlfriend

Matt Sedensky The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 6:17pm

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The story already had people's attention: A multimillionaire polo magnate was accused of causing a drunken-driving wreck that killed a young man. But now, with his criminal trial approaching, a strange twist has raised even more eyebrows: He has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend.

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(RED HUBER/The Associated Press) Casey Anthony (center) walks out of the Orange County Jail with attorney Jose Baez (right) during her release in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday.

Release is no relief for Casey Anthony

Matt Sedensky, Mike Schneider The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, July 17, 2011 - 6:20pm

ORLANDO, Fla. -- This is what freedom looks like for Casey Anthony: $537.68 from her jail account, no job, estranged parents, a criminal record, lawsuits pending against her and the scorn of multitudes who think she got away with murder.

She quickly gave reporters the slip after walking out of jail Sunday, but whatever life she manages to build for herself will be lived under a media microscope and the shadow of countless threats.

Experts who have helped other notorious defendants through rough times say she will have opportunities as well, but it won't be easy for the 25-year-old, who was found not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, but convicted of lying to investigators.

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Casey Anthony (front right) walks out of the Orange County Jail with her attorney Jose Baez (left) during her release in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday. Anthony was acquitted last week of murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee. (Red Huber/AP Photo)

Casey Anthony freed from jail early Sunday

Matt Sedensky, Mike Schneider The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, July 16, 2011 - 11:17pm

ORLANDO, Fla. — Casey Anthony was freed from a Florida jail early Sunday, 12 days after she was acquitted of murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in a verdict that drew furious responses and even threats from people across the U.S. who had followed the case with rapt attention.

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Casey Anthony smiles before the start of her sentencing hearing in Orlando, Fla.,Thursday, July 7, 2011. Judge Belvin Perry sentenced Anthony to four years for lying to investigators but says she can go free in late July or early August because she has already served nearly three years in jail and has had good behavior. While acquitted of killing and abusing her daughter, Caylee, Anthony was convicted of four counts of lying to detectives trying to find her daughter. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool)

Casey Anthony to be freed late July or early Aug.

Kyle Hightower, Matt Sedensky The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 9:23am

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A judge sentenced Casey Anthony on Thursday to four years for lying to investigators but says she could go free in late July or early August because she has already served nearly three years in jail and has had good behavior.

While acquitted of killing and abusing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, Anthony was convicted of four counts of lying to detectives trying to find her daughter in July 2008. She lied to them about working at the Universal Studios theme park, about leaving her daughter with a non-existent nanny named Zanny, about leaving the girl with friends and about receiving a phone call from her.

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(The Associated Press) Pope Benedict XVI gestures at faithful during the Angelus prayer from his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday.

Future pope refused to defrock convicted priest in 1980s

Matt Sedensky The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 7:33pm

The future Pope Benedict XVI refused to defrock an American priest who confessed to molesting numerous children and even served prison time for it, simply because the cleric wouldn't agree to the discipline. The case provides the latest evidence of how changes in church law under Pope John Paul II frustrated and hamstrung U.S. bishops struggling with an abuse crisis that would eventually explode.

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