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4 witnesses in Trayvon Martin case changed their stories

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Evidence released last week in the second-degree-murder case against George Zimmerman shows four key witnesses made major changes in what they say they saw and heard the night he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla.

Three changed their stories in ways that may damage Zimmerman. A fourth abandoned her initial story, that she saw one person chasing another. Now, she says, she saw a single figure running.

ACLU targets same-sex classrooms

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is targeting schools for what it says are illegally discriminatory single-sex classrooms.

Dr. Jan Garavaglia, Orange/Osceola chief medical examiner, talks about the discovery of what is thought to be Peruvian bones and artifacts at a Winter Garden construction site, Friday, May 11, 2012, in Orlando, Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

Experts puzzled by ancient skulls found in Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. -- At first, it appeared to be a discovery with sinister implications: Two skulls unearthed by a swimming pool contractor in a Winter Garden, Fla., neighborhood.

Now, the human remains are the focus of an archaeological mystery.

Unmarried couples twice as likely to be interracial

ORLANDO, Fla. -- On vacation, David Baker-Hargrove and his partner, Robert, gravitate toward couples just like them. They are not hard to find. In any large group of gays, there are always a half-dozen or so black-and-white couples.

CEO Elon Musk in the mission control room at the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corp., on April 19, 2012. If successful, it will be the first time a private company will dock with the International Space Station. The launch is scheduled for Saturday, May 19, 2012. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Countdown begins for Saturday launch of SpaceX rocket

ORLANDO, Fla. -- An eccentric billionaire intends to blast his rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to the International Space Station early Saturday morning -- and launch a new era in which private rocket companies take over a role filled by NASA and its space shuttles for decades.

New video evidence listed in Trayvon Martin shooting

SANFORD, Fla. -- As many eagerly awaited the release of never-before-seen evidence in the case against George Zimmerman, members of special prosecutor Angela Corey's office provided a preview Monday in the form of an eight-page document.

Donations flood in for families of Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman

MIAMI -- The mother of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin will be able to take about eight months of paid leave from her county job, thanks to the generosity of county employees.

Sybrina Fulton, who has worked at the Miami-Dade County housing authority for 23 years, collected $40,825 worth of donated vacation time, county records show. The paid time off is in addition to the nearly $100,000 the family raised on wepay.com and at rallies, which will be used to launch a criminal justice advocacy foundation in Trayvon's name.

Was George Zimmerman's great-grandfather black?

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A photo aired by CNN shows a black-skinned man that Orlando attorney Mark NeJame says was George Zimmerman's great-grandfather.

Trayvon Martin's mother releases video about Mother's Day without son

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, released a Mother's Day video online Thursday night asking for supporters to voice their opposition to Florida's controversial stand-your-ground law, and others like it.

The family of Trayvon Martin, from left, father Tracy Martin, mother Sybrina Fulton, and brother Jahvaris Fulton visit Birmingham, Ala. Thursday, May 3, 2012 for a rally at Kelly Ingram Park. (AP Photo/The News, Linda Stelter)

Trayvon Martin's father recalls moments with his son

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tracy Martin drives a truck for a living, but his son preferred something with two wheels.

"Trayvon loved riding on the motorcycle with me," Martin recalls. He had been teaching his son to ride, but while returning home to Miami Gardens, Trayvon asked to test his highway skills for the first time on Florida's Turnpike.

Attorney Mark O'Mara, right, and associate Lorna Truett appear in court on behalf of their client George Zimmerman during a hearing in his trial on Friday, April 27, 2012, in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman is accused of second-degree murder for the February shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was unarmed. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Red Huber, Pool)

Profile of Zimmerman's attorney rising

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orlando attorney Mark O'Mara jumped into the George Zimmerman murder case, agreeing to defend one of the most reviled men in America for free.

Zimmerman gets new legal-defense fund

SANFORD, Fla. -- A legal-defense fund helped Bill Clinton pay his impeachment-related legal bills. They've been used to help save the whales and protect endangered species.

But they are seldom set up to help a murder suspect who doesn't have enough money to defend himself.

Sheriff's official suspended for disrupting V.P. Secret Service detail

ORLANDO, Fla. -- One of Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings top aides has been disciplined for "conduct unbecoming" stemming from an incident during Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Orlando last year.

George Zimmerman in court

Zimmerman told police that Trayvon Martin circled his SUV

ORLANDO, Fla. -- George Zimmerman told investigators that while he was on the phone with a Sanford police dispatcher reporting Trayvon Martin as suspicious, the teenager was circling his vehicle on foot, a source familiar with the investigation told the Orlando Sentinel.

The source said Zimmerman's account of events hasn't changed in his several statements to police -- in which he said he was so unnerved by the teenager's behavior that he rolled up his window to avoid a confrontation. However, he never mentioned any of that while talking to the dispatcher.

Zimmerman's old Myspace page blasts Mexicans

ORLANDO, Fla. -- An old Myspace page belonging to George Zimmerman has surfaced online, and has drawn scrutiny for disparaging remarks about Mexicans and a former lover.

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