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DELAWARE - Editorial: Get politics out of Zimmerman/Martin case

That the reaction to the jury's decision is generally split along political lines is alarming. It means one thing – the trial is perceived as a political activity rather than as a legal action. Politics, after all, helped create the crisis. George Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin. There is little doubt that Mr. Martin should not have died and that his death was a needless tragedy. Mr. Zimmerman's activities on patrol were questionable and probably culpable. However, as the evidence indicated and the jury found, he did not commit second-degree murder. READ THE REST ...

NEW YORK - Editorial: Reasonable efforts underway to improve health reform law

OREGON - Ron Eachus: Conservatives' food stamps cuts go too far

MISSOURI - Christopher Dixon on obesity: I'm getting off the couch for the kid