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Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has turned himself in to authorities in Florida. He has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The arrest caps weeks of protests, rallies and discussions across the United States about race relations, gun laws and other issues.

Officials from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources captured, tagged and then released a sturgeon weighing more than 240 pounds. The fish, a female, is the largest on record for the state. One scientist estimates the fish is 125 years old.

At 6'11", high school basketball player Nerlen Noel is said to be devastating at blocking shots. He has agreed to play college ball at the University of Kentucky. He even had the UK logo shaved into the back of his head and showed it on ESPN.

As a ceasefire was supposed to begin, army tanks and troops remained in place. But there were only a few reports of alleged violations.

There were 380,000 first-time claims, the most in a single week since January. It's another sign that the labor market's rebound may be slowing.

Sybrina Fulton wants to hear George Zimmerman apologize and wants him brought to justice, but also believes her son died because the incident "just got out of control and [Zimmerman] couldn't turn the clock back."

Titanic the musical, that is. NPR.org's Dana Farrington played a drowning victim as an eight-grader in 2002. The costumes and set were memorable in a good way, she says. But portraying the tragic ordeal was a bit creepy.

On the second day of a ceasefire, there's less violence but the government is still using force against them, anti-regime activists say.

Now that he has the Republican presidential nomination all but sewn up, motivating the GOP's conservative base may be the least of Mitt Romney's worries.