President Franco of Paraguay visits U.S. to discuss oil exploration in poverty-stricken arid region of the South American country. Paraguay currently imports oil, mostly from Venezuela.

The Florida ACLU says separate schooling for boys and girls is in violation of federal and state law.

Attorney Mark O'Mara seeks to squash speculation about the controversial and divisive case of Trayvon Martin's killing.

George Zimmmerman listed himself as a Democrat and Hispanic American on his Florida voter registration. When his wife had been threatened by a dog, police told him to buy a firearm instead of pepper spray.

Let's talk with one another like adults. Nothing that is done to George Zimmerman, justly or unjustly, will unlynch a single black man.

James Cooper and James Kouzaris of the UK were murdered in cold blood by black teen Shawn Tyson in 2011. No statement from the White House or response to their parents' letters as the murdered gets a life sentence.

The normal brief for controversy is to keep silent. George Martin, however, now must explain his version of the events that led to the death of teenaged Trayvon Martin.

A parent's nightmare: losing a child to violence, becomes the focus of a national debate on race and the reopening of wounds.

Are Jewish voters, or any Floridians for that matter, so gullible that wider issues are less important than whether kosher meals are funded by the public for seniors? Does Newt Gingrich think so?

Tyree Lincoln Smith has been arraigned for the murder of a homeless man. He also ate the victim's body parts.

Elsewhere in Florida, a case against a teenager who stabbed a bully was dismissed.

University of Michigan scientists discovered chemical 'fingerprints' of mercury released by offending power-plants.

Four arrests of Christian pastors in one week on charges of sexual abuse of minors.

Michelle Parker, 33, a mother of three, has been missing for nearly a week. No new leads have emerged as a desperate family seeks answers. Scores of volunteers are assisting law enforcement in Florida.