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Zimmerman Had Bloody Nose After Fatal Shooting
ORLANDO, Fla. â€"  Medical examiners found evidence of marijuana in Trayvon Martin's system after he was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer, an autopsy report released Thursday shows.
The report was included in a large amount of evidence released by prosecutors that includes many new details about the case. The autopsy says the examiners found THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, when they tested Martin's blood and urine.
Also in the package is a photo of suspect George Zimmerman with a bloody nose taken the night of the fight. A paramedic report says Zimmerman had a 1-inch laceration on his head and forehead abrasion.
"Bleeding tenderness to his nose, and a small laceration to the back of his head. All injuries have minor bleeding," paramedic Michael Brandy wrote about Zimmerman's injuries in the report.
Zimmerman told a police officer that he did not have any other bruises or cuts but his back hurt, according to a police report.
Whether Zimmerman was injured in the Feb. 26 altercation with Martin has been a key question. Zimmerman has claimed self-defense and said he only fired because the unarmed teenager attacked him.
Zimmerman is awaiting trial on a second-degree murder charge. He has pleaded not guilty.
The photo and reports were among evidence released by prosecutors that also includes 911 calls, video and numerous other documents. The package was received by defense lawyers earlier this week and released to the media on Thursday.
The report by Sanford police officer Christopher Serino says Martin had $40.15, Skittles candy, a red lighter, headphones and a photo pin in his pocket. He had been shot once in the chest and had been pronounced dead at the scene.
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Autopsy reportedly shows Trayvon Martin injured - OPINION: What medical reports say, media didn\'t
A leaked autopsy reportedly shows that the bullet that killed Florida teen Trayvon Martin was fired from "intermediate range," which one forensics expert said means anywhere from one to 18 inches away.
The autopsy, conducted by the medical examiner in Volusia County, Fla., also showed that 17-year-old Martin had one small abrasion on his left ring finger below the knuckle, according to the news report. The report could back the account of George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old neighborhood watch captain accused of killing Martin, who has said he fired into Martin's chest in self-defense as the youth was straddling and pummeling him.
The autopsy report was reviewed by NBC News, but not made available to the public. A spokesman for Volusia County, Fla., told Fox News the report was not made public and was leaked by someone other than the Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office. He noted attorneys for both Zimmerman and Martin had copies of it. He said the report will not be released while an active investigation of the Feb. 26 shooting remains underway.
Dr. Michael Baden, the former New York City medical examiner, said "intermediate" in such cases is defined as the muzzle of the gun being one to 18 inches away from the entry point when fired.Â
"If the muzzle is right against the skin, that's a contact wound," Baden said. Anything beyond 18 inches is considered "distant" range in coroner's parlance, Baden said.
The autopsy results surface as court records indicate that Zimmerman sustained multiple injuries. Zimmerman, who is claiming self-defense in the fatal shooting on Feb. 26, had a pair of black eyes, a fractured nose and two cuts to the back of his head, according to a medical report prepared by his personal physician.
Some legal experts say the report on Zimmerman's injuries, first reviewed by ABC News, may bolster his claim that he shot Martin in self-defense.
Zimmerman, a 28-year-old Neighborhood Watch volunteer, has pleaded not guilty to a second-degree murder charge in the shooting of Martin outside a gated community in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman, who is free on $150,000 bail and is living in an undisclosed location, claims he only fired his handgun because Martin attacked him.
The case has become a national racial flashpoint because the Martin family and supporters contend Zimmerman singled Martin out because he was black. It has also sparked renewed debate over "stand your ground" laws pushed by the National Rifle Association.
The police investigation into Martin's death also has been roundly criticized by his family and others. The New York Times reported Wednesday that the police investigation into the fatal shooting was riddled with missteps from the beginning, making it a difficult case to pursue. Police reportedly took only one cellphone photo at the scene of Zimmerman's injuries, and they did not test him for any alcohol or drug use that night. Local authorities were also unable to protect potential evidence at the scene -- like blood -- from getting washed away by the rain, according to the newspaper.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Illinois attorney general dives for disabled swimmer
Mary Kate Callahan, a 16-year-old swimmer who is paralyzed from the waist down, just wants a chance to get in the water when it counts.
The high school swimmer from La Grange, Ill., gained a powerful ally in her quest to compete in high school meets when the state attorney general, Lisa Madigan, and Chicago-based disability group Equip for Equality joined her federal lawsuit against the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The suit charges the association is violating the federal Rehabilitation and Americans with Disabilities acts by not establishing athletic competition standards for students with disabilities.
“By not providing appropriate time standards for high school athletes with disabilities to qualify for state events, the IHSA is punishing disabled athletes,†Callahan said in a statement. “We work just as hard and want to represent our high schools at the highest level of competition just like all athletes. The IHSA is preventing us from doing so.â€
Madigan said the lawsuit seeks to allow all students with disabilities to compete and earn points in interscholastic high school meets and to establish qualifying standards for disabled students so they can compete at state meets, set records and earn medals like all other students. The suit seeks to require IHSA to incorporate those changes initially for swimming and track and field sports in the 2012-2013 school and to expand to other sports thereafter.
“Every student athlete should have a chance to compete, including athletes with disabilities,†Madigan said in a statement. “Many other states give student athletes with disabilities the opportunity to compete. Students in Illinois should have the same chance.â€
Of Illinois' 811 high schools, 793 public and private high schools are members of IHSA, the only organization statewide through which high schools can compete in interscholastic competitions. Nationally, 15 other states already provide the opportunity for student athletes to compete that IHSA currently does not, Madigan said.
Callahan, who swims for Fenwick High School in Oak Park, competes in local meets, but does not earn points toward her team's final total and ISHA championships do not currently hold separate events for disabled swimmers.
"I really want to do this for all the kids who might be coming in down the road."
- Mary Kate Callahan
“Students with disabilities should have the same opportunity to participate and compete in high school sports,†Equip for Equality President Zena Naiditch said in a statement. “This lawsuit seeks to bring Illinois in line with many other states, which already fully include student athletes with disabilities.â€
Madigan said the lawsuit was filed following attempts by her office to resolve the matter out of court. IHSA filed suit against the attorney general's office in April, asking a judge to find that the association's current policies do not violate disabilities laws. That lawsuit in McLean County Circuit Court is pending.
"For years, we have looked past disabilities and accommodated student-athletes - as people - in sports like gymnastics, golf, bowling, swimming, cross country and track and field," IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman said in a statement to FoxNews.com. "We've been actively engaged, listing to stakeholders, advocacy groups, parents, student athletes and others to determine how to enhance opportunities for our student athletes, all of our student athletes. We are confident that by working together we will help raise awareness about the abilities of people with disabilities and continue to be a leader."
Hickman said IHSA already permits disabled athletes to compete in State Series events and formed a committee in April to find ways to provide more access to disabled athletes. The committee, which is surveying nearly 800 member schools to develop a census of student-athletes with disabilities, is expected to report its findings by June 11.
Callahan, who suffers from a neurological disorder called transverse myelitis that she contracted as an infant, has been swimming competitively since age 6. She hopes the lawsuit will force a change to allow her to fully compete as a senior in the 2012-13 season.
"I really want to do this for all the kids who might be coming in down the road," Callahan told the Associated Press during an interview this week.
In a statement to FoxNews.com, officials at USA Swimming, which does not govern high school swimming programs, encouraged people with disabilities to participate in the sport.
"We seek to involve people with disabilities in existing competitions and programs for all swimmers, rather than provide unique disability-only opportunities," the statement reads.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Donna Summer, Queen Of Disco, Dies at 63
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In this Jan. 12, 1979 file photo, singer Donna Summer poses with three awards she won at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Calif. Summer. She died Thursday, her family said.AP
Legendary disco singer Donna Summer died Thursday after a battle with cancer, sources close to the singer confirmed to FoxNews.com. She was 63.
"Early this morning, we lost Donna Summer Sudano, a woman of many gifts, the greatest being her faith," family of the singer said in a statement.
"While we grieve her passing, we are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy. Words truly can't express how much we appreciate your prayers and love for our family at this sensitive time."
Often called the Queen of Disco, Summer was born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on Dec. 31, 1948, in Boston. She began singing early in the church choir and by her teens had formed several musical groups.
Her sound was a mix of genres, and helped her earn Grammy Awards in the dance, rock, R&B and inspirational categories.
Her first album, "Lady of the Night," arrived in 1974 in Europe, and 1975's "Love to Love You Baby" brought her worldwide fame.
In the 1978 disco film "Thank God it's Friday," her song "Last Dance" won Summer her first Grammy.
Summer's soaring vocals on "She Works Hard for the Money" brought her a Best Pop Vocal Performance Award in 1984.
In the mid-1980s, Summer encountered controversy when she was accused of making anti-gay comments related to AIDS. She claimed she had been misquoted but not before thousands of her records were returned and dance clubs boycotted her music.
Summer holds the record for most consecutive double albums to hit number one on the Billboard charts (three) and was the first female to have four number one singles in a 12-month period: three as a solo artist and one as a duo with Barbra Streisand, CBS said.
She released her last album, "Crayons," in 2008. She also performed on "American Idol" that year with its top female contestants.
NewsCore and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Disco queen Donna Summer dead at age 63
Donna Summer, whom millions of fans revered as "the Queen of Disco," has died at the age of 63 in Florida after a battle with cancer, the Associated Press confirmed with the singer's family Thursday morning.
Summer performing in October 2011
The news comes as a surprise to those who were not aware that she was ill. The legendary superstar was publicly active as recently as last June, when she appeared as a guest panelist on Bravo's music reality show Platinum Hit.
However, a report by TMZ, which initially broke the story, notes that those close to the singer--known for mega-hits including "Last Dance" and "Bad Girls"--revealed she had been trying to hide how sick she was. A source said that Summer did not seem to be in that bad of shape two weeks ago.
She is survived by her adult daughters Mimi (by her first husband, actor Helmuth Sommer), Brooklyn and Amanda (by second husband Bruce Sudano).
In addition to her status as a pioneer in the dance music genre, Summer was a five-time Grammy Award winner, the first artist ever to score three back-to-back No. 1 double albums, and was nominated--but not chosen--for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. She is credited with influencing stars ranging from Madonna and Michael Jackson, to Beyonce and Rihanna. Her last album, Crayons, was released in 2008
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Woman apparently burned by beach rocks in pocket
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. â€"  A woman suffered third-degree burns after what appeared to be the spontaneous combustion of rocks that had been scooped up from a Southern California beach, a fire official said.
The 43-year-old woman's children collected the rocks Saturday at San Clemente Beach, and she tucked them into the pocket of her shorts, according to the Orange County Register. While the woman was standing in her kitchen Saturday after returning from the beach, the rocks somehow caught fire, burning the woman's right thigh and knee, said Capt. Marc Stone of the Orange County Fire Authority.
The woman tried to stop, drop and roll but couldn't extinguish the flames, Stone said.
So what caused the mysterious fire?Â
"There are three kinds of answers," Cory Powell, editor of Discover Magazine, told Fox News. "Sometimes people just do stupid things that are hard to detect. It's possible the woman had a lighter or a can of sterno in her pocket, and a spark from the rock ignited it."Â
"It could be something as simple as that," he said. Other possibilities include an unexploded shell from a nearby military base -- or the potential that the rocks themselves contained phosphorous, a natural element that can spontaneously combust.
"It would be really weird that those rocks are lying around on the beach, not touching anything -- but it's possible," he said.Â
The rocks are small, smooth, and orange and green in color. They eventually fell from the shorts onto the wooden floor where they continued to burn and fill the house with smoke, Stone said.
The woman's husband also suffered second-degree burns to his hand trying to put out the flames.
Authorities didn't provide any details about what would have caused the rocks to ignite, saying they're undergoing testing to see what happens.
"There is phosphorous that naturally occurs on the sand at the beach, but no one has ever heard of pants catching fire," Stone told the Register.
Stone said it could take weeks to complete the investigation.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Canada museum raises sex exhibit admission age
A Canadian museum hosting a controversial sex exhibit for teens has raised the age limit for admission following outrage from parents and lawmakers.
"Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition," at Canada's Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa, includes screens displaying aroused genitals, naked statues with light-up erogenous zones and video displays prompting visitors to answer sexually explicit questions, the Ottawa Sun reports.
The exhibit was reportedly designed to "fill in gaps" left by changes to sexual education programs in the region.
The exhibit initially targeted children as young as 12. The age for admission has now been raised to 16, but younger children can still see the exhibit on field trips, the Ottawa Sun reports.
Additionally, an animated video aimed at educating children about exploring their own bodies has been removed.
"This content cannot be defended, and is insulting to taxpayers," said James Maunder, spokesman for federal Heritage Minister James Moore.
The National Museum of Science and Technology reportedly receives about $30 million in federal funding each year. "Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition" cost $800,000 to build, according to the Ottawa Sun.
"If you want to hold something like this that's fine, it can be done with private money, not tax dollars," said Derek Fildebrant of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
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Conservative group protests Harvey Milk Day- Gay community rips plan to name ship after activist
A conservative group in California is protesting Harvey Milk Day by urging parents to keep their children home from school.
The unofficial state holiday Tuesday is supposed to recognize Milk as the first openly gay man elected in California. But the Save California group is concerned about classroom lessons next week advocating or encouraging a gay lifestyle.
Each school can decide whether to have exercises related to Milk, the San Francisco supervisor and gay activist fatally shot by a former supervisor in 1978.
Save California leader Randy Thomasson said one major concern is the exercises can be conducted without parental notification or permission.
This is the second year California has held a day honoring Milk. The controversy comes as lawmakers and groups in San Diego and San Francisco attempt to get a Navy ship named after Milk, who was a Navy diver and honorably discharged as a lieutenant in 1955.
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Victim\'s mom catches alleged molester on cellphone
A quick-thinking mom used her cellphone to take a photo of a convicted sex offender after he allegedly molested her young daughter on a New York street.
The 41-year-old woman, her 10-year-old daughter and her 7-year-old son were walking along Manhattan's Third Avenue when the man approached them at 4:05 p.m. local time Monday.
The woman, who was not named, said, "He passed by, and she said, 'Mommy, that man touched me!' I said, 'Are you sure?' She showed me. She put her hand on her crotch and ran it up her body."
The mother followed the suspect and managed to take a photo that showed his face. Then she took the incriminating photo to the 13th Precinct stationhouse.
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Ahmadinejad wants to attend London Olympics
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May 4, 2012: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to media after casting his vote for the parliamentary runoff elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran.AP
TEHRAN, Iran â€"  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that he is eager to attend the Olympic Games in London to support Iranian athletes but that Britain doesn't want to host him.
Ahmadinejad was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying he would like to be "beside Iranian athletes" during the games but that the British are reluctant to have him.
"I would like to be next to our young athletes at the 2012 Olympics but the host has a problem with this," said Ahmadinejad during a meeting with Iranian athletes who have qualified for the Olympics.
Ahmadinejad did not specify whether he has officially requested to attend the games or say if Britain has refused him entry.
There was no immediate comment from the International Olympic Committee.
Britain has been in a standoff with Iran over the country's nuclear program, which the West suspects is aimed at producing an atomic weapon. Iran denies the charge, insisting the program is for peaceful purposes only.
In 2011, Britain cut ties with Iran and closed its embassy in Tehran after militant Iranian students stormed the mission. The raid followed a move by Iranian lawmakers to decrease relations and allegation of hostile British policies toward Tehran.
Ahmadinejad's remark can also be interpreted as a snub to his conservative hard-line opponents in parliament who oppose restoring ties with Britain.
Last year Iran objected to the logo for the 2012 Olympics, contending it was racist because the symbol vaguely resembled the word "Zion," according to Iranian authorities. There was even a warning of a possible Iranian pullout of the games but that threat was later dropped.
Earlier this year Iran stopped exporting oil to Britain as a pre-emptive measure over the EU decision to impose an oil embargo on Iran over its nuclear ambitions. The oil embargo goes into effect in July.
So far some 50 Iranian athletes have qualified to participate in the Olympics in several sports, including weightlifting, wrestling, shooting, track and field, and table tennis.
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Contact sports may reduce learning in some athletes- Study links vets to brain disease seen in athletes
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The effect that concussions and head injuries have on athletes has been a rising concern in the past few years. Â But does simply playing a contact sport have lasting repercussions on memory and cognition?
A new study published in the American Academy of Neurology has revealed that impacts to the head during contact sports like football and hockey may lead some athletes to experience a decrease in their abilities to remember things or acquire new information. Â
“We were interested to see if even if [these athletes] had not identified with having a concussion, maybe it affects some cognition from hitting their head over and over throughout the sports season,†Dr. Thomas McAllister, a professor of neurology at The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in Lebanon, N.H. and the study's author, told FoxNews.com.
“In prior studies, we used helmets that monitor the frequency and magnitude of impacts,†McAllister said.  “A lot of people have very hard hits that we can record that exceed the threshold at which you should have a concussion â€" but they don't have the concussion. So it was reasonable to ask if they're suffering this cognitive impairment.â€
For this study, McAllister and his team monitored two groups of college athletes from three Division 1 schools â€" 214 athletes in contact sports and 45 athletes in non-contact sports.  The contact sport athletes played either football or hockey, while the non-contact athletes played sports such as track, crew or Nordic skiing.
Each athlete took thinking and memory tests before and after their respective sports' seasons.  All of them took the imPACT test â€" a computer-based screening of attention that is widely used by colleges and sports teams to determine if players who have suffered from concussions are ready to return to play.  A subset of the athletes took an even more extensive set of tests that measured concentration, memory and other skills. Â
In theory, the athletes should show improved results if no damage is happening to their heads.
“What's important to realize is if I gave you these tests and then repeated them three months later, you'd do better on it because you've seen it before,†McAllister said.
Upon initial analysis, the results were positive for the athletes.
“In the pre-season, there were no systematic differences between the two groups,†McAllisters said.  “The contact sports and non-contact sports athletes looked similar.  And these athletes have been hitting their heads for many years until that point, so there wasn't a significant deterioration after each season.â€
“Then when we tested them again at the end of the season, the two groups looked pretty similar,†McAllister added.  “It appeared that hitting your head over and over again did not have a bad effect on memory and attention.â€
However, McAllister decided to see if any of the athletes performed significantly worse than expected. Â Upon further examination, a total of 22 percent of the contact sport athletes performed worse than expected compared to just 4 percent of the non-contact sport athletes.
“It raises the question: Is there a subgroup of contact sport athletes whose learning skills are affected by the end of the season?†McAllister said.  “Maybe it's not bad for everybody but for some people, it really is harmful.  Efforts should be directed for determining for whom it is bad and why.â€
To further investigate their results, McAllister hopes to perform another study using neural imaging to determine which category each athlete falls into. Â He also wants to do extended retesting to see how the athletes are faring mentally over the course of several years.
In the meantime, McAllister said the results of the study pose both good news and bad news for football athletes and their fans.
“There's been a pervasive concern that playing contact sports is uniformly bad for people,†McAllister said.  “These study results don't support that.  Some of the attention may be on the one in four or five doing worse.  If this is true, then maybe the preventive approach is not to stop the sport but to identify those who are at risk for adverse consequences for it.â€
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Fort Hood training missile falls from sky in Texas
KILLEEN, Texas â€"  A training missile fell off an Apache helicopter and landed near houses in Texas, forcing 100 homes to be evacuated.
The 100-pound, 6-foot piece of metal dropped out of the sky in Killeen, near the Fort Hood military base, on Tuesday evening, MyFoxAustin.com reported.
The missile dropped near the home of Kenton Davis, whose children were playing outside and alerted Davis when they saw the missile hit the ground.
"I think I broke half of it trying to pull it out until I realized what it was when I lifted it up and read the bottom of it so ... yeah," he said.
'I think I broke half of it trying to pull it out . . .'
- Kenton Davis
According to MyFoxAustin, III Corps Chief Aviation Col. Howard Arey says the piece of metal is an M-36 Captive Flight missile, a training device that allows Apache crews to simulate missile engagements and it is never intended to leave the helicopter. He says these types of devices don't have a warhead or propulsion.
Arey says the men inside the Apache had no way to tell the device had fallen off the helicopter, but they were called back to base once it was reported.
Fort Hood says the investigation into what caused the device to fall is ongoing.
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POWER PLAY: Grossed-out voters help Obama- FOX NEWS POLL : Obama opens lead on Romney
“5 pointsâ€
-- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's advantage over President Obama among independent voters in the latest FOX News poll.
Republicans, invariably a pessimistic bunch about their chances to defeat President Obama in the fall, have been experiencing some green shoots of optimism of late as polls show their nominee, Mitt Romney, already nipping at Obama's heels.
And with the president's job approval rating hovering in the high 40s, Republicans should be optimistic. The nation is in a lousy mood, the economy is poor and a strong anti-incumbent sentiment still pervades. That is not a good climate for Obama.
But, the latest FOX News poll shows the path to victory for Obama: an enthusiastic Democratic base, a handful of holdout Republicans and grossed-out independents.
The poll shows Obama with his largest lead over Romney, 7 points, since last June. Last month, the poll showed the two men in a dead heat.
Obama can credit his good showing the in the poll mostly to the flight of independent voters.
The president's support among Democrats ticked up 1 point to 88 percent while Romney's support among Republicans fell by 4 points. That wouldn't be such a big deal on its own. But factor in the 14 percent spike in independent voters who are undecided, and you have the makings of an Obama victory.
In April, the poll found independents favoring Romney by a massive 13-point margin, now it's 5 points. But the closing of the gap didn't come from a surge in support for Obama among indies. The president dropped four points. Romney's problem in this poll is that independents checked out.
Come election time, Romney can expect that the Republicans, who are terrified at the thought of a second Obama term, will vote for him. Things like Rick Santorum's post-campaign-suspension attack mailer in Iowa and grudging endorsement will have faded from memory.
But there are considerably more Democrats than Republicans in the country, so the only way the GOP can win elections is by winning the independent vote. As younger voters become increasingly unwilling to form the lifelong party affiliations of their parents' generation, the task becomes increasingly important.
Romney can safely assume that the 6 percent of undecided Republicans will not only break his way, but that a substantial number of them will actually turn out to vote. He can't say the same thing about the 36 percent of independents who declined to choose between him and Obama.
Given voter attitudes, it's unlikely for Obama to again win unaffiliated voters, certainly not by the whopping 8 points he carried them in 2008. But it would be enough for him to simply drive down turnout. Fed up independents are only trouble for incumbents if they bother to go vote.
An undecided, unaffiliated American is not a very likely voter. This is why a nasty race suits Obama just fine. If the independents, especially moderate independents, get so disgusted with the process, the parties and the candidates that they conclude that all are unworthy, they may not vote.
Obama has lost his 2008 brand as healer and change agent, but if he can help independent voters conclude that the two parties and the political system are beyond repair, they will have little reason to go vote.
If the electorate in November looks like the sample in the latest FOX News poll, Romney would lose in a rout.
Here's the pickle for Romney. He has to prosecute Obama's handling of the economy and of federal spending, but if he is locked in a six-month, scorched-earth battle with a better-funded incumbent, voters may simply tune out.
The Day in Quotes
“You have to ask the Speaker of the House whether or not he intends or he believes that it is the right thing to do for the American people or the American economy to play chicken with the full faith and credit of the United States of America.â€
-- White House Press Secretary Jay Carney when asked about a warning from House Speaker John Boehner that a request from President Obama to increase the current $16.4 trillion limit on federal borrowing, expected to come between November and February, would have to be met with corresponding cuts in spending.
“The sandwiches were delicious.â€
-- A senior House leadership aide when asked by Power Play about “any points of agreement†during a White House meeting between the president, the speaker of the House, the House minority leader and their Senate counterparts. Obama brought the group hoagies he picked up during a campaign appearance at a delicatessen.
"I find it incomprehensible that a president could come to office and call his predecessor's record irresponsible and unpatriotic, and then do almost nothing to fix it and instead every year add more and more spending."
-- Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney at a town-hall meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla.
“It would be preferable to resolve this diplomatically and through the use of pressure than to use military force. But that doesn't mean that option is not fully available - not just available, but it's ready. The necessary planning has been done to ensure that it's ready.â€
-- U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro quoted by Reuters discussing a U.S. strike on Iran's nuclear facilities if the current negotiations fail.
“That's the choice they have to make, and it is a choice they cannot long put off.â€
-- British Prime Minister David Cameron speaking in Parliament about the decision facing Greeks on whether to leave the European Union and its currency, the euro. Cameron and other European leaders arrive in Washington Friday for a meeting of the Group of Eight hosted by President Obama.
“And when you look at that and close your eyes, [North Carolina] is a state that's going to be competitive for the rest of our lifetimes.â€
-- Obama Campaign Manager Jim Messina in an interview with The Hill predicting victory in the Tar Heel State based on its numbers of unregistered and persuadable voters and expressing “zero†regret for choosing the state for the site of the Democratic convention, despite strong warning signs for Democrats there.
“My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be president of the United States, I could be… I could be vice president.â€
-- Vice President Joe Biden campaigning in Youngstown, Ohio.
The Big Numbers
“$40.1 millionâ€
-- Combined April fundraising for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his party, up from $26.2 million in March. On Wednesday, President Obama and the Democratic Party announced combined fundraising of $43.6 million, down from $53 million in March.
“49.6 percentâ€
-- The share of U.S. births between July 2010 and June 2011 of non-Hispanic white children, according to the Census Bureau. It is the first “minority majority†birth year in U.S. history.
“Unchangedâ€
-- The percent of U.S. homes in foreclosure from the fourth quarter of 2011 to the first quarter of 2012 â€" 4.4 percent â€" according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Delinquencies have returned to levels not seen since before the Panic of 2008.
“$1 trillionâ€
-- Revenues that the nation's insurance companies would miss out in the next two years if the Supreme Court strikes down President Obama's health law next month according to an analysis by Bloomberg Government. Two thirds of the money is expected to come from government subsidies if the law stands.
“53,000â€
-- The number of registered voters in Florida found to be deceased by an audit of the state's voter rolls. The audit previously found about 2,600 voters whom officials believe may not be citizens.
“Zeroâ€
-- The number of votes President Obama's budget received in House and Senate votes on Thursday.
Chris Stirewalt is digital politics editor for Fox News, and his POWER PLAY column appears Monday-Friday on FoxNews.com.
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FBI links white-powder envelopes to Texas
 DALLAS â€"  The FBI says it suspects the mailings of hundreds of envelopes containing white powder over the last four years are the work of someone in Texas.
The FBI released a statement Wednesday saying the letters contain postmarks from North Texas and similar references to subjects such as Al Qaeda and Nazis. A $150,000 reward is being offered for information leading to a conviction in the case.
More than 380 threatening letters in envelopes containing white powder have shown up across the U.S. and overseas since 2008. Last week, more than 20 were mailed to day care centers, elementary schools and an aerospace-related business in Texas and other states.
Tests showed the powder wasn't hazardous.
The letters also have been sent to government offices, churches, schools, restaurants and U.S. embassies overseas.
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Intel officials unveil model of bin Laden compound- PHOTOS: Model of compound
Pentagon reveals scale model of Usama bin Laden's Pakistan compound
The intelligence community wheeled out one of its prize possessions at the Pentagon Wednesday, a scale model of Usama bin Laden's notorious Abbottabad, Pakistan compound where he spent the last few years of his life in hiding.
The U.S. intelligence community wheeled out one of its prized possessions Wednesday -- a scale model of the notorious Pakistan compound where Usama bin Laden spent the last few years of his life in hiding.
The model made its public debut in one of the Pentagon's busiest hallways, drawing the attention of gawkers and passers-by. It was built in six weeks by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and used by military and intelligence leaders to plan the daring nighttime raid on May 2, 2010, that killed the Al Qaeda leader.
And this model is not short on detail.
It's scale is an exact 1 inch to 7 feet. Every tree, bush, wall, animal pen, trash can and physical structure in the model existed at one time at the original compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (The actual compound was torn down by Pakistani authorities earlier this year.)
Even the red van parked out front and the white Land Cruiser parked inside were vehicles often seen at the real compound. Remember, it was the courier that eventually led intelligence officials to bin Laden's hideout.
Everything in the model was based on details learned about the actual hideout, said Greg Glewwe, one of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency officials presenting the display at the Pentagon. "Nothing you see would have been included if we didn't see it there."
Glewwe said the replica was built using satellite imagery, along with other classified intelligence assets, presumably pictures from drones and CIA ground surveillance. Exact measurements were gleaned from a process called photogenic measurement, which in part involves measuring shadows to determine height of individual structures.
A U.S. official familiar with the internal planning and execution of the attack said the mock-up was "an instrumental device in planning the raid that killed Usama bin Laden." Â
This official said the model was made several months ahead of the raid and was first assessed by the CIA and other intelligence agencies. Then, when a decision was made to involve the military, the model was used to brief top officials. Adm. Mike Mullen, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. James Cartwright, Mullen's deputy, and Adm. William McCraven, head of Special Operations Command, all studied the model in the initial planning stages. Â
Finally, this official said, the model was used to brief the team of Navy SEALs and special operators who flew in and finished the job.
So it's fair to conclude that this miniature structure, which will reside permanently at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, played a rather large role in American history. Â
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Millions Refuse to \'Like\' Facebook Despite Growth
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Feb. 8, 2012: A Facebook worker smiles inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.AP Photo/Paul Sakuma
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Aug. 25, 2009: Internet pioneer Len Kleinrock poses for a portrait next to an Interface Message Processor, which was used to develop the Internet. Kleinrock, arguably the world's first Internet user, says Facebook is fine for his grandchildren, but it's not for him.AP Photo/Matt Sayles
NEW YORK â€"  Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there.
You won't find Thomas Chin, either. Or Kariann Goldschmitt. Or Jake Edelstein.
More than 900 million people worldwide check their Facebook accounts at least once a month, but millions more are Facebook holdouts.
They say they don't want Facebook. They insist they don't need Facebook. They say they're living life just fine without the long-forgotten acquaintances that the world's largest social network sometimes resurrects.
They are the resisters.
"I'm absolutely in touch with everyone in my life that I want to be in touch with," Arwood says. "I don't need to share triviality with someone that I might have known for six months 12 years ago."
Even without people like Arwood, Facebook is one of the biggest business success stories in history. The site had 1 million users by the end of 2004, the year Mark Zuckerberg started it in his Harvard dorm room. Two years later, it had 12 million. Facebook had 500 million by summer 2010 and 901 million as of March 31, according to the company.
'I do not want more distractions.'
- Len Kleinrock, 77, part of team that invented the Internet
That staggering rise in popularity is one reason why Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering is one of the most hotly anticipated in years. The company's shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on Friday under the ticker symbol "FB". Facebook is likely to have an estimated market valuation of some $100 billion, making it worth more than Kraft Foods, Ford or Disney.
Facebook still has plenty of room to grow, particularly in developing countries where people are only starting to get Internet access. As it is, about 80 percent of its users are outside U.S. and Canada.
But if Facebook is to live up to its pre-IPO hype and reward the investors who are clamoring for its stock this week, it needs to convince some of the resisters to join. Two out of every five American adults have not joined Facebook, according to a recent Associated Press-CNBC poll. Among those who are not on Facebook, a third cited a lack of interest or need.
If all those people continue to shun Facebook, the social network could become akin to a postal system that only delivers mail to houses on one side of the street. The system isn't as useful, and people aren't apt to spend as much time with it. That means fewer opportunities for Facebook to sell ads.
Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, says that new communications channels -- from the telephone to radio, TV and personal computers -- often breed a cadre of holdouts in their early days.
"It's disorienting because people have different relationships with others depending on the media they use," Rainie says. "But we've been through this before. As each new communications media comes to prominence, there is a period of adoption."
Len Kleinrock, 77, says Facebook is fine for his grandchildren, but it's not for him.
"I do not want more distractions," he says. "As it is, I am deluged with email. My friends and colleagues have ready access to me and I don't really want another service that I would feel obliged to check into on a frequent basis."
Kleinrock says his resistance is generational, but discomfort with technology isn't a factor.
After all, Kleinrock is arguably the world's first Internet user. The University of California, Los Angeles professor was part of the team that invented the Internet. His lab was where researchers gathered in 1969 to send test data between two bulky computers --the beginnings of the Arpanet network, which morphed into the Internet we know today.
"I'm having a `been-there, done-that' feeling," Kleinrock says. "There's not a need on my part for reaching out and finding new social groups to interact with. I have trouble keeping up with those I'm involved with now."
Thomas Chin, 35, who works at an advertising and media planning company in New York, says he may be missing out on what friends-of-friends-of-friends are doing, but he doesn't need Facebook to connect with family and closer acquaintances.
"If we're going to go out to do stuff, we organize it (outside) of Facebook," he says.
Some people don't join the social network because they don't have a computer or Internet access, are concerned about privacy, or generally dislike Facebook. Those without a college education are less likely to be on Facebook, as are those with lower incomes. Women who choose to skip Facebook are more likely than men to cite privacy issues, while seniors are more likely than those 50-64 years old to cite computer issues, according the AP-CNBC poll.
About three-quarters of seniors are not on Facebook. By contrast, more than half of those under 35 use it every day.
The poll of 1,004 adults nationwide was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Corporate Communications May 3-7 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.
Steve Jones, a professor who studies online culture and communications at the University of Illinois at Chicago, says many resisters consider Facebook to be too much of a chore.
"We've added social networking to our lives. We haven't added any hours to our days," Jones says. "The decision to be online on Facebook is simultaneously a decision not to be doing something else."
Jones says many people on Facebook try to overcome that by multitasking, but they end up splitting their attention and engaging with others online only superficially.
Arwood, 47, a restaurant manager in Chicago, says she was surprised when colleagues on an English-teaching program in rural Spain in 2010 opted to spend their breaks checking Facebook.
"I spent my time on break trying to learn more about the Spanish culture, really taking advantage of it," she says. "I went on walks with some of the students and asked them questions."
Kariann Goldschmitt, 32, a music professor at New College of Florida in Sarasota, Fla., was on Facebook not long after its founding in 2004, but she quit in 2010. In part, it was because of growing concerns about her privacy and Facebook's ongoing encouragement of people to share more about themselves with the company, with marketers and with the world.
She says she's been much more productive since leaving.
"I was a typical user, on it once or twice a day," she says. "After a certain point, I sort of resented how it felt like an obligation rather than fun."
Besides Facebook resisters and quitters, there are those who take a break. In some cases, people quit temporarily as they apply for new jobs, so that potential employers won't stumble on photos of their wild nights out drinking. Although Facebook doesn't make it easy to find, it offers options for both deleting and suspending accounts.
Goldschmitt says it takes effort to stay in touch with friends and relatives without Facebook. For instance, she has to make mental notes of when her friends are expecting babies, knowing that they have become so used to Facebook "that they don't engage with us anymore."
"I'm like, `Hmmm, when is nine months?' I have to remember to contact them since they won't remember to tell me when the baby's born."
Neil Robinson, 54, a government lawyer in Washington, says that when his nephew's son was born, pictures went up on Facebook almost immediately. As a Facebook holdout, he had to wait for someone to email photos.
After years of resisting, Robinson plans to join next month, mostly because he doesn't want to lose touch with younger relatives who choose Facebook as their primary means of communication.
But for every Robinson, there is an Edelstein, who has no desire for Facebook and prefers email and postcards.
"I prefer to keep my communications personal and targeted," says Jake Edelstein, 41, a pharmaceutical consultant in New York. "You're getting a message that's written for you. Clearly someone took the time to sit down to do it."
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