Daily News Clips for July 8, 2013

PROGRESS FLORIDA IN THE NEWS

The BluVu: Week of July 8, 2013
By Gayle Andrews
The BluVu
The governor's re election bid looks scary, scandal is all around the Heritage deal, and Progress Florida’s Damien Filer talks about how Gov. Scott torpedoed paid sick leave as political reality comes your way!

FEATURED STORIES

Florida expects plenty of questions as health exchanges come online
By Tia Mitchell
Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
The federal government surprised big employers by delaying a key provision of the health care law, but that doesn't mean the law is going away entirely.

Political tide rising for Scott
By Lloyd Dunkelberger
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
With 16 months left before his critical re-election bid, Gov. Rick Scott remains one of the most unpopular governors in America.

State Workers Set to Lose Jobs; Prison Health Care Changes Underway
By Matt Horn
Capitol News Service
Some are calling it the dirtiest deal in the last 20 years.

Marco Rubio’s pathetic Rick Perry moment
By Joan Walsh
Salon
Poor Marco Rubio. His role in developing a Senate immigration reform bill has hurt him with the Tea Party – but it doesn’t seem to be doing much to help him with Latinos.

Big Sugar ad touting role in preserving Everglades irks environmentalists
By Curtis Morgan
Miami Herald
A Big Sugar ad campaign has struck a sour note with environmentalists.

A stake in the heart of a law that guaranteed fair elections
By Sen. Bill Nelson
Gainesville Sun
The U.S. Supreme Court, in striking down a central provision of the Voting Rights Act, hammered a stake into the heart of a law that’s been used to guarantee fair elections in this country since 1965.

EDITORIAL CARTOON OF THE WEEK

By Andy Marlette
Pensacola News Journal

FLORIDA POLITICS

Critics say Gov. Scott giving Great Floridian Awards to donors
Staff Report
WFTV Orlando
Gov. Rick Scott is handing out an unprecedented number of Great Floridian Awards, with critics saying the list of recipients for this year's class is filled with GOP donors and sports celebrities including Steve Spurrier, Tim Tebow, and Bubba Watson receiving the award.

Legislative leaders rewarded high-performing staff with salary hikes
By Mary Ellen Klas
Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
When Florida legislators this year broke the freeze on employee pay and offered state workers salary increases for the first time in seven years, legislative leaders made sure to give some of their own employees pay raises, too.

Sen. Marco Rubio courted to take up ban on abortions at 20 weeks
By Adam Smith
Tampa Bay Times
Marco Rubio's championing of immigration reform has caused him to lose some luster among some conservatives.

When a vote against is actually for a bill
By Jeremy Wallace
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
As if there were not enough reasons to view Congress cynically, consider this little gem.

Bondi's fiscal worth up 65 percent
By James L. Rosica
Tampa Tribune
Attorney General Pam Bondi's net worth increased 65 percent during the time she has been in public office, according to financial disclosures made public this week.

POLITICAL RACES

Democrat Murphy, a GOP target, fills coffers in anticipation of campaign battle
By George Bennett
Palm Beach Post
While the field of potential Republican challengers remains amorphous, freshman Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Jupiter, has already banked more than $1 million for his 2014 re-election effort.  

ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

Archaeological site could sink commercial spaceport location
By Craig Pittman
Tampa Bay Times
Space Florida, the state's aerospace economic development agency, wants to build a commercial spaceport next to Kennedy Space Center.

Miami’s Atlantis, interrupted
Editorial
Miami Herald
What are the stakes for Miami and South Florida if we continue to let Nature — addled by the devastating climate change effects caused by spiking carbon dioxide emissions (mostly from coal-fired power plants) — take its course?

Water war leaving Florida dry
Editorial
Tampa Bay Times
Congress should intervene to keep Georgia and the Army Corps of Engineers from further damaging the seafood harvest and environmental habitat in Florida's Apalachicola Bay.

Feds respond to lawsuit regarding 4 Florida species
Associated Press
Panama City News Herald
Federal wildlife officials say they’re working to reduce a backlog of animal and plant species in Florida and nationwide that may be candidates for protection under the Endangered Species Act.

LGBT

Advocates: Florida will have gay marriages someday
By William March
Tampa Tribune
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, supporters say equal marriage rights for same-sex couples will come to Florida - the only questions being when and how.

EDUCATION

Education Officials Weigh Changes To School Grading System
By Lynn Hatter 
WFSU Tallahassee
School districts across Florida are anticipating another drop in school grades.

Technology needs put squeeze on Lee County schools' budget
By Ashley A. Smith
Ft. Myers News-Press
Lee schools have a quickly growing student body that will need more space in the next five years, but there’s an additional demand being placed on their limited capital improvement fund — technology needs.

Fla. Poly Gears Up to Recruit Students
By Mary Toothman
Lakeland Ledger
Florida Polytechnic University can open its doors despite a reduced budget, an unfinished campus, a controversial beginning and no accreditation. But one thing it can't do without is students.

JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY

Teamsters file unfair labor-practice complaint against state
By Travis Pillow
Tallahassee Democrat
The union that represents state prison guards is arguing the state has created “illegal” working conditions for officers by not compensating them for paid holidays.

Walmart firings prompt Grayson to submit retaliation legislation
By Sandra Pedicini
Orlando Sentinel
Lisa Lopez and Vanessa Ferreira got involved in a national campaign calling for better pay and work schedules at Walmart stores. Then they lost their jobs.

Shadow of student loans could hurt housing market as graduates swim in debt
By Drew Harwell
Tampa Bay Times
Amanda Tappan, 21, tries her best to save money.

HEALTH AND SENIORS

Employer mandate delay upends strategy for Florida Medicaid advocates
By John Kennedy
Palm Beach Post
Related editorial: Take the time to get Obamacare right
The Obama administration’s decision to delay for a year the requirement that large employers provide health insurance to their workers likely ended any hopes Florida Democrats had of expanding Medicaid coverage in the near future to low-income residents.

U.S. relaxes health law income, insurance status rule for exchanges
By David Morgan
Reuters
Days after delaying health insurance requirements for employers, the Obama administration has decided to roll back requirements for new state online insurance marketplaces to verify the income and health coverage status of people who apply for subsidized coverage.

Florida dental plan failing poor children
Editorial
Tampa Bay Times
Florida does the worst job in the nation of ensuring poor children get dental care.

Did Florida's prescription pill database really spring a leak?
By John Woodrow Cox
Tampa Bay Times
The governor tried to kill it. Lawmakers wouldn't fund it. Few used it.

Report: Florida youth facilities report staff sexual misconduct
By Katia Savchuk
Miami Herald
Nearly five percent of youth in Florida juvenile facilities reported sexual victimization by staff in 2012, according to estimates the U.S. Department of Justice released last month.

IMMIGRATION, CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL ISSUES

As reform lingers, sides debate economic effects of immigrants on U.S.
By Victoria Macchi
Naples Daily News
Are immigrants an economic benefit to the U.S. Or are they a drain on the economy. Sides debate that issue as immigration reform moves ahead.

Top five falsehoods of the immigration debate
By Becky Bowers and Angie Drobnic Holan
Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald PolitiFact
>From fence opt-out clauses to free phones for immigrants, PolitiFact has tracked the rhetoric of the immigration debate — and heard plenty of falsehoods.

Florida's Newest Gun Law: What Is Its Effect On Floridians?
By Sascha Cordner      
WFSU Tallahassee
A new Florida law blocking certain mentally ill individuals from buying a gun is pitting gun rights groups against each other.

Monuments to atheism and Christianity, now side-by-side at northern Florida courthouse
By Dara Kam
Palm Beach Post
Christians and nonbelievers alike are calling a monument erected recently outside the Bradford County Courthouse a victory.

JUSTICE AND THE COURTS

In Zimmerman trial, defense to continue its case
By Mike Schneider and Kyle Hightower
Associated Press
Jurors in the George Zimmerman murder trial now will hear the defense's presentation after listening for two weeks as prosecutors made their case.

Daily News Clips for July 3, 2013

Note:  Daily Clips will take a brief hiatus for Independence Day weekend before returning Monday.

FEATURED STORIES

Employer Mandate Delayed a Year
Staff Report
Health News Florida
Business groups reacted with relief to a late Tuesday announcement from the Obama administration that they have an extra year to provide coverage to their employees or pay a penalty, Bloomberg News reported. Consumer advocates were disappointed.

Rubio's problems don't end with immigration
By Joe Henderson
Tampa Tribune
Marco Rubio's role in immigration reform has been lambasted as betrayal by some of his strongest supporters, although it sounds they are now "former" supporters.

Report: Rubio to introduce Senate bill banning abortions after 20 weeks
By Alex Leary
Tampa Bay Times
Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today agreed to be the lead sponsor of a Senate bill to ban abortion after an unborn child is 20 weeks old.

Fixing Florida's voting mess
Editorial
Tampa Bay Times
Florida's dysfunction during the 2012 general election did not impact all voters the same way.

FLORIDA POLITICS

Florida's Cabinet system has gone to the dogs
By Steve Bousquet
Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Attorney General Pam Bondi is Florida's chief legal officer.

Court agrees to hear appeal of ruling shielding legislators from redistricting testimony
By Mary Ellen Klas
Miami Herald
In what promises to be a precedent-setting ruling over whether legislators can be shielded from testifying in a redistricting case, the Florida Supreme Court has agreed to hear a redistricting challenge brought by the League of Women Voters.

Scott vetoes three bills, criticizes special districts' power grab
By Tia Mitchell
Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Gov. Rick Scott vetoed three bills today, criticizing special taxing districts that are supposed to govern drainage and water control issues for asking the Legislature to grant them more power.

Publicly Funded Pensacola Chamber Spent Big on ‘Extravagant’ TV Ad
By Steve Miller
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
What’s going on with the Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce?

Old friends recall the life of lawmaker, lobbyist John Culbreath
By Steve Bousquet
Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Friends gathered in the North Florida town of Monticello Monday afternoon to honor the life of John Culbreath, a former state House member who went on to a long career as a lobbyist for the thoroughbred racing industry in Tallahassee.

POLITICAL RACES

What if Hillary Clinton passes on 2016?
By Maggie Haberman
Politico
For Democrats, there is no fallback: It’s Hillary Clinton or probably a long bout of depression ahead of 2016.  

ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

Florida Park Service to allow advertising on 7 paved trails, including Van Fleet in Green Swamp
News Service of Florida
Orlando Sentinel
A year after lawmakers agreed to allow advertising on state greenways and trails, the Florida Park Service has announced that sponsors are being sought for seven multi-use, paved trails from the Panhandle to the Florida Keys.

Gulf Cleanup: "Shrimp With No Eyes. Crabs With No Claws. No Surprise and Predictable"
By Barbara Wiseman
Columbia County Observer
The devastation that is continuing to occur in the Gulf as a result of the on-going application of Corexit is jaw-dropping and heartbreaking.

DEP bonuses send wrong message
Editorial
Tampa Tribune
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection, by all means, should emphasize an efficient permit review process.

LGBT

Gay-Rights Group Considering Lawsuit Challenging Fla. Same-Sex Marriage Ban
By Jessica Palombo    
WFSU Tallahassee
A Florida gay-rights group might file a legal challenge to the state’s gay-marriage ban.

Democrat Rich pledges to repeal same-sex marriage ban
By John Kennedy
Palm Beach Post
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nan Rich sent out a fund-raising appeal Tuesday pledging to erase Florida’s same-sex marriage ban.

Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, other potential 2016 GOP candidates share views on DOMA decision
By Steve Rothaus
Miami Heraled
Associated Press has gathered quotes regarding the Supreme Court's recent DOMA decision from leading Republicans viewed as potential White House candidates in 2016.

EDUCATION

What tests will replace FCAT? Answer coming soon, commissioner says
By Leslie Postal
Orlando Sentinel
Florida was to settle on a new set of standardized tests to replace FCAT by the end of June.

Capital needs continue to outstrip funding for Pasco schools
By Jeffrey S. Solochek
Tampa Bay Times
School maintenance, renovation and construction needs will outpace the Pasco school district's ability to cover all the costs for the next decade or longer, officials told the School Board on Tuesday.

Pay to play goes away for Brevard high school sports
By Brian McCallum
Florida Today
The Brevard School Board approved a new budget plan for the 2013-14 academic year that will not include a Pay-to-Participate fee.

USF hopes merit raises will keep key faculty from leaving for other schools
By Stephanie Hayes
Tampa Bay Times
When you live right down the road from the top universities in Florida, how do you stay competitive?

JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY

Sequester Hits the Long-Term Unemployed
By Catherine Rampell
New York Times
Sunday was the five-year anniversary of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, a federal program signed into law by President George W. Bush that initially added 13 weeks of unemployment benefits to the standard 26 weeks states already offered eligible jobless workers.

Report: Expanding gambling could make Florida ’less attractive’ tourist destination
By Mary Ellen Klas
Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
If Florida decides to expand casino gambling, the move could harm the state and Orlando’s tourist brand, according to a new gaming report commissioned by the Florida Legislature.

Lawmakers will revisit cuts in auto fees
By James L. Rosica
Tampa Tribune
The Legislature's two budget chiefs say they are willing to revisit a failed proposal to roll back the state's automobile fees, which would save an individual driver as much as $12 a year on license plate and other charges.

HEALTH AND SENIORS

Obama administration delays health law's employer mandate until 2015
New York Times
Tampa Bay Times
In a significant setback for President Barack Obama's signature domestic initiative, the administration on Tuesday abruptly announced a one-year delay, until 2015, in his health care law's mandate that larger employers provide coverage for their workers or pay penalties.

Retirees protest contemplated cuts in Social Security cost-of-living increases
By George Bennett
Palm Beach Post
Retiree Carol Berman of West Palm Beach spoke glowingly of President Barack Obama from the podium at last year’s Democratic National Convention, but on Tuesday she found herself in the odd position of criticizing the president for his proposal to slow down future Social Security benefit increases.

DCF worker tied to child death lacked credentials
By Carol Marbin Miller
Miami Herald
The Miami child abuse investigator who resigned under pressure last May after an infant she declared “safe” was later baked to death in a sweltering car had been working for two years without required certification — a violation of state law.

'Covering Kids' Wins $1M Grant
By Carol Gentry
Health News Florida
Florida Covering Kids and Families, which has helped thousands of uninsured children in Florida get enrolled in a health plan, has won a $1 million federal grant to expand its outreach.

14 FL Hospitals to Pay $11 Million
Staff Report
Health News Florida
Fourteen Florida hospitals have reportedly agreed to pay about $11 million to settle charges of Medicare fraud in a whistleblower case involving a back procedure called "kyphoplasty."

IMMIGRATION, CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL ISSUES

Voting rights ruling a dagger in heart of civil rights movement
By Leonard Pitts Jr.
Miami Herald
Last week was bittersweet for the cause of human dignity.

Ad praises Rubio, immigration bill
By Alex Leary
Tampa Bay Times
American Action Network is spending $50,000 on an ad thanking Sen. Marco Rubio for the immigration bill that includes tens of billions in additional border security spending.

Offensive Word Removed from Nearly Two Dozen Florida Laws
By Matt Horn
Capitol News Service
Millions of Americans have an intellectual disability, for years they were known as living with mental retardation; a new law in Florida is changing that.

JUSTICE AND THE COURTS

Trayvon Martin and Black Manhood On Trial
By Mychal Denzel Smith
The Nation
Yesterday, the jury in the George Zimmerman murder trial heard, at length, Zimmerman describe in his own words what happened the night he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Sex Offender Study May Keep Some Inmates Behind Bars
By Mike Vasilinda
Capitol News Service
More than 650 men being held in a state prison are so dangerous a judge has determined they can’t be released even though they have served their sentences.

Daily News Clips for July 2, 2013

FEATURED STORIES

Weatherford: No to special session
News Service of Florida
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Reiterating his opposition to expanding Medicaid, House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, said in an interview with a South Florida television station that lawmakers should not meet in a special session on the issue.

Rick Scott is worth $83.8M, report shows
By Steve Bousquet
Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Gov. Rick Scott's net worth increased last year to $83.8 million, up slightly from the year before, according to his financial statement published Monday by the Florida Commission on Ethics.

Bennett challenges superintendents' solutions to school grading
By Jeffrey S. Solochek
Tampa Bay Times
Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett made few promises Monday after listening to a task force of superintendents push for adjustments that would improve this year's school grades at the eleventh hour.

New Study Shows Latinos and Blacks Suffered Long Lines in 2012 Election
By Robert Lorei
WMNF Tampa
Last week the US Supreme Court threw out a portion of the Voting Rights Act because it relied on 40 year old data.

Civil Rights Activists Outraged on Supreme Court Ruling
By Matt Horn
Capitol News Service
The latest Supreme Court ruling on voter rights has civil rights activists outraged. Now, Florida civil rights groups are planning to fight back.

FLORIDA POLITICS

Gov. Rick Scott signs bill to protect veterans from fraud
By Charles Scudder
Tampa Bay Times
Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Monday that will allow for harsher penalties in fraud cases against veterans and military families.

Gov. Rick Scott signs bill that targets artifact looters on water authority lands
By Eloísa Ruano González
Orlando Sentinel
Gov. Rick Scott has signed a bill that makes it a crime to pilfer arrowheads, pottery and other archaeological artifacts on water-authority lands.

Comparing Scott to Crist, Bush on vetos
By Jeremy Wallace
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
If you saw my column on Monday, you know Florida Gov. Rick Scott has only vetoed 8 bills from the Legislature this year.

Orange Superintendent Barbara Jenkins as Rick Scott's Lt. Gov? Not seeing it
By Scott Maxwell
Orlando Sentinel
Recently, I read a political piece that made me chuckle.

DBPR fires Alcohol-Tobacco captain in wake of employee complates
By Bill Cotterell
Florida Current
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation fired a law-enforcement captain Monday after an internal investigation that described a "good ol' boy" management system in the agency that enforces the state's liquor laws, marked by racially and sexually offensive remarks, employee favoritism and a blunt threat that employees should obey illegal or unethical orders -- or get fired.

Aide to Miami Congressman Joe Garcia embroiled in absentee-ballot fraud investigation resigns
By Patricia Mazzei
Miami Herald
Giancarlo Sopo, Congressman Joe Garcia’s communications director who has been ensnared in an ongoing criminal investigation into fraudulent absentee-ballot requests, has resigned.

Welcome to Oh, #Florida, the state of wild weirdness
By Craig Pittman
Tampa Bay Times
The other day my friend Shannon called me asking for help. She said her women's group was putting on a luncheon for a group from some other country.

POLITICAL RACES

AG Pam Bondi files for re-election
By Tia Mitchell
Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
From the News Service of Florida: Attorney General Pam Bondi said Monday she filed papers to seek re-election in 2014, joining fellow Republican Cabinet members Jeff Atwater and Adam Putnam in taking formal steps to run again.

Patronis drops out of Senate race against Matt Gaetz
By Tia Mitchell
Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Rep. Matt Gaetz's plan to suceed his father, Senate President Don Gaetz, just got a little easier.

BALLOT INITIATIVES

'Big Marijuana,' 'sugar daddies,' politics behind push to legalize medical marijuana in Florida
By Matt Dixon  
Florida Times-Union
From the beginning, the legislative push to legalize medical marijuana came with a deep-seated sense of impending doom.

ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

Florida Keys prepare for sea level rise
By Jennifer Kay
Associated Press
Hurricane storm surge can inundate the narrow, low-lying Florida Keys, but that is far from the only water worry for officials.

President Obama's push to curb emissions leaves Florida in tough spot
By Ivan Penn
Tampa Bay Times
President Barack Obama's strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions doesn't bode well for Florida.

LGBT

Wanted by Equality Florida: Same-sex couple willing to sue state of Florida over gay marriage
By Steve Rothaus
Miami Herald
Equality Florida is seeking a same-sex couple who wants to sue Florida for marriage equality.

EDUCATION

Student loan rates double without Congress’ action
Staff Report
Gainesville Sun
College students taking out new loans for the fall term will see interest rates twice what they were in the spring — unless Congress fulfills its pledge to restore lower rates when it returns after the July 4 holiday.

Bad school grades reports to cause loss of credibility if state doesn’t find stopgap, superintendents warn
By Allison Ross
Palm Beach Post
A group of school superintendents from around the state urged Florida’s top education official on Monday to put in stopgap measures that would protect schools’ crucial A-to-F grades from nosediving this year.

Arbitrator overrules Broward high school schedule change
By Scott Travis
South Florida Sun Sentinel
Many Broward County high schools could return to block scheduling this fall, after an arbitrator ruled that a switch to seven-period days violated a contract with the teacher’s union.

New standards don’t make the grade
Editorial
Miami Herald
Too many students are being set up to think they are failures by the very people who say they are pushing students to excel.

JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY

Moody's proclaims 'Florida is back on track'
By Mary Ellen Klas
Miami Herald
With a headline that reads “Florida Back on Track,’’ Moody’s Investors Service gives Florida an Aa1 rating and a stable outlook in a report issued last week, proclaiming that “the state’s recovery is well under way.”

State report: Gambling does have economic benefits
By Kathleen Haughney
Orlando Sentinel
Florida has one of the most competitive gambling markets in the country, bringing in more state tax dollars than all but two other gambling states, a new report concludes.

HEALTH AND SENIORS

Dental care for poor Florida children, already scarce, could get worse
By Jodie Tillman and Claire McNeill
Tampa Bay Times
Seven-year-old Ebony McCray arrived at the dentist's office last week needing two crowns and four fillings.

Fraud-Fighters Being Laid Off
Staff Report
Health News Florida
Florida, one of the nation's hotspots for Medicare and Medicaid fraud, is at particular risk as budget changes in Washington combine to force the layoff this year of 400 employees of the Inspector General's office at the Department of Health and Human Services.

West Palm Beach woman sues to stop part of state law aimed at reining in medical malpractice claims
By Jane Musgrave
Palm Beach Post
A West Palm Beach woman, with the help of the Center for Constitutional Litigation, today filed suit in U.S. District Court, seeking to invalidate part of a new state law that is designed to rein-in medical malpractice litigation.

IMMIGRATION, CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL ISSUES

G.O.P. Groups Offering Cover for Lawmakers on Immigration
By Jeremy W. Peters
New York Times
Fox News viewers in Florida will see a new commercial in the coming weeks urging them to call Senator Marco Rubio.

Jeb Bush: ‘Republicans need to cease being the obstacle to immigration reform’
By George Bennett
Palm Beach Post
Former Florida Gov. and possible 2016 GOP presidency seeker Jeb Bush is urging House Republicans to embrace “compromise and a comprehensive approach” as they take up immigration reform now that the Senate has passed the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” bill.

Top Democrat says Webster and three other Florida Republicans are 'persuadable' on immigration
By Mark K. Matthews
Orlando Sentinel
Could U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Winter Garden, be convinced to support an immigration package similar to what passed the U.S. Senate last week?

JUSTICE AND THE COURTS

First Challenge Filed Against Fla's Execution Speed-Up Law      
By Lynn Hatter 
WFSU Tallahassee
Outside Florida’s historic Capitol building one man stands with a plain, black and white sign. Kurt Wadsworth is a 27-year-old University of West Florida Student.

Florida 'stand your ground' law yields some shocking outcomes depending on how law is applied
By Kris Hundley, Susan Taylor Martin and Connie Humburg
Tampa Bay Times
Florida's "stand your ground'' law has allowed drug dealers to avoid murder charges and gang members to walk free.

Investigators take the stand in George Zimmerman murder trial
By Evan S. Benn and Audra D.S. Burch
Miami Herald
Some details in George Zimmerman’s account of what happened the night he fatally shot Trayvon Martin changed in his various interviews with investigators, according to testimony Monday in Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial.