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A school-cafeteria lunch lady and her husband have received hate mail, unwanted visits from reporters and fearful inquiries from neighbors — all because their Sanford-area address is being disseminated on Twitter as belonging to Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman, her son said late Tuesday. The woman, 70, who has a heart condition, and her husband, 72, have temporarily moved to a hotel to avoid the spotlight and possible danger, said son Chip Humble of Longwood. The woman has another son named William George Zimmerman who lived with her in 1995 and still lives in Central Florida. He is no relation...

At a recent meeting of the House Republican leadership, members of the new minority party looked around and realized they were entering unfamiliar territory: Only one of them -- Rep. John A. Boehner of Ohio -- had ever served as a member of the minority party on Capitol Hill. "We're all still finding our way," said Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, the Republican Conference vice chairman. The power shift has created its own internal struggle among Republicans. The younger pit bulls want to go after the Democrats quickly and without remorse. Some of the older Republican stalwarts prefer sitting back...

ISRAEL has drawn up secret plans for a combined air and ground attack on targets in Iran if diplomacy fails to halt the Iranian nuclear programme. The inner cabinet of Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, gave “initial authorisation” for an attack at a private meeting last month on his ranch in the Negev desert. Israeli forces have used a mock-up of Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment plant in the desert to practise destroying it. Their tactics include raids by Israel’s elite Shaldag (Kingfisher) commando unit and airstrikes by F-15 jets from 69 Squadron, using bunker-busting bombs to penetrate underground facilities....

(CNSNews.com) - Cultural conservatives are cheering the federal obscenity prosecution of a Los Angeles pornography distributor and two of its executives while pointing out that it is the first such indictment of an L.A.-based pornography firm in a decade. Most of the adult film industry is based in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. The 10-count indictment originates from a federal grand jury in Western Pennsylvania and names Extreme Associates, Inc., of North Hollywood, as well as the husband-and-wife team of Robert Zickari and Janet Romano of Northridge, Calif. Extreme Associates' website touts its content as the "Hardest Hardcore on the...

The 5 illegal aliens wanted for questioning by the FBI's counterterrorist squad may be connected to a forgery ring, officials said yesterday.The FBI still has no information that the men were connected to a terrorist activity, the officials emphasized.The FBI wants to question the men-believed to be Pakistani-in its probe of a group that makes false documents and passports.