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Jodi Arias defense team says no witnesses in bid to spare her life

Lawyers for Jodi Arias, the woman convicted of the frenzied murder of an ex-lover in Arizona, said Monday they would not call witnesses to persuade jurors to spare her life.The lawyers made the announcement after a potential character witness for Arias, Patty Womack, decided not to testify, citing death threats.Arias’ lawyers asked for a mistrial in the sentencing phase of the case, but a judge de...

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:56:05 GMT

DOJ's secret subpoena of AP phone records broader than initially revealed

The Justice Department’s secret subpoena for AP phone records included the seizure of records for five reporters' cellphones and three home phones as well as two fax lines, a lawyer for the news organization tells NBC News.David Schulz, the chief lawyer for the AP, said the subpoenas also covered the records for 21 phone lines in five AP office lines -- including one for a dead phone line at  offi...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:43:57 GMT

High schools take aim at 'Assassin' game

An elite New York City high school is warning seniors it could ban them from prom or graduation — or even snitch to college admission officers — if they're caught playing a popular toy-gun game in or near the school building.The game is called "Assassin" or "Killer," and it's played at schools across the country, usually in May after exams end. Rules vary, but it generally involves students stalki...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:43:55 GMT

Where do you hold your cellphone? Your brain decides

When you talk on the cellphone, do you hold it up to your right ear or left? A group of researchers at the Henry Ford Health System in Michigan suggest that how you hold your phone could give away the dominant half of your brain. The lesson the group took away was this: Most right-handed people, who eat and write and throw with their right hand, also prefer to talk with their cellphone held up to ...

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:48:32 GMT

Fracking boom triggers water battle in North Dakota

WATFORD CITY, N.D. -- In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting."It's not that they lack water, like Texas and California. They are swimming in it, and it is free for the taking. Yet as the state's Bakken shale fields have grown, so has the fight over who has the righ...

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:48:31 GMT

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