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Click to View in Browser 06/21/2012 Sex abuse trial of ex-coach Sandusky heads to jury BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - The jury in the child sexual abuse trial of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky starts deliberations on Thursday in a case that has captured national attention. Florida police chief embroiled in Trayvon Martin scandal fired ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The Florida police chief whose department failed to arrest neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the February shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin was fired on Wednesday, the city of Sanford said. Holder says contempt citation unwarranted COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday dismissed as unwarranted a vote by a congressional committee to charge him with contempt of Congress after the Obama administration withheld documents related to a failed gun-running investigation. Famed sports painter LeRoy Neiman dead at 91 NEW YORK (Reuters) - LeRoy Neiman, whose distinctive, vibrantly colored paintings of sports figures and athletic events made him as famous as many of the athletes he drew, died on Wednesday at age 91. Mississippi executes butcher who used knives in murder TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi executed a grocery store butcher on Wednesday who was found guilty of dismembering a man he owed for drugs with knives taken from work and then scattering the body parts in an alligator-infested bayou in 1996. Nevada inmate shackled before giving birth sues LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A former prison inmate who says she was shackled at the ankles in an ambulance while in labor prior to the birth of her daughter despite the objections of medical personnel sued the Nevada Department of Corrections on Wednesday. Deadly Colorado wildfire surpasses 100-square-mile mark FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Reuters) - A cool snap on Wednesday gave fire crews in northern Colorado a chance to take the offensive against a deadly wildfire that has scorched over 100 square miles of rugged mountain terrain north of Denver and ranks as the state's most destructive on record. Fire flares at San Francisco's waterfront SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A four-alarm fire roared from the roof of Pier 29, the future site of the America's Cup yacht race, along San Francisco's famed Embarcadero waterfront on Wednesday, but no injuries were reported. NYC hearing for Etan Patz suspect put off to October 1 NEW YORK (Reuters) - A hearing for a man who confessed to the 1979 strangling of 6-year-old Etan Patz, one of the first missing children to appear on a U.S. milk carton, has been postponed until October 1, the Manhattan District Attorney's office said on Wednesday. Minnesota city flood kills zoo animals, bear escapes (Reuters) - Heavy rains pounded northern Minnesota on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of dozens of homes, causing mudslides and sinkholes, and swamping a zoo where several animals died and a polar bear briefly escaped, officials said. Related Video Egypt awaits election results Leopard rescue in India Great Debate America's insider-trading trials have a heavy purpose A solution for underwater mortgages: Eminent domain A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend