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Video: Injuries on Zimmerman's Head?

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:12:05 CDT

Maybe George Zimmerman sustained head injuries on that fateful night after all, Huffington Post reports. Video of Zimmerman at the Sanford police station, enhanced for ABC News , shows what could be an injury on the back of his head. In Zimmerman's account , Trayvon Martin attacked him from behind, punched him,...

School Bus Video Reveals Brunt of Indiana Tornado

Matt Cantor — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:52:28 CDT

A tornado hammered the town of Henryville, Indiana, on March 2 ; now video provides a front-row seat to the destruction. An AP clip shows the interior of a school bus as the tornado sweeps through it, shattering windows and leaving it in a crumpled heap. Eleven kids and a driver...

Video Shows No Blood, Bruises on Zimmerman

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:48:34 CDT

Despite reporting that he was viciously attacked by Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman showed no apparent signs of abrasions, bleeding, or bruising when he was brought in for questioning by police the night he shot the teen. The handcuffed shooter appears untouched on a surveillance video—obtained by ABC News —as...

iPad Catch-22: Video Looks Hot, Eats Data Limit

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:54:26 CDT

When it comes to video, the new iPad giveth ... and taketh away. Though the latest model comes equipped with a high-resolution screen and speedy 4G connection—seemingly to enable users to eat up even more video—what's actually being eaten up are users' data limits. The Wall Street Journal shares...

Home Video Emerges of Challenger Disaster

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:44:21 CDT

Florida resident Jeffrey Ault was thrilled to shoot home video of the Challenger launch in 1986. The NASA nut had built an Apollo-era Saturn V rocket in elementary school, and as a high school student he routinely wrote the space agency for mission reports. But his exhilaration turned to shock...

Bridesmaids Is Biggest Video-On-Demand Film

Matt Cantor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:56:03 CST

It's official: Bridesmaids has become the most popular video-on-demand movie ever, with 4.8 million rentals in four months, says the Hollywood Reporter . It's just the latest record for the sometimes raunchy female comedy, which is also the top-grossing movie in its genre ever made—$288 million worldwide. And that's...

'Sh*t New Yorkers Say' Goes Viral

Matt Cantor — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:59:05 CST

Love New York? Hate it? Either way, this viral video will resonate: Inspired by Shit Girls Say and its many YouTube imitators, a sibling duo reels off trademark New York yuppie phrases. Among the highlights: Eliot Glazer asks himself over and over where the train is; he informs a cab...

India Cracks Down on 'Human Safaris'

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:12:43 CST

Video footage of abused tribal women has triggered a national debate in India and inspired harsh words between police and human rights advocates, the Guardian reports. The so-called "human safari" video shows an off-camera police officer prompting naked women to dance for tourists in return for food on India's Andaman...

Marines in Urination Video ID'd

Matt Cantor — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:17:05 CST

Investigators have identified the four Marines shown in a video apparently urinating on Taliban corpses, and they could be charged today, CBS News reports. The military has interviewed at least two of the men on the matter as officials scramble to address its fallout. "Anyone, anyone found to have participated...