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GADSDEN, Ala. – Lawyers for an Alabama woman are asking a judge to end the secrecy surrounding jury selection in the trial of an Alabama woman charged in her granddaughter’s running death. Attorneys for Joyce Hardin Garrard say barring the public from court during the questioning of prospective jurors is …

ORLANDO, Fla. – Captain Jack Sparrow is taking shore leave for the summer. Pirates of the Caribbean, the popular ride at Walt Disney World, will be closed from mid-May through the end of September. The Orlando Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1B0O5AQ ) reported Tuesday that the ride is undergoing a routine refurbishment. Disney …

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Zoo is fessing up to what it calls an “embearassing” mistake regarding one of its animals. Zoo officials say they were planning to transfer Luka to the Nashville, Tennessee, zoo when they recently discovered that the 2-year-old Andean bear is a female, not a male as …