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April 20, 2012 | | HEARING Dressed in a suit and tie, George Zimmerman sat in the Seminole County courthouse this morning, where he told the grief-stricken parents of Trayvon Martin that he was “sorry for the loss of your son.” At the hearing, an investigator said Zimmerman had confronted Martin but doesn’t know who struck first. Aram Roston reports from the courtroom on what it could mean for the trial. DISASTER Pakistani officials said they had recovered 50 bodies from a downed Boeing 737 that crashed near the Islamabad airport. The plane was carrying 121 passengers. The Karachi-to-Islamabad flight was scheduled to land at 6:40 p.m. local time and belonged to Bhoja Air, a small Pakistani airline that offers only domestic flights. Rescue teams searched through the wreckage for survivors at the crash site near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport. Two of the passengers are said to have been newlyweds on their honeymoon. Revealing Photos of the alleged Colombian prostitute reported at the center of the Secret Service call-girl scandal has surfaced, but some media are blurring her face and withholding her name barring independent confirmation. People have accessed photos from the Facebook page of the reportedly busty single mom who apparently got only a fraction of the fee she wanted. The names of Greg Stokes and David Randall Chaney, two ousted agents, were also revealed, and Chaney had also posted photos on Facebook, including one of him standing behind Sarah Palin. He included the comment, “I was really checking her out, if you know what I mean?” Palin said on Fox News Thursday night: “Well, check this out, buddy—you’re fired!” TAKEOVER US Airways filed forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a key move toward a takeover of the bankrupt American Airlines, CBS reported Friday. A successful merger will be a major feather in US Airways’s cap, and the company has been working toward the deal for some time, lobbying in Congress and working with major American Airlines unions and creditors. Friday, the airline announced it had organized a deal with three major labor unions at American Airlines. The merger could add key domestic routes to US Airways’ services, as well as additional international routes and equipment. THEY’RE BACK Tens of thousands of protesters packed Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday in the largest demonstration since the uprising last February that led to President Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The rally was organized by liberals calling for an antimilitary candidate in Egypt’s upcoming presidential vote, but protesters were divided, with the parliamentary Muslim Brotherhood angry that the ruling military has prevented them from wielding any real political power and and calling for a “second revolution.” Tensions mounted as liberals accused the Brotherhood of being laissez-faire regarding military rule over the past year. | | 
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