A judge is asking potential jurors what they think about the use of confidential informants as jury selection starts in the trial of seven people accused of conspiring to rebel against the government as members of a southern Michigan militia. (www.newsvine.com)

With two years to go before the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi organizers have begun recruiting volunteers. (feeds.boston.com)

Madonna's not finished with stadiums. (www.newsvine.com)

A federal judge has set aside nearly seven hours for opening statements in a trial over the deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico that resulted in the nation's worst offshore oil spill. (www.newsvine.com)

A Harlem man offered a half-hearted apology today for delivering a brutal beating that led to a rival being fatally shot in the back of the head. Michael Smith was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the death of father of two Roy Huntley, who threw the... (www.nypost.com)

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