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sitting in the packed courtroom.
• The accusations against Johnson, 20, have drawn much attention in Montana, where UM football is the top sports attraction. Johnson led the school to a successful 2011 season as starting quarterback before being accused of assaulting a woman while watching a movie with her at her home last year.
• His case has unfolded against a backdrop of NCAA and federal investigations of the university's athletic department and the manner in which rape allegations are handled on campus, investigated by police and prosecuted by the Missoula County attorney's office.
• The situation left some worried that the highly successful football team was out of control off the field.
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• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- From week to week fans simply never know which characters will survive the relentless zombie attacks on AMC's hit series "The Walking Dead."
• That unpredictability keeps viewers on the edge of their seats and the shows' stars in a constant state of alertness.
• "You see series and they last a long time and sometimes the writing gets lazy or the acting gets lazy. Because we're in a zombie apocalypse and anyone can go at any time, it sort of keeps us fresh and on our toes," Norman Reedus told The Associated Press Friday.
• Fans lined up around the block to watch a panel discussion with Reedus and his co-stars at Paleyfest, the annual Southern California TV celebration. Many in the crowd showed their support for Reedus' crossbow-wielding character, Daryl Dixon, with their "If Daryl dies we riot!" T-shirts.
• The 44-year-old actor says his vocal fan base is responsible for his character's impressive longevity in a series that seems to have no qualms in axing its most popular characters.
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• MIAMI (AP) -- For a while, it looked as though a pair of long streaks were in jeopardy.

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