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ground check is under investigation.
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• 6. WHO ISN'T ON GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S JURY
• Men. Most of the six women picked to hear the racially charged murder trial are white.
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• 7. CANADA FLOODS WASH CARS AND FURNITURE AWAY
• As many as 100,000 people face evacuation, and waters that caused mudslides and closed the Trans-Canada Highway were rising.
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• 8. CLEARING THE HAZE IN SINGAPORE
• Indonesia has sent planes and helicopters to tamp down forest fires that are blamed for Singapore's three days of record-high air pollution.
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• 9. WHY CRITICS SAY MAINE GOVERNOR HAS GONE TOO FAR
• Paul LePage, who once told NAACP leaders to "kiss my butt," on Thursday used a sexually vulgar phrase to describe how he thinks a lawmaker is taking advantage of people.
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• 10. CHAMPIONS AGAIN
• LeBron James' 37 points led the Heat to a 95-88 Game 7 win over San Antonio and Miami's second straight championship.
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AP News in Brief
Brazil's president calls emergency Cabinet session after night of violence, more big protests
• RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Police and protesters fought in the streets into the early hours Friday as an estimated 1 million Brazilians swarmed through more than 80 Brazilian cities in the biggest demonstrations yet against a government viewed as corrupt at all levels and unresponsive to its people.
• President Dilma Rousseff called an emergency meeting of her top Cabinet members for Friday morning, more than a week after the protests began. Rousseff, who has a standoffish governing style, has been almost entirely absent from the public eye, making only one statement earlier in the week that peaceful protests are part of the democratic process.
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