Zimmerman's "Not Guilty": And it's all we can think about. Christopher collects the tweets. Dominic collects the protests and Obama's plea for "calm." (See Seattle protest photos here.) Eli collects the best responses. The Justice Department considers a hate-crime charge.

Frontline Looks into Racial Bias in "Stand Your Ground" Laws: Here's what they found:

Whites who kill blacks in Stand Your Ground states are far more likely to be found justified in their killings. In non-Stand Your Ground states, whites are 250 percent more likely to be found justified in killing a black person than a white person who kills another white person; in Stand Your Ground states, that number jumps to 354 percent.

Hostage Situation in Tumwater Yesterday Ends Okay: An armed man allegedly held his ex-girlfriend hostage in the gas station where she worked because he "wanted to talk"; she apparently had a restraining order against him. After nine hours, the woman emerged unharmed from the gas station and her ex was taken into custody. Reminds me of this Louis CK bit.

Police Officers in Bellingham Shoot Pit Bull: After it bit three officers and didn't respond to being tased, the dog was shot dead.

Maybe Having an Elevator in Your House Dooms Your Presidential Campaign: Just one observation on the story of the pellet-gun-toting dude arrested after taking pictures of John Kerry's fancy house.

Asiana Airlines Really Didn't Think That Was Funny: The airline plans to sue the Oakland TV station that reported racist jokes/fake names as the names of the Asiana pilots involved in the crash at the San Francisco airport. (Seriously, no one could figure that one out before it got on the air?!?)

The Depth of What Snowden Has on the NSA Is Incredible: Glenn Greenwald told the AP yesterday that if Snowden released some of the "literally thousands of documents" he has, specifically ones that are "basically the instruction manual for how the NSA is built," we could pretty much "know exactly how the NSA does what it does, which would in turn allow [the reader] to evade that surveillance or replicate it."

Your Phone May Be Trying to Kill You in New and Exciting Ways: A 23-year-old in China was "allegedly electrocuted when she answered a call on her iPhone 5 while it was charging," and Apple is "deeply saddened" and will be investigating.

Doctors Ask for Help with Amnesia Patient Who's Convinced He's Now Swedish: He was born in Florida and discovered unconscious in a Motel 6 in Palm Springs. His name is Michael Boatwright, but he thinks his name is Johan.

Twinkies Part Two, Electric Boogaloo: The re-launch of America's favorite cake tube full of goo is supposed to reflect "a younger, more aggressive style" with the slogan "The Sweetest Comeback in the History of Ever" (which Time magazine says "has a 20-something dude feel to it") and a social media campaign based around Vine videos. Aaaaaand if anything could've ruined Twinkies, turns out it was bro-based social media marketing. The more you know.