This sure can’t help George Zimmerman’s case. The wife of the Sanford, Fla., neighborhood watchman who shot Trayvon Martin earlier this year was arrested on one count of perjury Tuesday, according to a press release from law enforcement officials. Twenty-five-year-old Shellie Zimmerman had a warrant issued for her arrest this morning, and was picked up by deputies from the Seminole County sheriff’s office and booked Tuesday afternoon. She posted $1,000 bond, according to a spokesperson for the sheriff's office. Prosecutors in George Zimmerman’s case argued earlier this month that Shellie Zimmerman had misled the court regarding the couple’s financial standing, neglecting to mention funds her husband had collected through a PayPal account that totaled nearly $135,000.

The U.S. backtracked from statements made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton earlier in the week, saying the helicopters Russia was supplying Syria with may not be new. Russia's foreign minister defended his country's alleged sale of arms to Syria, and also accused the U.S. of supplying weapons to the rebels fighting the government. "We are not violating any international law," said Sergei Lavrov, in response to a question about arms sales to Syria. Clinton said Tuesday that the U.S. has “confronted the Russians about stopping their continued arms shipments." But U.S. officials said the helicopters are likely those that Syria had sent to Russia a few months ago for routine repairs, which were now being returned to the Syrians. Clinton said Wednseday, “Russia says it wants peace and stability restored. It says it has no particular love lost for Assad."

Tens of thousands of Russians on Tuesday protested Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite his government’s efforts a day before to quell the demonstration by raiding the homes of prominent protest leaders. Organizers estimated that 100,000 people were in the streets, while police, known for fudging the numbers, said it was only 18,000. On Monday, Russian authorities seized laptops, anti-Kremlin material, and more than a million in cash as protest leaders were called in for questioning on Tuesday. Last week, the Russian Parliament passed a new law that raised fines by a factor of 100 on any protests that break the rules. Since Putin took office in March for a third term as president, tens of thousands have protested—although crowds have yet to reach the level of a spontaneous demonstration in December.

In his much-anticipated testimony, Mike McQueary detailed how he saw Jerry Sandusky with a young boy in shower and that he heard a "skin-on-skin smacking sound." The former Penn State assistant coach said the encounter took place in 2001. Sandusky is charged with 52 counts of sex-abuse charges for allegedly molesting 10 boys during a 15-year period. McQueary also testified that Sandusky was behind the boy, who had his hands up on the wall.

Casey Anthony is ready to speak out—though it appears she isn’t ready to show her face. The 26-year-old who was made famous by a made-for-TV trial over the 2008 death of her 2-year-old Caylee, Anthony made her first statements to the media since her July acquittal after spending months in silence. “Obviously I didn’t kill my daughter,” Anthony told Piers Morgan on his show Tuesday night. The two spoke on the phone for about 10 minutes. “If anything, there’s nothing in this world I’ve ever been more proud of, and there’s no one I loved more than my daughter. She’s my greatest accomplishment.” She continued: “I’m ashamed in many ways of the person that I was.” Anthony confirmed that she would not be signing a book or movie deal anytime soon. “I’m not making gazillions of dollars at the hands of other people, or trying to sell myself to anyone…The caricature of me that is out there, it couldn’t be further from the truth.”

The percentage of Americans who approve of President Obama’s job performance has fallen to 47 percent from 50 percent a month ago, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll out Tuesday. The last time Obama’s approval was this low was in early January. Sixty-three percent of those polled think the country is on the wrong track. Among independents, approval for Obama fell from 48 percent to 35 percent. On the question of which candidate would be better at producing jobs, Mitt Romney is now ahead of Obama 46 percent to 43 percent. An Ipsos pollster said, “People’s unhappiness with the economy carries over pretty directly to the president’s numbers, and we see those weakening.”

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is scheduled to testify before Congress on Wednesday to explain how his bank lost more than $2 billion earlier this year. Dimon's prepared testimony revealed that he believes the traders involved didn't understand the risks they were taking with the transactions made and that the risk limits they set weren't appropriate for the given portfolio. Dimon will also tell Congress that JPMorgan has made progress in reducing risk for the future. “We have let a lot of people down,” Dimon’s prepared remarks read. “And we are sorry for it.”

Former senator George Allen moved one step closer to getting his old job back in Virginia on Tuesday night. Allen easily defeated three conservative Republican competitors in the Virginia primary to advance to November’s general election against a fellow former governor, Tim Kaine. Allen walked away with 65 percent of the GOP vote. The 60-year-old lost in the 2006 Senate race by less than 10,000 votes after his campaign imploded because of racially insensitive comments. Allen and Kaine’s contest is expected to be one of the most closely watched Senate races across the country.

Desmonte Leonard, the man sought in the Auburn, Ala., shooting over the weekend that killed three and injured three others, has turned himself over to authorities, local media reported Tuesday night. The 22-year-old has been the police’s only suspect since the shooting took place near the campus of Auburn University on Saturday night during a house party. Two former Auburn football players, Ed Christian and Ladarious Phillips, died in the shooting while current player Eric Mack was sent to the hospital.

Lindsay Lohan is pushing hard for that comeback. The actress is set to star alongside porn actor James Deen in a new movie The Canyons. The flick, which was written by author Bret Easton Ellis, will expose the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles and will require Lohan to appear naked. The independent film has a budget of just $200,000 and will be shot over a few weeks in the next month. Ellis tweeted, “Shooting THE CANYONS starring James Deen and Lindsay Lohan: July 9-31 in L.A. Could not have dreamed of a better cast. Lindsay nailed it…”

In something right out of a James Bond movie, the U.S. Justice Department alleges that a Mexican drug cartel laundered millions of dollars in drug money through U.S. horse races. The Justice Department made its first moves against Tremor Enterprises, the horse-breeding operation that they allege was used to launder the drug money, sending helicopters and hundreds of law-enforcement agents to the company’s stables in Ruidoso, N.M., and its ranch in Oklahoma. Justice Department officials allege that the cartel—including Miguel Angel Treviño, one of Mexico’s most dangerous criminals who is famous for dismembering his victims before killing them and second in command to the Zetas drug cartel—used Treviño’s brother Jose Treviño’s U.S. residency and associate Ramiro Villarreal’s eye for horses to establish Tremor, which has collected $2.5 million in prizes in the span of three short years.

There’s a first time for everything. The Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup for the first time in the franchise’s 45-year history Monday night in Game 6 of the finals against the New Jersey Devils. The Kings ran away from the Devils with a 6-1 victory on Los Angeles. The Kings had a 3-0 series lead over the Devils before New Jersey mounted a comeback in the series and won games 4 and 5. The No. 8 seed Kings are also the lowest-seeded team ever to win the Stanley Cup. Jeff Carter and Trevor Lewis scored two goals apiece while playoff MVP Jonathan Quick made 17 saves. Captain Dustin Brown had a goal and two assists for the Kings as well.

The Yemeni Army regained control of two al Qaeda strongholds on Tuesday—a major breakthrough for the U.S.-backed offensive and its biggest victory in more than a year. The two cities, Zinjibar and Jaar, had been held by militants known as Ansar al-Sharia for more than a year, according to Yemeni troops. U.S. officials said that President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who came to power in February, is more cooperative than former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, to rooting out the al Qaeda militants. Yemen’s Defense Ministry said the Army, backed by local fighters, had entered Jaar early Tuesday morning and recaptured the city after heavy fighting that killed 20 militants, four soldiers, and two civilians. Ali Saeed Obeid, a military spokesman, told Reuters the fall of Jaar is “an astounding defeat for al Qaeda.”

New Orleans’s famed Times-Picayune newspaper laid off 200 employees on Tuesday—amounting to nearly one third of its staff—as it prepares to only publish three days a week.  The 175-year-old paper announced in May that it would cut its print frequency so that the paper could focus more on the Internet. In the news operation alone, 84 of the 169 staffers were notified Tuesday that they will lose their jobs, while the employees not laid off will be offered new jobs with the Nola Media Group, the new company that will oversee the news coverage of the Times-Picayune beginning this fall. One of the largest daily newspapers in the country—and one that enjoys a monopoly in New Orleans—the Times-Picayune won two Pulitzer Prizes in 2006 for its coverage of the devastated city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Ronald Poppo, the victim of face-eating “Miami zombie” Rudy Eugene is awake and alert at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, doctors have confirmed to the Associated Press. Doctors also revealed that Poppo had two puncture wounds in his chest, suggesting that the police may have hit him with bullets when shooting at his attacker. Poppo was seen walking down a hospital corridor with two staff members supporting him, his face marred with scabs. Doctors said they would release a more thorough update of Poppo’s condition later Tuesday. The AP reports that he’s missing his nose, and both of his eye sockets are covered. Poppo has been at Jackson Memorial Hospital since he was attacked May 26 by Rudy Eugene, who gnawed at Poppo’s flesh for 18 minutes before he was shot dead by police. Eugene was suspected to be on drugs during the attack, though autopsy results are still pending.

A Commerce Department memo revealed Monday night that Secretary John Bryson would take a medical leave of absence effective immediately following car crashes he was involved in Sunday. Earlier in the day, a spokesperson said Bryson had suffered a seizure in connection with the two accidents that occurred in Los Angeles. He had been treated and released from a Los Angeles hospital. "I notified President Obama this evening that effective immediately I am taking a medical leave of absence so that I can focus all of my attention on resolving the health issues that arose over the weekend," Bryson said in the memo. It was unclear whether the seizure caused the two accidents or was a result of them. Bryson was cited for a felony hit and run by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which said that one of the two traffic accidents was caused by the 68-year-old Bryson.

Former British prime minister Sir John Major testified Tuesday that he hoped the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics will result in "action that will lift the worst of the press standards of the best of the press," saying there is a "certain degree of chuminess" between the press and the government. Major, whose daughter-in-law, Emma Noble, issued a civil claim against News Corp. a few months ago, was infamous for several "sleaze" scandals during his seven years as prime minister. By the 1997 general election, he had lost the support of the British press, including The Sun. Major's testimony will be followed by Labour leader Ed Miliband.

In a case that gripped much of the Australian public in 1980, a coroner ruled there Tuesday morning that Azaria Chamberlain was killed by a dingo. Azaria’s mother and her husband were originally jailed for the 2-month-old’s killing after the girl went missing on a family camping trip in August 1980. While both adults were exonerated in 1987, coroner Elizabeth Morris said Tuesday that a dingo was the most likely cause of Azaria’s death. The girl’s official death certificate will be changed as Morris said that the evidence was “adequate, clear, cogent, and exact” that Azaria was taken by a dingo.

The Bronx district attorney's office said on Monday that it is interested in speaking to anyone who was allegedly abused at the tony prep school Horace Mann, although the office did not say whether a criminal investigation will be opened. New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn wrote a letter on Monday to Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson seeking an “appropriate review of the matter,” saying that there is evidence of a “pervasive culture” that allowed the abuse for nearly 20 years. Johnson said he will “reach out to the Horace Mann community and encourage them to report incidents of such behavior.”

An out-of-control wildfire in Colorado claimed the life of a woman on Monday, as the lightning-induced High Park fire destroyed at least 100 structures in a 57-mile radius near Fort Collins. The Latimer County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Linda Steadman, 62, died in her home. A deputy and a firefighter made it to her property but were stopped by the blaze at her gate. By 8 p.m. Monday the fire had spread to 41,140 acres and was zero percent contained, as officials expected temperatures in the 80s on Tuesday and forecasted a windy day ahead. Meanwhile, firefighters also struggled to contain a separate blaze hundreds of miles to the south in New Mexico, which caused more than 1,500 people to evacuate.

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division plans to sue Florida because the state’s efforts to purge voters from its rolls violate federal law, it says. The D.O.J. had warned last month that the state’s attempts to remove those believed to be noncitizens from the voter rolls was illegal because the process had not been approved by either the Justice Department or a federal court.  Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez wrote that the enforcement action was going forward because Florida had “indicated its unwillingness to comply” with federal laws. Florida Gov. Rick Scott said, “We found individuals that are registered to vote that don’t have a right to vote, noncitizens and they voted. I have a job to do to defend the right of legitimate voters.”

Voters will go to the polls in Arizona for a special election for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’s seat, as an independent poll found Democrat Ron Barber holding a 12-point lead. Barber, a former aide to Giffords, is being challenged by Tea Party–backed Republican Jesse Kelly, who launched a bid Monday to try to bring out right-leaning voters by appearing on a popular conservative talk-radio show. Around 35 percent of voters in the district have already cast their ballots, and both candidates planned last-minute efforts to woo undecided voters on Tuesday. Giffords resigned in January, one year after almost being killed in a shooting attack that claimed the lives of six and injured 13. Giffords, who now lives in Texas, flew out for several events over the weekend supporting Barber. Kelly nearly defeated Giffords in a heated 2010 race.

A three-member judicial panel in Pakistan found that former Pakistani ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani was behind a memo sent to U.S. officials that sought their help in averting a military coup in Islamabad, according to reports out of Pakistan. Haqqani, who the panel said was "not loyal," could face treason charges as a result of the panel's findings. Haqqani has denied any involvement in what is known as "Memogate," and he tweeted that the panel's findings were "political, not legal." A Pakistani-American businessman, Mansoor Ijaz, claims he delivered the memo from Haqqani to U.S. Adm. Mike Mullen in May 2011, days after Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan.

The teenager whose testimony launched a grand-jury investigation into alleged sex abuse by former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky told jurors Tuesday that Sandusky performed oral sex on him after a series of encounters. The accuser, known as Victim 1 in court records, tearfully told the court that he spent many nights at Sandusky’s that involved the former coach touching him. “After kissing my forehead and cheek, he moved to my lips,” the man said. “He kissed my lips, then he moved to my back again ... Then he started to rub underneath my shorts.” Sandusky is charged with sexually assaulting 10 boys over a 15-year period.

The judge who revoked George Zimmerman’s bond on June 1 did it because Zimmerman “does not respect the law,” according to court documents released Tuesday. Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester sent Zimmerman back to jail after prosecutors alleged that Zimmerman and his wife, Shellie, had tried to hide $135,000 from the court—money that they had received in donations. Lester’s written order was filed Monday and it includes an explanation of his rationale in deciding to revoke the bond. Lester wrote that Shellie Zimmerman “testified untruthfully” and that Zimmerman “did not alert the court to the misinformation.” He added, “Had the Court been made aware of the true financial circumstances at the bond hearing, the bond decision might have been different.”

Catherine Greig, the girlfriend of mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday following a guilty plea she entered in March. Greig will serve time on charges of conspiracy to harbor a fugitive (Bulger), identity fraud, and conspiracy to commit identity fraud. The 61-year-old Greig showed no emotion when District Judge Douglas Woodlock handed down her sentence in a Boston courtroom. Greig helped Bulger stay on the run for 16 years, Judge Woodlock said Greig’s sentence is a “price to be paid” for her choices. Greig was also fined $150,000. She had a stash of 30 weapons along with Bulger when they were found a year again in Santa Monica, Calif.

Earlier this year, Washington state became one of the handful of states to allow same-sex marriages to be performed in that state. But now, opponents of the new law have collected enough signatures to put the matter to a referendum. National Organization for Marriage, who headed the drive, collected more than 247,000 signatures to send the issue to a public vote, well beyond the 120,577 signatures needed to qualify. A recent poll showed that 54 percent of people in the state think gay marriage should be legal. The law legalizing same-sex marriage was signed into law by Gov. Christine Gregoire earlier this year after the legislature voted it through, though it never made its way to the streets of Washington. Citizens will vote on the measure in November’s general election.

In a dramatic turn Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Russia may be sending attack helicopters to aid Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime. On the same day, the head of the U.N.'s peacekeeping department said the situation in Syria has become a full-scale civil war, and a U.N. spokesman said increased violence over the last five days has resulted in a "huge cost in the civilian population." Violence in the region has continued unabated as forces loyal to the Syrian ruler try to crush a 15-month popular uprising. Clinton said Tuesday that the United States is “concerned about the latest information we have that there are attack helicopters on the way from Russia to Syria,” saying that addition to the iron-fisted ruler’s armory “will escalate the conflict quite dramatically.”

Another day, another euro-zone country on the brink of disaster. Italian officials expressed concern Monday that the $125 billion Spanish bailout would not be enough to stop the crisis from spreading—and that Italy could not support such a huge burden. Italy, the euro zone’s third-largest economy, does not have enough economic growth to generate the bailout money itself, so the government will most likely be forced to borrow it—at high interest rates. On Monday Italy’s main stock index was the worst performer in Europe, as Prime Minister Mario Monti warned over the weekend that there is “risk of contagion.” Meanwhile, European officials and bankers said Tuesday that the government of Cyprus is reportedly considering a bailout—encouraged by the large Spanish bailout.