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July 15, 2013 | | ACTION Protesters angry over the George Zimmerman verdict blocked a Los Angeles freeway on Sunday night, while about 80 marched to the CNN building in Hollywood just after midnight Monday, causing police to declare an unlawful assembly. Police said the protests were mostly peaceful, but at least seven were arrested throughout the day. At one demonstration, protesters threw rocks and D-cell batteries, which led to police firing bean bags at the crowd. Rallies were also held in New York: hundreds marched in Times Square, and demonstrations were held in Harlem and Union Square, resulting in seven arrests throughout the city. Hundreds also protested in San Francisco and Oakland on Sunday. Zimmerman, 29, was acquitted Saturday night of all charges relating to the death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida last year. HE'S BACK In case you thought this weekend was missing a little news, here's Edward Snowden back again. Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who first reported on Snowden's disclosures about the National Security Agency, said Sunday that the fugitive leaker has "very specific blueprints of how the NSA do what they do." Snowden apparently has "literally thousands of documents" about "basically the instruction manual for how the NSA is built." What's more, Greenwald said in an interview with Argentina's La Nation on Saturday that Snowden chose not to disclose the most damaging information he has against the U.S. "Snowden has enough information to cause more harm to the U.S. government in a single minute than any other person has ever had in the history of the United States," Greenwald said. TRAGEDY The autopsy for Glee star Cory Monteith is set for Monday, with Vancouver police estimating there will be more conclusive answers within two to three days. Monteith was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room on Saturday with the immediate cause of death unclear, although police said they had ruled out foul play. Meanwhile, Monteith's off- and on-screen girlfriend Lea Michele asked for privacy Sunday during this "devastating time." At a New York City show, Monteith's co-star Matthew Morrison dedicated the song "What I Did for Love" to the late actor, and several other actors from the show tweeted about their shock and sadness. While the fifth season of the show hasn't started filming yet, Monteith had already taken part in promotional shots. DESTROYED In tiny Lac-Megantic, everyone knows someone was killed when the oil train went off the rails. The Daily Beast's Christine Pelisek visits the charred town—and talks to police about the criminal investigation. | | 
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