Innocente: After a more than seven-year soap opera of guilt, innocence, and guilt again, former exchange student Amanda Knox from Seattle was found not guilty yesterday by Italy’s highest court in the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. It’s over.

Knox and her family expressed relief while there appeared to be general surprise and shock in Italy where she was expected to be convicted once and for all.

Knox and her then boyfriend, Italian Rafaelle Sollecito, were accused of the gruesome knife murder of Kercher in Nov. 2007. The case, and in particular the physical evidence linking the two to the murder, were always weak and conflicting. The pair always argued that the crime was committed by Rudy Guede, a resident of Italy born in the Ivory Coast, who was found guilty in a separate trial and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Nation: In what was billed as a potentially game-changing gender discrimination suit for Silicon Valley and its finance industry, a California jury has found that a woman whose failure to advance in a prominent venture capital company was not the victim of gender bias.

Former junior partner Ellen Pao complained about gender discrimination with the company and was fired by the firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. But the jury came up one vote short of a full verdict on the question of whether the company retaliated and wrongfully fired Pao for claiming discrimination.

Hillary: Former Secy. of State Hillary Clinton deleted all the emails from her personal mail server from the time she was in office, according to a House committee and Clinton’s own lawyer. “Thus, there are no … e-mails from Secretary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state on the server for any review, even if such review were appropriate or legally authorized,” according to Clinton’s lawyer David Kendall. A House committee is digging for any emails pertaining to the terror attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, but Clinton says she has already turned over all of them.

Frat Report: The racist song that led to the closure of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Oklahoma was taught to the local members during a leadership school sponsored by the national organization. “Over time, the chant was formalized in the local S.A.E. chapter and was taught to pledges as part of the formal and informal pledgeship process,” according to a report by the university.

The national organization of SAE admits it’s true, but says it found no evidence that the song is widespread among its 200 chapters.

Co-Pilot: Reporters and investigators continue digging into the history of the Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot believed to have intentionally crashed a Germanair flight killing 150 people. The NY Times reports today that Lubitz sought treatment for a vision problem that may have jeopardized his flying career. He may also have been getting treatment for depression, although that has not been fully explained. A German publication quotes a former girlfriend saying Lubitz told her, “One day I will do something that will change the whole system, and then all will know my name and remember it.”

Permawar: Saudi Arabia has carried out a third day of air strikes against Houthi Rebels in Yemen while evacuating Arab and Western diplomats from the port city of Aden. The rebels continue to advance, despite a vicious air attack, and President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi has left the country for Saudi Arabia.

Some Apples: Tim Cook, the boss at Apple, announced that he will give away most of his $800 million fortune before he dies. But he said he’s going to pay for his nephew’s college education first.

Word Police: A group calling itself the HRC Super Volunteers has begun a campaign to fight journalists they believe use sexist language to describe potential presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. They posted on Twitter,

“Super volunteers, help us find journalists smearing Hillary. We must push back against their sexism.”

Among the offending terms; secretive, ambitious, tired, entitled, worn out, and “will do anything to win.”

Apparently Mrs. Clinton, who has been secretive about her ambition to run for president, is worn out and tired of the way she’s been treated by the press, wants their respect, and will do anything to win it.