NATION IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Miami Jury Retires; Judge Calls for Calm

The jury in the Miami manslaughter trial of officer William Lozano, accused of firing on a motorcycle and killing two black men, adjourned for the day at 6 p.m. after two men and four women deliberated for nine hours. Rumors swept the city that the Latino policeman, whose actions last Jan. 16 set off three days of rioting, had been found innocent or was about to be found innocent, court officials said. Dade County’s highest-ranking state judge went on live television to deny the rumors and call for calm. The jury, which got the racially sensitive case after almost seven weeks of testimony, was due to resume deliberations today.