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Jodi Arias coverage has been in the doldrums since the May 23 non-decision by the jury on the death penalty.

Some news media outlets are digging up crumbs leftover from the trial. Nancy Grace and CNN resorted to interviewing Arias' fellow jail inmates; Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced last month that Arias would no longer be allowed to speak to the media.

That's as big a relief to most thinking people as it is a ratings disaster for HLN and other news outlets that relied on the Arias trial to sell ads.

For those with AOD, Arias Obsession Disorder, (we've been trying to shake a mild case ourselves since parachuting into the trial coverage in early February...), the news gap has been somewhat startling. No new details forthcoming about what Travis Alexander wanted to do with Arias, no venom-filled barbs from Juan Martinez -- no new statements by Arias at all? Even Arias' Twitter account has been silent lately, with no tweets since 9:59 a.m. on May 29.

Fortunately, more coverage is coming up. Here are five things to watch out for between now and July 18, the date scheduled for a retrial of the penalty phase:

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The Arizona State Supreme Court today declined to review a petition by Jodi Arias to take the death penalty off the table.

The Arizona Supreme Court won't be reviewing the Jodi Arias case based on her previous claim that prosecutors can't use "especially cruel" as an aggravating factor for her sentencing.

The ruling means that Arias, who was convicted on May 8 of premeditated first-degree murder, is still facing potential execution.

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On February 22nd, the state's high court declined to halt the trial until a petition to drop the "cruel" factor from being used -- which would have taken the death penalty off the table -- was reviewed.

Today, the state Supreme Court declined to review the petition itself.

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The failure of the Jodi Arias jury to agree on the death penalty sparked thousands of tweets and comments to various blogs and news sites.

While many would prefer to see the vicious, calculating killer fry, we thought we'd check out one blog site that caters to Arias' supporters and well-wishers, jodiariasisinnocent.com. To many of them, the mistrial made their day.

Here are some of the more interesting pro-Arias comments we spotted:

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The jury in the Jodi Arias trial failed to come a decision on Thursday on whether or not Arias should get the death penalty, resulting in a mistrial of the penalty phase.

Jury members in the Jodi Arias case wrapped up nearly five months of work today, causing a mistrial due to their failure to reach a unanimous decision on the death penalty.

Some women jurors were crying and one even said "sorry" to the family of slaying victim Travis Alexander, according to a tweet by Wild About Trial.

Next up in this long-running saga: The state will decide whether to be satisfied with a sentence of life in prison for Arias, or retry the penalty phase.

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Tanisha Sorenson, sister of murder victim Travis Alexander, reacts after hearing that the jury cannot reach a unanimous decision on whether to execute Jodi Arias.

The jury in the Jodi Arias case announced just before noon today that they can't reach a unanimous decision on whether Arias should be executed.

Maricopa County Judge Sherry Stephens sent the jury back to try again.

Under Arizona law, the jury will be dismissed and a new jury convened if the stalemate continues. That new jury won't re-determine Arias' guilt or innocence, just whether she should receive the death sentence or life in prison.

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Just watched the interview of Jodi Arias by Mark Curtis of Channel 12 (KNXV-TV), Troy Hayden of Channel 10 (KSAZ-AZ) and Ryan Owens of ABC News.

In what may be one of the last TV interviews of Arias, since prison interviews aren't normally allowed, Curtis and Hayden -- who'd been invited by Arias -- failed to ask any tough questions. Probably, they figured Arias would get up and walk away if they did.

But the result is that a woman who planned and carried out a horrifying murder, and who continues to lie about how it happened, comes off looking like a victim. Seems like a lack of media morality all in the name of ratings. Real-life Natural Born Killers stuff.

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The jury in the Jodi Arias trial will continue deliberating this morning about whether the murderer should be executed.

Arias, always the drama queen, changed her talking points while addressing the jury yesterday, as she pleaded with the jury to let her live -- despite previously saying she would "prefer to die sooner than later."

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Jodi Arias and one of her lawyers, Jennifer Willmott, pleaded to the jury today to spare Arias' life.

Jury members in the Jodi Arias trial have begun deliberating whether to sentence the cold-blooded killer to execution.

The jury was dismissed just after 3 p.m. to begin their decision-making. With nearly five months of their lives invested in this trial, jury members probably can't wait to finish up. It's possible their decision could be reached and announced this afternoon. The same jury took only a bit more than an hour last week to decide that Arias deserved the death penalty.

Arias' appeal to the jury to spare her life probably didn't stir any great sympathy for this throat-slasher. (See our article from earlier today with quotes from her statement.) She didn't sob, didn't 'fess up to the fact that she planned the killing days, at the minimum, before she carried it out. She admitted to another lie, essentially, by reversing earlier statements about wanting the death penalty.

Indeed, her statement might have had the opposite effect: The jury may be even more likely to vote for a death sentence, now that they know she still's covering up what really happened and considers herself a victim of domestic violence.

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Jodi Arias asked the jury in her long-running murder trial to spare her life, contradicting previous statements that she preferred the death penalty to life in prison.

She failed to apologize for killing ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in her highly anticipated statement to the jury today.

See below for live blog updates.

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Jodi Arias appears mildly upset after being found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder.

The jury in the sensational trial of boyfriend-slayer Jodi Arias is expected to hear testimony today from Arias' defense attorneys, who'll try to argue that Arias doesn't deserve execution.

Arias has said she prefers life in prison. As we reported last week, state officials say Arias could be executed in just four years if she fails to fight a death sentence. She also said in an exclusive interview with Channel 10 News (KSAZ-TV) that defense attorney Kirk Nurmi told her she has no mitigating factors, although Maricopa County Judge Sherry Stephens instructed the jury that they could find mitigating factors such as Arias' alleged childhood abuse. Arias' attorneys, Nurmi and Jennifer Willmott, tried to quit the Arias case after the guilty verdict and Arias' death-wish interview with Hayden, but Stephens wouldn't let them.

Arias is expected to address the jury to spare her life, though it's unclear whether that will happen today or whether she'll plead with jury members to spare her life -- or ask them to deliver her to the executioner.

Millions of trial watchers worldwide will tune in this week to find out what happens.

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