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California Supreme Court overturns laws against same-sex marriage
SAN FRANCISCO -- California's Supreme Court declared gay couples in the nation's biggest state can marry -- a monumental but perhaps short-lived victory for the gay rights movement Thursday that was greeted with tears, hugs, kisses and at least one... [More]
By Lisa Leff
Associated Press | May 16
Bush's Mideast talk generates criticism here and in Israel
JERUSALEM -- On an emotional visit to mark Israel's 60th anniversary, President Bush on Thursday compared people seeking talks with Iran and radical Islamic groups to the Nazis' appeasers, provoking a political storm at home and accusations that he... [More]
The Washington Post | May 16
Associated Press |
China's earthquake horror prompts acts of selflessness
SHIFANG, China -- Peng Hogan had just sat down for lunch when the earth began to shake. After pushing a slow-moving friend out the door to safety, he rushed to a nearby elementary school that collapsed in Monday's massive earthquake. [More]
By Ching-ching Ni
Los Angeles Times | May 16
Feds consider charge in Baghdad shooting
SEATTLE -- Nearly a year and a half after a contractor for Blackwater USA shot an Iraqi guard in Baghdad's Green Zone, a Justice Department team traveled to Iraq this month to investigate the killing. [More]
Associated Press | May 16
GOP, Dems join on food, oil bills
WASHINGTON -- Congress responded speedily to voters' angst over rising grocery prices and $4-a-gallon gasoline Thursday, bucking President Bush's veto threats with lopsided votes to boost food stamps and farm subsidies -- after ordering Bush to quit... [More]
By Mary Clare Jalonick
Associated Press | May 16
Political spat leaves war fund unfunded
WASHINGTON -- A war-funding measure passed the House of Representatives on Thursday, but without any war funding. As strange as that may sound, this is Congress, after all. [More]
By Richard Simon
Los Angeles Times | May 16
Vitamin D deficiency, breast cancer progression are linked
Women who have a vitamin D deficiency when they are diagnosed with breast cancer were 94 percent more likely to have their cancer metastasize and 73 percent more likely to die within 10 years, Canadian researchers reported Thursday. [More]
Los Angeles Times | May 16
Myanmar's rulers warn of hoarding aid
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's junta warned Thursday it will punish anyone found hoarding or trading foreign aid meant for cyclone survivors, but relief groups said they had seen no evidence of people selling or stockpiling donated goods. [More]
Associated Press | May 16
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