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| Justices could toss California gay marriage case on procedural issue Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 08:50 AM PDT An unprecedented Supreme Court case that advocates on both sides hoped might settle the question of gay marriage once and for all may be decided on a narrow procedural issue instead. The justices on Tuesday expressed skepticism in oral arguments that the proponents of California's gay marriage ban, called Proposition 8, have the legal right, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Kidnapped teen saves self by crashing into cop car Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 07:26 AM PDT A teenager who was being forced to drive by a kidnapper managed to save herself by intentionally crashing the car into a police vehicle. PressofAtlanticCity.com says that 45-year-old Floribert Nava was arrested and charged with kidnapping following the crash in Wildwood, N.J. The kidnapping appears to be the result of an argument over the adoption [...] Full Story | Top |
| ‘Friday Night Lights’ writer Buzz Bissinger reveals stunning shopping addiction, questions sexuality Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 05:20 AM PDT $638,412.97. That's how much Buzz Bissinger, the 58-year-old best-selling author of "Friday Night Lights," says he's spent on designer clothes the last three years. In a 6,000-word essay published in next month's GQ magazine, Bissinger reveals a crippling shopping addiction that he says is similar to doing drugs or having sex. "I own eighty-one leather [...] Full Story | Top |
| NKorea puts artillery forces at top combat posture Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 09:50 AM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's military warned Tuesday that its artillery and rocket forces are at their highest-level combat posture in the latest in a string of bellicose threats aimed at South Korea and the United States. Full Story | Top |
| Creationist offers $10,000 to anyone willing to challenge literal interpretation of Genesis in court Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 09:40 AM PDT A California man who believes the literal interpretation of the Bible is real is offering $10,000 to anyone who can successfully debunk claims made in the book of Genesis in front of a judge. And for a man wanting to debate the very nature of human existence, Joseph Mastropaolo is taking a decidedly happy-go-lucky approach, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Photo of Infant Left Alone in Locked Car Goes Uber Viral Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 10:29 AM PDT There is no perfect way to be a parent, and everyone's rules are not the same for fostering a child. That being said, when a parent does something that seems wrong to the vast majority of people, that parent's possible error in judgment takes the spotlight -- and the primary concern is the safety and [...] Full Story | Top |
| Study: Health overhaul to raise claims cost 32 pct Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 04:30 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims on individual health policies under President Barack Obama's overhaul, the nation's leading group of financial risk analysts has estimated. Full Story | Top |
| Little hope seen for millions priced out of health overhaul Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 02:39 PM PDT  By Tom Brown MIAMI (Reuters) - Millions of Americans will be priced out of health insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul because of a glitch in the law that adversely affects people with modest incomes who cannot afford family coverage offered by their employers, a leading healthcare advocacy group said on Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Giffords' husband pulls dog off sea lion in Calif. Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 05:52 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — The daughter of former astronaut Mark Kelly was walking her dog Shiner on Goff Island Beach when the dog bolted, ripping the leash from her hand and fatally attacking a beached baby sea lion. Full Story | Top |
| Obama appoints first woman Secret Service director Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 04:02 PM PDT  By Tabassum Zakaria and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday chose veteran agent Julia Pierson as Secret Service director, the first woman to lead the male-dominated agency, a year after its reputation was tarnished by a scandal involving agents and prostitutes in Colombia. Pierson will replace Mark Sullivan, who retired in February and was in charge during the Colombia scandal - one of the worst in the agency's history. ... Full Story | Top |
| Who’s who in the Prop 8 gay marriage case Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 01:50 AM PDT On Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the first gay marriage case to ever reach the court, Hollingsworth v. Perry. The legal battle over California's gay marriage ban began more than four years ago, when a majority of voters backed ballot Proposition 8, which rescinded the right to marry from same-sex couples. [...] Full Story | Top |
| North Dakota governor approves 6-week abortion ban Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 10:09 AM PDT  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed legislation Tuesday that that would make North Dakota the nation's most restrictive state on abortion rights, banning the procedure if a fetal heartbeat can be detected — something that can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Full Story | Top |
| North Korea says ready for combat as sanctions tighten Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 01:16 PM PDT  By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea repeated threats on Tuesday to target U.S. military bases as Washington and its allies tightened economic sanctions against the isolated country by targeting Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank with new measures. The rhetoric from North Korea - which has threatened the United States with nuclear war and rehearsed drone attacks on South Korea - and Washington's hardening reaction, drew more concern from China, Pyongyang's only major ally, which said the situation was "sensitive". ... Full Story | Top |
| In Russia, teen complains of adoptive US parents Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 02:25 PM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — A teenager adopted by an American couple has returned to Russia, claiming that his adoptive family treated him badly and that he lived on the streets of Philadelphia and stole just to survive, Russian state media reported. Full Story | Top |
| Live Updates: Gay Marriage at the Supreme Court Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 12:38 PM PDT  Refresh here throughout the day for color from inside and outside the Supreme Court as justices hear arguments on gay marriage. Today starts two days of arguments at the Supreme Court over gay marriage. The justices will consider two separate cases. First up, on Tuesday: whether... Full Story | Top |
| Golden Gate Bridge to go to digital toll system Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 12:34 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Drivers approaching the majestic Golden Gate Bridge will experience something new for the first time in 76 years: no human toll collectors. Full Story | Top |
| Why Texas wants its gold back from the Federal Reserve Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 07:15 AM PDT  Gov. Rick Perry tells Glenn Beck he wants the state's $1 billion in gold bars on Texas soil Full Story | Top |
| Man Finds Baby Squirrel in Bag of Mulch Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 11:30 AM PDT When I was a kid, I always tried to persuade my mom to buy me the sugary cereal, but it was not just because it usually tasted delicious. It was because it came with a bonus: a prize at the bottom. Today's story is a bit like that, but in an adult version and way [...] Full Story | Top |
| Should Congress really be allowed to work at home full time? Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 07:00 AM PDT For the second time, a member of Congress is proposing rule changes that would let lawmakers telecommute to Washington and pass laws without meeting face to face. But is that in the best interests of voters? Full Story | Top |
| Court: Drug dog sniff is unconstitutional search Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 10:45 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police cannot bring drug-sniffing police dogs onto a suspect's property to look for evidence without first getting a warrant for a search, a decision which may limit how investigators use dogs' sensitive noses to search out drugs, explosives and other items hidden from human sight, sound and smell. Full Story | Top |
| Arkansas governor vetoes voter ID bill Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 04:08 AM PDT  By Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe on Monday vetoed a bill proposing citizens show photo identification before casting a ballot, citing risks it could disenfranchise voters, the governor's office said. Supporters of the proposal, who say it would eliminate the possibility of fraud, plan to override the veto by Beebe, a Democrat. That would require a simple majority in a vote in each chamber of the Republican-dominated state legislature. ... Full Story | Top |
| In gay marriage case, justices focus and trade laughs on fertility question Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 03:06 PM PDT In Tuesday's oral arguments over whether California's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, a few of the liberal Supreme Court justices took aim at one of the central arguments made by gay marriage opponents: that the ability to naturally procreate is key to the definition of marriage. Charles Cooper, the attorney representing proponents of California's [...] Full Story | Top |
| GM in next phase of hoped for Buick revival Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 05:20 PM PDT  Stop me if you've heard this one before: There's this famous car brand whose average driver is more familiar with Social Security than social media. General Motors Co. will make another attempt to get ... Full Story | Top |
| Will Amanda Knox have to return to Italy for trial? Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 11:02 AM PDT An Italian supreme court overturned the acquittal of Amanda Knox on Tuesday, ordering a review that could result in demanding that the 25-year-old return to Florence to stand trial again in the 2007 killing of her roommate. Good luck. Legal experts say there's little Italy can do to force Knox, who lives in Seattle, to [...] Full Story | Top |
| DHS Secretary Napolitano criticizes immigration ‘border trigger’ proposal Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 07:49 AM PDT U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Tuesday rejected a "border trigger" provision many Republican lawmakers say must be included in immigration reform legislation. The proposal, which would require that that the U.S. border with Mexico be declared secure before illegal immigrants currently living in the U.S. could apply for citizenship, has sparked significant concern [...] Full Story | Top |
| North Korea's public relations man is a Spaniard with a tough job Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 08:19 AM PDT  While news reports, defectors, and human rights organizations are in close agreement on the harsh evidence of poverty, famine, and torture in secretive North Korea, Alejandro Cao de Benós paints a very different picture. Full Story | Top |
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