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Marriage ban violates rights, justices decide
democrat-gazette press services
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
Same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday. » Read story.
Most U.S. troops out by then, he says
democrat-gazette press services
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
COLUMBUS, Ohio — John McCain declared Thursday that most American troops will be home from Iraq by 2013 and that Iraq will be a functioning democracy with only “spasmodic ’’ episodes of violence, a departure from his refusal to set a date for U.S. withdrawal. » Read story.
50,000 now suggested as final toll
by william foreman the associated press
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
LUOSHUI TOWN, China — Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, 41, a New York Democrat who continued to work until the day before delivery, has given birth at Maryland’s Bethesda Naval Hospital to her second child, a healthy boy named Henry Nelson Gillibrand, making her the sixth woman to have a child while a member of Congress. » Read story.
democrat-gazette press services
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
Madonna won’t know until next week whether a Malawian boy she found in an orphanage in 2006 will become a permanent member of her family, her lawyer said Thursday. » Read story.
Records link Venezuela to guerrillas
by frank bajak and john leicester the associated p
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
BOGOTA, Colombia — Interpol said Thursday that computer files suggesting Venezuela was arming and financing Colombian guerrillas came from a rebel camp and were not tampered with, contradicting Venezuela’s assertions that Colombia faked them. » Read story.
the associated press
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
LOS ANGELES — A Hollywood private investigator was convicted Thursday of federal racketeering and other charges for digging up dirt for his clients to use in lawsuits, divorces and business disputes against the rich and famous. » Read story.
democrat-gazette press services
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We’re playing political games on the backs of our troops — you know it.” House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, amid disputes over a troop-funding bill Article, 5A » Read story.
By Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday gave final congressional approval to a five-year, $289 billion farm bill, following the House in passing the measure with enough support to override a threatened presidential veto. » Read story.
the associated press
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
NEW ORLEANS — Heavy storms swept across central and southern Louisiana on Thursday, packing damaging winds, spawning reports of possible tornados and killing at least one. » Read story.
by holly rosenkrantz bloomberg news
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
WASHINGTON — President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney got gifts valued about $16,000 last year to help pursue outdoor activities, including fishing and biking equipment for Bush and a book on duck calls for Cheney. » Read story.
the associated press
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
WEST POINT, N.Y. — The head of the U.S. Military Academy thinks it’s time to replace the “men” and “sons” in West Point’s two most beloved songs with more sex-neutral lyrics. » Read story.
Further GI education benefits, more money for unemployed OK’d
by andrew taylor the associated press
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led House on Thursday rejected more funds to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as many Republicans protesting the majority party’s tactics sat out the vote. » Read story.
democrat-gazette press services
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
Barack Obama collected the support of four of John Edwards’ Democratic National Convention delegates Thursday, then gained the backing of four superdelegates and a large labor union as he marched closer to the party’s presidential nomination. » Read story.
democrat-gazette press services
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
Barack Obama seized on a section of President Bush’s remarks Thursday to Israel’s Knesset, interpreting the president’s choice of words as a slap at the Democratic candidate on foreign soil. » Read story.
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