Supreme Court strikes down DOMA; rules it interferes with states, ‘dignity’ of same-sex marriages

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• Supreme Court strikes down DOMA; rules it interferes with states, ‘dignity’ of same-sex marriages
• Haunting photos and unexpected support for defense on Day 2 of Zimmerman trial
• Giada De Laurentiis: Paula Deen Fans Are 'Not Happy' With Me
• Supreme Court rule for couple over baby girl's adoption
• Texas abortion bill falls after challenge
• Squirrel takes on snake in backyard rumble
• Harry Reid calls House Republicans ‘crazies’
• Teen celebrates ‘first’ birthday
• Putin: 'Nyet' to US request to turn over Snowden
• London ‘levitating’ magician’s secret revealed
• Ciara Defends Using The N-Word (Updated)
• Clinton letters, Lewinsky clothing gifts up for auction
• Israeli wall in 'World War Z' sparks questions
• New Jersey man falls into coma, wakes up in Poland
• Why Taco Bell is rebranding some meat as 'protein'
• Mississippi, no longer the worst state to be a kid
• Democratic Rep. Markey tops Republican in Massachusetts Senate race
• Sarah Palin's mind-bogglingly incoherent immigration reform critique
• Republican Senator Rubio shifts tone on U.S. immigration bill
• Al-Qaida said to be changing its ways after leaks
• Alaska volcano erupts with new intensity, disrupts local flights
• Texas Senate GOP passes restrictive abortion bill
• Monica Lewinsky Negligee For Sale, But Not Infamous Blue Dress
• Gay marriage decision time: Supreme Court rules on two major cases
• Gay rights supporters erupt in cheers over ruling
• Supreme Court strikes down heart of Voting Rights Act: ‘Our country has changed’
• Undocumented: The faces behind the immigration debate
• ‘I’m fat, and it’s my fault’—and other reactions to calling obesity a disease
• GOP divided on immigration; House uncertain
• Obama takes aim at changing climate
• Senate passage of immigration bill on track
• Zimmerman's neighbor says she heard boy's cry
• Is Paula Deen toast in N-word controversy?
• Paula Deen's 'Today' appearance ends in tears
• No More Chemo: Doctors Say It’s Not So Far-Fetched
• Republicans blast Obama over Snowden as case turns partisan
• Dem Rep. Markey wins US Senate election in Mass.

Supreme Court strikes down DOMA; rules it interferes with states, ‘dignity’ of same-sex marriages Posted: 26 Jun 2013 10:57 AM PDT Click image to see more photos. (Noah Berger/AP Photo) The Supreme Court released two major decisions expanding gay rights across the country on Wednesday as hordes of cheering demonstrators greeted the news outside. The justices struck down a federal law barring the recognition of same-sex marriage in a split decision, ruling that the law violates [...]

Haunting photos and unexpected support for defense on Day 2 of Zimmerman trial Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:48 PM PDT SANFORD, Fla.—The photos were as unforgettable as they were haunting: Trayvon Martin's dead body, sprawled out in wet grass; the 17-year-old's Nike shirt, pierced with a bullet hole; his limp wrist; his chest; and his face, slack. The second day of the murder trial of George Zimmerman brought forth those photos and other powerful pieces [...]

Giada De Laurentiis: Paula Deen Fans Are 'Not Happy' With Me Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:09 PM PDT When The Food Network yanked Paula Deen's shows and replaced them with programs by Giada De Laurentiis, the chef felt the backlash.

Supreme Court rule for couple over baby girl's adoption Posted: 25 Jun 2013 07:53 AM PDT (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a lower court order requiring a South Carolina couple to turn over a young girl they had raised since birth to her biological father simply because he was an American Indian. By a 5-4 vote, the court ruled in favor of Matt and Melanie Capobianco, who had been caring for the girl they named Veronica until a family court ordered them to turn her over to her biological father Dusten Brown, a member of the Cherokee Nation. ...

Texas abortion bill falls after challenge Posted: 26 Jun 2013 04:22 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Despite barely beating a midnight deadline, hundreds of jeering protesters helped stop Texas lawmakers from passing one of the toughest abortion measures in the country.

Squirrel takes on snake in backyard rumble Posted: 25 Jun 2013 03:20 PM PDT Sure, squirrels can scurry and climb trees with the best of 'em. But when it comes to brawling, one doesn't normally think of the furry rodents as being the most intimidating of foes. Consider the above clip as the first step in changing the squirrel's reputation. Here's what happened, according to CBS 5. A Gold [...]

Harry Reid calls House Republicans ‘crazies’ Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:44 PM PDT "Wacko birds" are so last season. Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, a frustrated Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid referred to some House Republicans as "crazies" when asked about the federal immigration bill's chances of passing the Republican-majority House. "The speaker has said, within a period of a little over 24 hours, we're [...]

Teen celebrates ‘first’ birthday Posted: 25 Jun 2013 07:24 AM PDT A 19-year-old Michigan man celebrated his birthday for the first time late last year after spending the first 18 years of his life not knowing when he was born, reports MLive.com. "It was pretty awesome to have a birthday," said Noah Boyce of his special day—Dec. 10, 1993. His father, David Boyce, had repudiated his [...]

Putin: 'Nyet' to US request to turn over Snowden Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:52 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Yes, he's at a Moscow airport, and no, you can't have him.

London ‘levitating’ magician’s secret revealed Posted: 26 Jun 2013 08:02 AM PDT Sad news, levitation fans: Dynamo, the magician who caused a stir in London earlier this week by appearing to levitate alongside a double-decker bus, was not, in fact, levitating. It was an illusion. According to a crowdsourced investigation conducted on Australia's news.com.au Facebook page, Dynamo's "arm" was actually a steel prosthetic that was fastened to [...]

Ciara Defends Using The N-Word (Updated) Posted: 25 Jun 2013 05:02 PM PDT In the midst of Paula Deen's N-word controversy, the use of the word was a hot button issue on Tuesday's Access Hollywood Live , with singer Ciara weighing in.

Clinton letters, Lewinsky clothing gifts up for auction Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:10 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A collection of items used in the investigation of former White House intern Monica Lewinsky's sexual encounters with then U.S. President Bill Clinton is being auctioned online, Nate D. Sanders Auctions said on Monday. The 32-item collection was submitted by Lewinsky's former lover Andy Bleiler to special prosecutor Kenneth Starr during his investigation of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal in the 1990s, the auction house said in a statement. ...

Israeli wall in 'World War Z' sparks questions Posted: 25 Jun 2013 12:45 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Brad Pitt's "World War Z" imagines a world overrun by a zombie pandemic, leading to an unlikely new global power structure. Two of the few countries that have kept the zombies at bay are Israel, which shelters Israelis and Palestinians behind a wall, and North Korea, which has removed the teeth of its citizens to prevent zombie biting.

New Jersey man falls into coma, wakes up in Poland Posted: 26 Jun 2013 07:43 AM PDT Sixty-nine-year-old Wladyslaw Haniszewski had lived in the U.S. for about 30 years. But when the New Jersey resident fell into a coma he awoke to find himself in his native country of Poland. The New York Daily News reports that Haniszewski fell victim to a growing phenomenon in which uninsured immigrants are deported by U.S. hospitals [...]

Why Taco Bell is rebranding some meat as 'protein' Posted: 25 Jun 2013 04:58 AM PDT Don't worry, it's still meatTaco Bell will soon start marketing some of its "taco meat fillings" under an even more ambiguous name: protein.That's the plan for a handful of restaurants in Dayton, Ohio, where the chain will test out a new "Power Protein" menu featuring four new chicken and steak entrees starting July 25. The rebranding is not about moving away from the word "meat" itself so much as it is about offering healthier menu options, according to the company. ...

Mississippi, no longer the worst state to be a kid Posted: 24 Jun 2013 01:09 PM PDT There's good news for the children of Mississippi; their state is no longer the worst place to be a kid. That's because a new set of annual rankings on children's welfare says New Mexico has dethroned Mississippi's perennial hold on the bottom ranking of the Kids Count list. For the past 24 years, the Annie [...]

Democratic Rep. Markey tops Republican in Massachusetts Senate race Posted: 25 Jun 2013 08:09 PM PDT By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Veteran Representative Edward Markey of Massachusetts on Tuesday won the U.S. Senate seat vacated by John Kerry and helped Democrats maintain their majority in the chamber. Markey, 66, claimed victory in a post on his official campaign Twitter page, saying: "Thank you Massachusetts! I am deeply honored for the opportunity to serve you in the United States Senate." Local cable news station NECN said Markey secured 55 percent of the vote with 99 percent of districts reporting. ...

Sarah Palin's mind-bogglingly incoherent immigration reform critique Posted: 25 Jun 2013 03:55 AM PDT Perhaps we should no longer be surprised when the former half-term Alaska governor jabs at GOP colleagues weighs in on public policy. And yet...

Republican Senator Rubio shifts tone on U.S. immigration bill Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:54 PM PDT By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Marco Rubio, shifting his tone on the U.S. immigration bill he helped to write, said on Tuesday he is now fully satisfied that the measure will do what it takes to secure the southern border with Mexico. Rubio, a potential presidential contender and the most high-profile Republican backer of immigration reform, had irked supporters of the sweeping Senate immigration bill with public comments in which he consistently said the legislation was not tough enough on border enforcement. ...

Al-Qaida said to be changing its ways after leaks Posted: 26 Jun 2013 12:09 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to salvage their surveillance of al-Qaida and other terrorists who are working frantically to change how they communicate after a National Security Agency contractor leaked details of two NSA spying programs. It's an electronic game of cat-and-mouse that could have deadly consequences if a plot is missed or a terrorist operative manages to drop out of sight.

Alaska volcano erupts with new intensity, disrupts local flights Posted: 25 Jun 2013 06:53 PM PDT By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Alaska volcano spewing ash and lava for the past six weeks erupted with new intensity early on Tuesday, belching a plume of cinders 5 miles into sky and onto a nearby town and disrupting local flights, officials said. The eruptions from Pavlof Volcano, on the Alaska Peninsula 590 miles southwest of Anchorage, were its most powerful since its current eruptive phase began with low-level rumblings in mid-May, according to scientists at the federal-state Alaska Volcano Observatory. ...

Texas Senate GOP passes restrictive abortion bill Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:22 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Amid the deafening roar of abortion rights supporters, Texas Republicans huddled around the Senate podium to pass new abortion restrictions, but whether the vote was cast before or after midnight is in dispute.

Monica Lewinsky Negligee For Sale, But Not Infamous Blue Dress Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:16 PM PDT Personal items, including a negligee, once owned by White House intern Monica Lewinsky and obtained during a federal investigation into her affair with President Bill Clinton are going on sale. Among the letters and clothing items are an extra large black negligee and a large...

Gay marriage decision time: Supreme Court rules on two major cases Posted: 26 Jun 2013 02:21 AM PDT The experts at SCOTUSblog—SCOTUS stands for Supreme Court of the United States—will begin analyzing what the Court might do in the liveblog below, and when a decision is handed down, this liveblog will likely be the first place to break the news.

Gay rights supporters erupt in cheers over ruling Posted: 26 Jun 2013 12:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of same-sex marriage burst into cheers, wept openly and chanted "DOMA is Dead" outside the Supreme Court as word reached them that the justices had struck down a key provision of the federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

Supreme Court strikes down heart of Voting Rights Act: ‘Our country has changed’ Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:11 AM PDT President Barack Obama and his attorney general said they were "deeply disappointed" by the Supreme Court's decision to strike down a key part of the Voting Rights Act, a cornerstone of the civil rights movement that helped dismantle decades of discriminatory voting restrictions in the South when it passed 60 years ago. The vote was [...]

Undocumented: The faces behind the immigration debate Posted: 26 Jun 2013 04:03 AM PDT Power Players In many ways, Jose Antonio Vargas is an American success story. He's a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker. There's only one problem: he didn't immigrate to the United States legally. When Vargas was 12 years old, his mother sent him from the Philippines to live with his grandparents, who are naturalized [...]

‘I’m fat, and it’s my fault’—and other reactions to calling obesity a disease Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:52 AM PDT Hearing his doctor utter the "o" word pushed Steven Bryan to shed weight. At 6 feet and 287 pounds, he was morbidly obese, his doctor warned him in November 2011. That news forced the 50-year-old Anaheim, Calif., resident to re-examine his habits. He made some changes, dropped below 250 and now hovers around 257. His [...]

GOP divided on immigration; House uncertain Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are split over the immigration bill steaming toward approval at week's end, a divide that renders the ultimate fate of White House-backed legislation unpredictable in the House and complicates the party's ability to broaden its appeal among Hispanic voters.

Obama takes aim at changing climate Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:47 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared the debate over climate change and its causes obsolete Tuesday as he announced a wide-ranging plan to tackle pollution and prepare communities for global warming.

Senate passage of immigration bill on track Posted: 25 Jun 2013 05:42 AM PDT Senate passage of historic immigration legislation offering citizenship to millions looks near-certain after the bill cleared a key hurdle with votes to spare. A final vote in the Senate on Thursday or ...

Zimmerman's neighbor says she heard boy's cry Posted: 26 Jun 2013 11:35 AM PDT SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Two of George Zimmerman's neighbors testified Wednesday to hearing howls and shouts for help in the moments before he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, with one claiming the cries came from a boy and the other saying the neighborhood watch volunteer was on top of the Miami teen during their fight.

Is Paula Deen toast in N-word controversy? Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:07 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Will Paula Deen go the way of Michael Richards or Charlie Sheen?

Paula Deen's 'Today' appearance ends in tears Posted: 26 Jun 2013 07:36 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Paula Deen dissolved into tears during a "Today" show interview Wednesday about her admission that she used a racial slur in the past, saying anyone in the audience who's never said anything they've regretted should pick up a rock and throw it at her head.

No More Chemo: Doctors Say It’s Not So Far-Fetched Posted: 26 Jun 2013 02:45 AM PDT There's a revolution occurring in cancer treatment, and it could mean the end of chemotherapy.

Republicans blast Obama over Snowden as case turns partisan Posted: 25 Jun 2013 03:55 PM PDT By Patricia Zengerle and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican lawmakers criticized the Obama administration's handling of the Edward Snowden case on Tuesday, calling President Barack Obama weak for failing to persuade Russia and China to return the fugitive intelligence contractor to the United States. Snowden's weekend departure from Hong Kong to Moscow angered and frustrated members of Congress, especially after Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed on Tuesday that Snowden was at a Moscow airport. He ruled out handing him over, dismissing U.S. ...

Dem Rep. Markey wins US Senate election in Mass. Posted: 25 Jun 2013 08:48 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — Longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey defeated Republican political newcomer Gabriel Gomez in a special election on Tuesday for the state's U.S. Senate seat long held by John Kerry, a race that failed to draw the attention that the state's 2010 special Senate election did.

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