Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Court overturns California gay marriage ban, appeal planned (Reuters)

Court overturns California gay marriage ban, appeal planned (Reuters)

Court overturns California gay marriage ban, appeal planned (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:03 PM PST

Billy Bradford waves flags outside City Hall after a judge lifted the Proposition 8 stay on same sex marriages at City Hall in San Francisco, California August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - An appeals court on Tuesday found California's gay marriage ban unconstitutional in a case that may lead to a showdown in the Supreme Court.

Father in Washington state house blast left farewell message (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:53 PM PST

Reuters - Josh Powell, in a farewell voicemail message left for relatives before he triggered a fiery blast that killed himself and his two young sons, said he could not live without them and was "not able to go on anymore," ABC News reported on Tuesday.

Komen VP steps down after Planned Parenthood flap (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:51 PM PST

Reuters - A senior executive of breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure resigned on Tuesday, a week after the group became the target of a public furor for cutting funding to women's health organization, Planned Parenthood.

A Tale of Two Passes: How the Giants Won (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:05 PM PST

Time.com - A Tale of Two Passes: How the Giants Won

Susan G. Komen Apologizes: Hoisted By Its Own Pink Ribbon? (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:05 PM PST

Time.com - The most powerful breast cancer advocacy organization in the country forgot about one of its special interest groups: breast cancer survivors and their families

Astronaut Janice Voss dies in Arizona (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:20 PM PST

STS-99 Payload Mission Specialist Janice E. Voss is shown in a official NASA photo on January 27.Reuters - Former Astronaut Janice E. Voss, one of the few women launched into space, has died of breast cancer in Arizona, her alma mater said on Tuesday.

Mo. teen described as thrill killer by prosecutors (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:20 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2009 file photo, Alyssa Bustamante, 15, listens during a brief hearing where her attorney entered not guilty pleas on her behalf to charges of armed criminal action and first-degree murder in Cole County Circuit Court in Jefferson City, Mo. Bustamante, who admitted stabbing, strangling and slitting the throat of a young neighbor girl, wrote in her journal on the night of the killing that it was an 'ahmazing' and 'pretty enjoyable' experience â€AP - A Missouri teenager who confessed to murdering a young neighbor girl was described as a thrill killer by prosecutors and a mentally disturbed child by her defense attorneys as a judge heard arguments Tuesday on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or something less.

White House hinting compromise on birth control (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:35 PM PST

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney listens during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb., 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control.

Jury pool narrows in ex-UVa lacrosse player case (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:21 PM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by Media Relations University of Virginia shows Yeardley Love. George Huguely is charged with first-degree murder, robbery, burglary, breaking and entering, grand larceny and murder in the commission of robbery in the death of Yeardley Love during a drunken confrontation in May 2010. Huguely pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges on Monday. Jury selection continues in Huguely's trial continues Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 in Charlottesville Circuit Court. (AP Photo/Media Relations University of Virginia, File)AP - Attorneys on Tuesday narrowed their pool of potential jurors in the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend.

Pa. vending machine dispenses 'morning-after' pill (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 05:58 PM PST

This undated photo provided by Shippensburg University shows the vending machine at Shippensburg University's Etter Health Center that provides the Plan B emergency contraceptive along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests. The pill is available without a prescription to anyone 17 or older, and the school checked records and found that all current students are that age or older, spokesman Peter Gigliotti said. The pill’s availability in a vending machine is so new that state officials aren’t sure whether it complies with rules. (AP Photo/Shippensburg University)AP - Students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine, an idea that has drawn the attention of federal regulators and raised questions about how accessible emergency contraception should be.

Appeals court throws out same-sex marriage ban (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 05:51 PM PST

Robin Tyler, right, who with her partner Diane Olson, not shown, became the first same-sex couple to wed in Los Angeles County in 2008, embraces her attorney Gloria Allred after hearing the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision on the validity of gay marriage, in Los Angeles Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. The federal appeals court declared California's same-sex marriage ban, passed as Proposition 8 in 2008, to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Same-sex marriage moved one step closer to the Supreme Court on Tuesday when a federal appeals court ruled California's ban unconstitutional, saying it serves no purpose other than to "lessen the status and human dignity" of gays.

AG: Bail rules should keep Sandusky inside home (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 07:19 PM PST

AP - Prosecutors asked Tuesday to have Jerry Sandusky kept indoors as part of his bail conditions, citing complaints that the former Penn State assistant football coach was seen outside and watching children in a schoolyard from the back porch of his home, where he remains under house arrest while awaiting trial on child molestation charges.

Komen exec quits after Planned Parenthood flap (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:29 PM PST

FILE - In a Tuesday Aug. 10, 2010 file photo, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Karen Handel speaks to reporters after casting her ballot in the Georgia runoff election in Roswell, Ga. Handel, executive with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity, announced her resignation as vice president for public policy Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 in a letter to Komen officials, after a dispute over funding for Planned Parenthood. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)AP - A vice president at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure resigned Tuesday, saying the breast cancer charity should have stood by its politically explosive decision to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood.

History expert pleads guilty to stealing documents (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:28 PM PST

Historian Barry Landau walks out of federal court Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 in Baltimore. Landau plead guilty to stealing thousands of documents from historical societies and libraries stretching from Baltimore up the East Coast..(AP Photo/Gail Burton)AP - A memorabilia collector and self-styled expert on presidential history pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to steal thousands of documents signed by leaders throughout U.S. history.

Obama's inner geek: robots to flying marshmallows (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:19 PM PST

President Barack Obama watches as a marshmallow is launched by a gun designed by Joey Hudy of Phoenix, Ariz., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington during the White House Science Fair. For a president who promotes technology at every opportunity, Barack Obama often strikes an awed, self-effacing pose around technicians, scientists and high-tech machinery. 'If I'm nodding, you should just assume that everything you said is going completely over my head,” he once told winners of a New York science fair. Still, he loves the stuff. On Tuesday, he revealed his inner science geek as he delightedly helped fire an eighth grader's marshmallow air cannon at the drapes of the White House's elegant State Dining Room. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - For a president who promotes technology at every opportunity, Barack Obama often strikes an awed, self-effacing pose in the presence of technicians, scientists and high tech machinery.

Giants lauded as Super Bowl champs in NYC parade (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy during a ceremony for the NFL football Super Bowl XLVI champions at City Hall in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - Eli Manning hoisted the Lombardi Trophy from a glittering blue-and-white float, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg joked that New York City should now be nicknamed the "Big Blue Apple," as thousands of fans crowded lower Manhattan on Tuesday to celebrate the New York Giants' Super Bowl victory amid tons of confetti.

APNewsBreak: Susan Powell case called 'murder' (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:09 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by Chuck and Judy Cox, Chuck Cox sits with his grandsons, Charlie, left, and Braden, right, at the Coxes home in Pullayup, Wash. Charlie and Braden were killed along with their father, Josh Powell, on Sunday in what police said was an intentional fire set by Powell. Chuck Cox is the father of Powell's wife, Susan, who has been missing since 2009. (AP Photo/Courtesy Chuck and Judy Cox)AP - Utah authorities have for at least six months investigated the disappearance of Susan Powell as a murder case. But without a body, they publicly held out hope that she would be found alive.

Senate struggles to pay for highway programs (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:01 PM PST

AP - The Senate was scheduled to take up a bill to extend federal highway and transit programs later this week even though Democrats were still struggling Tuesday to find a way to pay for the programs.

2.1 million viewers live stream Super Bowl online (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:01 PM PST

AP - The first live stream of the Super Bowl drew 2.1 million unique viewers, NBC said Thursday.

Police say arrests made in murder of Ariz. couple (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 07:23 PM PST

This photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. shows Michael Crane. Police said Crane, 31, would face two murder charges, as well as kidnapping, armed robbery, arson and burglary charges in the death of an Arizona couple found tied up and burned beyond recognition. The bodies of Lawrence and Glenna Shapiro, well-to-do philanthropists in their 70s, were discovered on Jan. 30 in their stylish home in the affluent Phoenix suburb of Paradise Valley. (AP Photo/Maricopa County Sheriff's Office)AP - Police said Tuesday that they have arrested five people in the shocking deaths of an Arizona couple found tied up and burned beyond recognition in their stylish stucco home in a posh Phoenix suburb.
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