Mass gay weddings, now legal, expected in Washington state

Mass gay weddings, now legal, expected in Washington state
Cowboys' Brent arrested for drunk driving, crash kills teammate
U.S. sex offender Sandusky limited in prison due to safety concerns
Raid rescues U.S. citizen kidnapped by Afghan Taliban
Alaska governor proposes $355 million LNG investment
National Menorah set to be lit in Washington for Hanukkah
Cowboys' Brent arrested for drunk driving, crash kills teammate
U.S. Secret Service probed over lost computer files
Father fatally shoots son outside Pennsylvania gun store

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 07:01 AM PST

OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Washington state will usher in same-sex marriage on Sunday as hundreds of gay and lesbian couples exchange vows in mass weddings on the first day they can legally tie the knot — and the biggest party will be in Seattle. Washington, Maine and Maryland became the first U.S. states to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples by a popular vote, with the November passage of separate ballot measures that marked a watershed moment for gay rights. ...

Cowboys' Brent arrested for drunk driving, crash kills teammate

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 04:53 PM PST

(Reuters) - Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent was arrested for drunk driving and charged with manslaughter on Saturday after a car he was driving crashed and killed teammate Jerry Brown Jr, in the second tragedy involving NFL players in a week. Police in the Dallas suburb of Irving said that Brent, 24, was driving at high speed on a state highway at 2:21 a.m. when the car slammed into an "outside curb, causing the vehicle to flip at least one time before coming to rest in the middle of the service road. ...

U.S. sex offender Sandusky limited in prison due to safety concerns

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 12:50 PM PST

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Imprisoned serial child sex offender Jerry Sandusky lives under tight restrictions for his own safety, a corrections official said on Saturday, after the former Penn State football coach asked for more prison privileges. "He is being housed in the appropriate facility in order to assure his safety," said Susan McNaughton, press secretary for the Pennsylvania state Department of Corrections. She responded to questions from Reuters after one of Sandusky's lawyers complained that his client was confined to his cell 23 hours a day. ...

Raid rescues U.S. citizen kidnapped by Afghan Taliban

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:00 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen who was abducted by Taliban insurgents was rescued by U.S. forces in an operation in eastern Afghanistan early on Sunday, NATO-led forces said in a statement. The statement said the American, identified as Dr. Dilip Joseph, had been abducted on Wednesday in the Sarobi district of Kabul province. It gave few other details. U.S. General John Allen, commander of NATO-led foreign forces in Afghanistan, said he ordered the mission when intelligence showed that Joseph was "in imminent danger of injury or death. ...

Alaska governor proposes $355 million LNG investment

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 10:38 AM PST

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's governor he will introduce legislation allowing the state to provide $355 million (221 million pounds) in seed money for a liquefied natural gas project that promoters hope will eventually ship North Slope natural gas to Asian markets. Governor Sean Parnell said on Friday his plan is to provide state funding to help build a gas-liquefaction plant on the North Slope and a distribution system to bring LNG to the Fairbanks-area market. ...

National Menorah set to be lit in Washington for Hanukkah

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 01:30 PM PST

(Reuters) - The National Menorah will be lit near the White House on Sunday for Hanukkah, in a celebration that features the U.S. Navy Band and is one of the most high-profile events in the country to mark the Jewish holiday. The eight-day Hanukkah celebration, also known as the Festival of Lights, starts at sundown on Saturday. The lighting of the National Menorah in Washington, on the Ellipse near the White House, dates back to 1979 when then-President Jimmy Carter participated in the ceremony at nearby Lafayette Park. ...

Cowboys' Brent arrested for drunk driving, crash kills teammate

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 03:32 PM PST

U.S. Secret Service probed over lost computer files

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:16 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service said on Friday it is under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security over the loss of computer files on the Washington Metro system. In 2008, a contract employee lost two computer tapes on the Metro while transporting them from one facility to another, Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan said. The investigation was first reported Friday morning by Fox News. The Secret Service notified transit police and the Department of Homeland Security, but were unable to locate the tapes. ...

Father fatally shoots son outside Pennsylvania gun store

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:21 PM PST

(Reuters) - A seven-year-old boy was shot to death by his father on Saturday in the parking lot of a gun store in western Pennsylvania in an apparent accident, state police told Reuters. Craig Allen Loughrey was shot in the chest by a handgun his father, Joseph V. Loughrey, 44, was holding as they were getting into the family vehicle at Twig's Reloading Den in Mercer, about 60 miles north of Pittsburgh, a Pennsylvania State Police spokesman said. The boy died at the scene of the shooting, which happened at 10:50 a.m. ...

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Mass gay weddings, now legal, expected in Washington state

Mass gay weddings, now legal, expected in Washington state

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