| Historic rulings on gay marriage Posted: 26 Jun 2013 10:57 AM PDT  The Supreme Court strikes DOMA and opens door for gay marriage in California, for now.
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| Snowden stuck in Moscow airport, becomes headache for Russia Posted: 26 Jun 2013 09:01 AM PDT  Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden may be trapped indefinitely in the extraterritorial limbo of the transit zone in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, as a high level US-Russia diplomatic tug-of-war over his fate continues to show little hope of agreement.
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| Senate moves forward on immigration bill Posted: 26 Jun 2013 10:51 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate pushed landmark immigration legislation past final hurdles Wednesday, pointing to near-certain passage soon of a measure that would open the door to U.S. citizenship for millions of people.
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| Supreme Court strikes federal marriage provision Posted: 26 Jun 2013 09:15 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major victory for gay rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a provision of a federal law denying federal benefits to married gay couples and cleared the way for the resumption of same-sex marriage in California.
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| Gay rights supporters erupt in cheers over ruling Posted: 26 Jun 2013 10:14 AM 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 the federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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| Power struggle underway in rebel-held Syrian town Posted: 26 Jun 2013 11:00 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — A slogan painted in small letters on a school wall reads, "We the people want Syria to be a civil, democratic state." Scrawled next to it in bigger letters is the response from an unknown Islamic hard-liner: "The laws of the civil state contradict the Islamic caliphate."
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| South Africa: Emotion builds over Mandela Posted: 26 Jun 2013 10:44 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans were torn on Wednesday between the desire not to lose a critically ill Nelson Mandela, who defined the aspirations of so many of his compatriots, and resignation that the beloved former prisoner and president is approaching the end of his life.
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| Snowden mystery deepens: All eyes on airport Posted: 26 Jun 2013 10:06 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow's main airport swarmed with media from around the globe Wednesday, but the man they were looking for — National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden — was nowhere to be seen. The mystery of the former spy's whereabouts only deepened a day after President Vladimir Putin said that Snowden was in the transit area of Sheremetyevo Airport. |
| Snowden's limbo in purported airport hideout Posted: 26 Jun 2013 10:44 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says that fugitive National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has been in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport since flying in from Hong Kong — meaning that he has not officially entered the country. If true, it's effectively a life of airport limbo for Snowden, whose American passport has been revoked by U.S. authorities.
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| Pats player Aaron Hernandez arrested, due in court Posted: 26 Jun 2013 11:01 AM PDT  ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has left a police station and is due court after being arrested at his home.
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| Microsoft to unveil latest Windows adjustments Posted: 26 Jun 2013 10:33 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft has released an update to Windows 8, aiming to address some of the gripes people have with the latest version of the company's flagship operating system.
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| US economy grows at slower 1.8 pct. rate in Q1 Posted: 26 Jun 2013 07:34 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 1.8 percent in the first three months of the year, significantly slower than first thought. The steep revision occurred mostly because consumers spent less than previously estimated, a sign that higher taxes could be dampening growth.
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| Deen's name to be removed from Caesars buffets Posted: 26 Jun 2013 10:51 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Paula Deen's name is being stripped from four buffet restaurants owned by Caesars, part of the continuing fallout over her admission that she used a racial slur in the past.
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| Pats player Hernandez taken from home in handcuffs Posted: 26 Jun 2013 10:50 AM PDT  ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was taken from his home in handcuffs Wednesday morning, more than a week after a Boston semi-pro football player was found dead in an industrial park a mile from Hernandez's house.
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| Activists say at least 100,000 killed in Syria war Posted: 26 Jun 2013 06:47 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — More than 100,000 people have been killed since the start of the Syrian conflict over two years ago, an activist group said Wednesday.
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| 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. |
