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Gay marriage supporters march in California (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 02:44 AM CST AP - As many as 10,000 people took to the streets in San Diego and similar numbers marched in Los Angeles Saturday to protest passage of an anti-gay marriage ballot initiative, authorities said.

Priest: Slain dad had taught boy, 8, to use guns (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 02:49 AM CST AP - A man who police believe was shot and killed by his 8-year-old son had consulted a Roman Catholic priest about whether the boy should handle guns and had taught him how to use a rifle, the clergyman said Saturday.

Obama victory opens door to new black identity (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 09:17 PM CST AP - Shortly after leaving the voting booth, 70-year-old community activist Donald E. Robinson had a thought: "Why do I have to be listed as African-American? Why can't I just be American?"

Cash found in Ohio house's walls becomes nightmare (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 01:42 AM CST AP - A contractor who found $182,000 in Depression-era currency hidden in a bathroom wall has ended up with only a few thousand dollars, but he feels some vindication.

High school wrestlers injured in Iowa car crash (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 09:14 PM CST AP - One person is dead and six seriously hurt after a sport-utility vehicle carrying a high school wrestling team collided with a minivan in western Iowa.

General bucks culture of silence on mental health (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 11:08 AM CST AP - It takes a brave soldier to do what Army Maj. Gen. David Blackledge did in Iraq.

Bloody, then buddies: It's still the American way (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 12:42 PM CST AP - The seat of Clinton County sits along a river at the foot of a spectacular mountain range in rural central Pennsylvania. On Election Day, what happened here was a microcosm of American duality: Just 327 votes separated John McCain, who won the county, and Barack Obama, who didn't.

Christian right regroups after Obama victory (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 01:04 AM CST AP - Pundits declared evangelicals among of Election Day's losers. Conservative Christian leader James Dobson confessed he was grieving. Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State said religious right leaders "kept their own flock in line, but the majority of Americans were unmoved."

3rd Episcopal diocese splits from national church (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 05:10 PM CST AP - A third theologically conservative diocese has broken away from the liberal Episcopal Church in a long-running dispute over the Bible, gay relationships and other issues.

Police: 90-year-old living with 3 siblings' bodies (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 05:03 PM CST AP - A 90-year-old woman apparently has been living in a house with the bodies of her three siblings, one of whom may have been dead since the early 1980s, police in suburban Chicago said.

NY family opposes end to care for brain-dead boy (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 09:12 PM CST AP - A Washington hospital has asked a judge for permission to stop treating a brain-dead 12-year-old cancer patient, even though his ultra-religious New York parents want to keep him on life support.

Paloma becomes Category 1 over storm-weary Cuba (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 03:34 AM CST AP - A ferocious Hurricane Paloma roared across Cuba on Sunday, downing power lines, flooding the coast and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate on an island still recovering from two other devastating storms.

Democrats reeling in Oklahoma after McCain romp (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 12:45 PM CST AP - Despite Barack Obama's dominance nationally, Democrats are reeling in conservative Oklahoma, where John McCain made his strongest showing and the GOP snatched control of both houses of the Legislature for the first time since statehood.

Church fire set but no proof of hate crime (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 01:38 PM CST AP - Investigators say a fire that destroyed a church being constructed for a predominantly black congregation was intentionally set.

Parole hearing set for suspect in Hudson deaths (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 01:09 PM CST AP - The convicted felon suspected in the killings of the mother, brother and nephew of singer Jennifer Hudson has a parole hearing Monday and could be released if an administrative officer finds no reason to hold him.

Corruption charges dismissed against Texas DA (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 12:23 PM CST AP - A judge has dismissed felony corruption indictments against a South Texas district attorney after a special prosecutor found no evidence to support the charges.

New Yorkers trying to save historic Tin Pan Alley (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 01:13 PM CST AP - A group of New Yorkers is fighting to save Tin Pan Alley, the half-dozen row houses where iconic American songs were born.

Bush, Obama focus on economy in radio addresses (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 12:33 PM CST AP - With the economy in a downward spiral, U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and the nation under threat from terrorists, President Bush pledged Saturday to make a smooth transition to an Obama administration a top priority for the rest of his days in office.

Small Oregon city elects transgender mayor (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2008 09:50 AM CST AP - Plenty of politicians reinvent themselves, but few do it quite like Mayor-elect Stu Rasmussen.

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