2011年2月23日星期三

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Obama pulls defense for law banning gay marriage (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:15 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama's administration will no longer defend a 15-year-old U.S. law that defined marriage as between a man and a woman, a major policy shift in favor of gay rights.

Hawaii governor signs gay civil unions into law (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:41 PM PST

Reuters - Governor Neil Abercrombie on Wednesday signed into law a bill allowing same-sex civil unions, making Hawaii the seventh U.S. state to grant essentially the same rights as marriage to gay couples.

Prank call fallout stokes Wisconsin union fight (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:03 PM PST

Reuters - The already bitter partisan fight over a Republican plan to curb public sector union power in Wisconsin took a bizarre turn on Wednesday as Democratic lawmakers responded angrily to comments the newly-elected governor made during a recorded prank call.

Love Isn't Color-Blind: White Online Daters Spurn Blacks (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 07:00 PM PST

Time.com - But though love may be blind, it's still not really color-blind. New stats show that whites mostly stick with whites and rarely respond to potential black love interests.

No Girls Allowed: Dr. Pepper Launches 'Manly' Diet Soda (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 08:25 AM PST

Time.com - In an effort to claim some new territory in the diet soda market, Dr. Pepper has launched a new diet drink called Dr. Pepper 10, and it's 'Not for Women'

Indiana lawmakers pass immigration curbs like Arizona (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:15 AM PST

Reuters - The Indiana senate passed a sweeping immigration bill that echoes Arizona's tougher measures on illegal immigrants and despite opposition from some of the largest employers and business groups in the state.

APNewsBreak: Footage shows explosion's aftermath (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:39 PM PST

An Environmental Protection Agency contractor examines debris at the at William C. Franks Furniture store in Wayne, Mich., Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Utility workers were searching for a reported natural gas leak in a suburban Detroit neighborhood for more than two hours before a massive explosion at a family-owned furniture store leveled the building and left two people dead and two others injured, Consumers Energy spokeswoman Debra Dodd said. One day later, authorities in Wayne are shifting their search from sifting through rubble for survivors to seeking key answers: What caused the explosion, and could it have been prevented? (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Newly released audio and video recordings reveal chaos, calm and acts of charity in the aftermath of a suspected gas main explosion that leveled a Detroit-area furniture store, leaving two employees dead and critically injuring the owner.

Prosecutors seek to drop some Blagojevich counts (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2010 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to the media at the federal building in Chicago after a jury found him guilty of one count of lying to federal agents. On Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, federal prosecutors said they are moving to dismiss several charges against Blagojevich in his retrial scheduled to begin April 20, 2011. At his first trial, jurors deadlocked on all but one count of lying to the FBI. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)AP - Federal prosecutors asked a judge for permission Wednesday to dismiss racketeering charges against ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as he heads to a retrial, trying to simplify a case that deadlocked jurors in the first trial complained was too hard to follow.

Ariz. lawmakers may make Colt official state gun (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:39 PM PST

AP - The Arizona Legislature is considering a bill to designate a historic Colt revolver the official state firearm, angering gun-control activists who denounced the measure as insulting and a waste of time when the state is facing serious economic problems.

Wis. Dems not deterred by recall threat, pay issue (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:37 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2011 file photo, Wisconsin Democratic state Sen. Jon Erpenbach is seen outside a downtown Chicago hotel. Erpenbach and fellow Democratic senators fled Wisconsin Thursday to block a vote on a sweeping anti-union bill backed by Republicans and GOP Gov. Scott Walker. The Democrats who fled could stay in hiding for days or even weeks. (AP Photo/.M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Wisconsin state Sen. Chris Larson packed just his toothbrush and one extra shirt when he and 13 fellow Democrats fled the state last week, to avoid near-certain passage of the Republican governor's plan to strip public workers of their collective bargaining rights.

Most traveled space shuttle ready for final launch (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:26 PM PST

NASA workers walk near the external tank, rear, of the space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. The space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to lift off Thursday afternoon on on its final voyage, an 11-day mission to the international space station. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After 143 million miles and nearly a year all told in orbit, space shuttle Discovery is poised to blast off Thursday one last time.

Hawaii's governor signs civil unions into law (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:29 PM PST

Hawaii Senator Clayton Hee playfully gives Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie a kiss on the head before he signs the Hawaii Civil Unions bill into law at a ceremony held in Washington Place Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 in Honolulu. Hawaii Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz , right, looks on. The new Civil Unions law makes Hawaii the seventh state to give essentially the same rights of marriage to same-sex couples through civil unions or similar laws. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)AP - Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed same-sex civil unions into law Wednesday, calling it "a triumph for everyone" that gay and lesbian couples will have the same state rights as married partners.

Judge tells Lohan day of reckoning coming soon (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:25 PM PST

Lindsay Lohan, left, appears in Los Angeles Superior Court with her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley, where a judge is to decide whether an allegation that the actress stole a $2,500 necklace can be resolved without going to trial, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Buck, Pool)AP - A judge on Wednesday gave Lindsay Lohan roughly two weeks to decide if she will fight or take a plea deal in a felony grand theft case, but either decision could send the troubled starlet back behind bars.

Newspapers, GOP call for congressman to resign (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:33 PM PST

FILE - In this image provided by the Willamette Week newspaper, and taken Oct. 2, 2010 in Portland, Ore, U.S. Rep. David Wu is seen in a tiger costume. The Oregon congressman says that he accepted prescription drugs from a campaign contributor last October, around the time when members of his staff complained of his erratic behavior. On Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, Wu said on ABC's 'Good Morning America' that it was 'unprofessional and inappropriate' for him to send pictures of himself wearing a tiger costume to staff members. Wu said the photos were taken while he was 'joshing around' with his children in October just before Halloween. (AP Photo/Willamette Week) MANDATORY CREDITAP - Seven-term Democratic Rep. David Wu faced increasing pressure Wednesday to step down amid a series of bizarre revelations in recent days about his mental health, including a photo he sent to staffers during his re-election bid showing him wearing a tiger costume.

21,000 had whooping cough last year, CDC says (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:00 PM PST

AP - More than 21,000 people got whooping cough last year, many of them children and teens. That's the highest number since 2005 and among the worst years in more than half a century, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.

Fla. police-killing suspect known as quiet teen (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:06 PM PST

In this Feb. 22, 2011 photo released by the St. Petersburg, Fla., Police, Nicholas Lindsey is shown. Lindsey, a 16-year-old who was arrested and accused of killing a St. Petersburg police officer made his first appearance in court Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 and was ordered held without bail. Police identified the suspect as Nicholas Lindsey. He was arrested late Tuesday following an intense manhunt. The Associated Press does not usually identify juveniles until they are charged in adult court, but authorities released his name and the teen's photo and name have been widely disseminated. (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Police)AP - Nicholas Lindsey once saw a school employee in a grocery store, gave her a hug and bought her a Pepsi. Friends called him humble.

Emanuel gingerly hints at agenda as Chicago mayor (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:17 PM PST

Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel, center, greets commuters at a train station Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)AP - Even before he was elected Chicago's new mayor, Rahm Emanuel hinted there would be changes at City Hall: deep cuts to the budget, a possible shift in the city council power structure and the expectation that unions would negotiate on pensions that pose a heavy burden for the city.

Ga.'s trendsetter HOPE scholarship faces deep cuts (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:01 PM PST

Earl Ehrhart, chairman of the Higher Education Sub Committee of Appropriations, left, and Terry England, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, right, talk with one another during a hearing on proposed cuts to the HOPE scholarship fund in room 341 of the State Capitol Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 in Atlanta. For Georgia high school students, the promise was simple: Get good grades, get a free college education. Turns out, life is more complicated and could soon get a lot more expensive. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - Georgia's promise was simple: Get good grades in high school, get a free college education. More than a million students took advantage. Soon, however, it may be offered only to the brightest of the bright.

Giffords aide wounded in shooting returns to work (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:43 PM PST

This Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 photo provided by Gabrielle Giffords' Office shows Pam Simon, a staffer for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was shot twice in a Tucson, Ariz. mass shooting, Simon returned to work for the first time Tuesday six weeks after she was shot in the chest and the wrist. (AP Photo/Gabrielle Giffords' Office)AP - A woman who survived a mass shooting in Tucson has returned to work at Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' office, saying she is thrilled to be there and thankful to be alive six weeks after she was shot in the chest and the wrist.

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