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CHICAGO (AP) — More than two dozen gay and lesbian couples filed lawsuits Wednesday arguing that it's unconstitutional for Illinois to deny them the right to marry, a move advocates hope will lead to legalized same-sex marriage in the state. The two lawsuits — backed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and the […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mitt Romney's presidential campaign collided with Donald Trump's "birther" rhetoric on Tuesday as the reality television star hosted a fundraiser for the Republican while claiming again that President Barack Obama is foreign-born. The debunked conspiracy theory among conservative activists dubbed "birthers" charges that Obama is not constitutionally qualified to serve in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama called Mitt Romney on Wednesday to congratulate him on winning the Republican nomination, just as the Democrat's campaign opened a new critique of Romney by focusing attention on his economic record as governor of Massachusetts. The president told Romney "he looked forward to an important and healthy debate about […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama says her daughters are learning that even the kids of politicians have to have a thick skin. "Politics is tough," the first lady said Tuesday. "That's just sort of the nature of the beast." But she said daughters Sasha and Malia, at ages 10 and 13, also know that no […]
MIAMI (AP) — Authorities were seeking more witnesses Tuesday to help explain what led a naked man to start chewing another naked man's face and whose only response when confronted by police was to growl and keep attacking – even after being shot. At least one witness so far has said he saw the attack […]
SAN JUAN, Texas (AP) — A police chief says a campaign worker was struck in the leg in a drive-by shooting about 100 yards from a South Texas polling place that doubles as a police and fire station. San Juan police Chief Juan Gonzalez declined to identify the 55-year-old man who was wounded until his […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sketching impressive contributions to society in intensely personal terms, President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Freedom to more than a dozen political and cultural greats Tuesday, including rocker Bob Dylan, astronaut John Glenn and novelist Toni Morrison. In awarding the nation's highest civilian honor to 13 recipients, living and dead, the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Home prices rose in March from February in most major U.S. cities for the first time in seven months. The increase is the latest evidence of a slow recovery taking shape in the housing market. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index shows that prices rose in 12 of the 20 cities […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The jury in the John Edwards campaign finance corruption trial is deliberating for a seventh day after a long weekend in which they were warned by the judge not to discuss the case. The jurors reconvened Tuesday in a federal courthouse in North Carolina. Edwards faces six felony charges in a […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Johnny Tapia, the five-time boxing champion whose turbulent career was marked by cocaine addiction, alcohol, depression and run-ins with the law, was found dead Sunday at his Albuquerque home. He was 45. Authorities were called to the house at about 7:45 p.m. on Sunday, spokesman Robert Gibbs said. The death didn't […]
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit woman who was set on fire and shot during a weekend attack gave birth to a boy Tuesday, hours before her former boyfriend was charged with attempted murder in what police say was a bizarre plot to have her killed because he didn't want another child. Latonya Bowman was abducted, bound, […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas (AP) — A man who had been holed up in a 150-foot construction crane on a college campus has fallen after an hours-long standoff with Dallas police. Television footage early Tuesday showed the man hanging precariously from the crane on the campus of Southern Methodist University before falling. His condition wasn't immediately […]
