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- Sunday, March 3, 2013
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Puerto Rico slowly warms to gay rights
AP Photo In this file photo, demonstrators stand outside the capitol building during a "Puerto Rico Rises" rally to protest any move to legalize same-sex marriage in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The governing Popular Democratic Party is pushing a bill through the legislature that would outlaw discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation, a step taken by about half of U.S. states. Another bill would extend a domestic violence law to gay couples. However, many Puerto Ricans remain uncomfortable with the changes. Church groups in February rallied an estimated 200,000 people against a move to include gay couples under domestic violence laws.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The advance of gay rights across the United States is spreading into Puerto Rico, making the island a relatively gay-friendly outpost in a Caribbean region where sodomy laws and harassment of gays are still common. The g
Continued ... - Thursday, February 28, 2013
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Vatican criticizes campaign against pope
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The honeymoon that Pope Francis has enjoyed since his remarkable election hit a bump Friday, with the Vatican lashing out at what it called a defamatory and "anti-clerical left-wing" media campaign questioning his actions during
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Van Cliburn, 78, pianist, hero of Cold War, dies
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- For a time in Cold War America, Van Cliburn had all the trappings of a rock star: sold-out concerts, adoring, out-of-control fans and a name recognized worldwide. He even got a ticker-tape parade in New York City. And he did
Continued ... - Tuesday, February 26, 2013
- 2nd major snowstorm paralyzes parts of Midwest
- Balloon crash in Egypt's Luxor kills 19 tourists
- VIDEO: New Jersey 'sea monster' grabs online attention
- Sexting teacher sent more than 4,000 text messages to students
- At Kerry's request, skeptical Syrian opposition will attend Rome talks
- Capt. Kirk gets love in name-Pluto-moons contest
- Monday, February 25, 2013
- Raul Castro gets new term, says it will be last
- All condemn pending budget cuts, spread blame
- Tuesday, February 19, 2013
- Missing boys found ransacking house, drawing on themselves
- Climate contradiction: Less snow, more blizzards
- Sunday, February 17, 2013
- Around the nation
- Finding evidence of ET: Scientists help search for alien life
- Could the next pope come from the United States?
- Monday, February 11, 2013
- Pope to resign Feb. 28, says he's too infirm
- Search for fugitive ex-cop sets region on edge
- Gates says drone strikes should get outside review
- Significant storm damage in Mississippi
- Sunday, February 10, 2013
- Clear sky aids mountain hunt for fugitive ex-cop
- Hadiya Pendleton funeral: 'This should hurt the hearts of every man'
- Hypothetical ancestor causes an evolutionary stir
- Collage art marathon brings artists to Mass.
- Swedish ice pole-sitting contest has 6 winners
- Boeing sends 787 on test flight from Seattle
- Saturday, February 9, 2013
- Hacker gains access to Bush family emails, photos
- No hype with storm; experts call it the real thing
- Postal Service lost $1.3B
- Friday, February 8, 2013
- Christopher Dorner: An ex-cop bent on exacting revenge
Probe Begins After Conn. Commuter Trains Crash
NTSB Begins Investigation Into Conn. Train Crash
Lotto Fever Sweeps the Country
Conn. Commuter Trains Collide; 60 Go to Hospital
Coffee Run Leads to Hatchet Hitchhiker Arrest
Fmr. IRS Head Insists No Politics in Targeting
Raw: Texas Gov. Flies Over Tornado Damage
CDC: Fecal Bacteria Common in Swimming Pools
NM Mom Chases Down Child Abductor
Raw: Obama Sits Down With Elementary Kids
Ousted IRS Chief: Errors Not Caused by Politics
Terror Suspect Due in Court in Idaho Friday
Wash. State Releases Draft Rules for Legal Pot
Dying Man's Blinks Lead to Murder Conviction
Officials Arrest Man in Idaho in Terrorism Case
Officials: Texas Tornado Likely Had 200 Mph Wind
Brothers Arrested in NOLA Parade Shooting
Sheriff: Expected 'More Loss of Life' in Tornado
Raw: School Bus Crash Injures Five Children
Quick Response Saved Baby on Phila. Train Tracks
Raw: Gun Scare Mars Cannes Film Festival
Raw: Driver Ejected From Truck, Over Bridge
Raw: Germany Protestors Picket Barbie House
One Million Evacuated As Cyclone Hits Bangladesh
Raw: 6 Die in Russian Ship Fire
Raw: Suicide Bomber Kills 2 Americans, 13 Others
China, Others Want What's Under the Arctic Ice
Raw: Pope Frees Doves From Cage
Today in History for May 15th
Prince Harry Tours New Jersey, New York
Today in History May 14
Today in History May 12
Raw: 40 Dead in Turkey Car Bombings Near Syria
Pakistanis Go to Polls, Election Marred by Bombs
Today in History May 11
Tourists Return to Once Flooded Argentine Town
From Rubble of Death, Survivor in Bangladesh
Raw: Survivor Pulled From Bangladesh Factory
Today in History May 10
Couple Missing From Carnival Cruise Ship
