BOISE, Idaho – Four couples suing the state over Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage are asking a federal judge to rule in their favor without a trial, contending the facts of the case and recent federal court rulings elsewhere make it clear that Idaho’s marriage laws violate the Constitution.
Idaho couples, governor ask judge to decide gay marriage case; separate suit filed in Colorado
CHICAGO – National Weather Service meteorologist Gino Izzi has a message to those who think the bright sunshine over parts of the Midwest this week means the brutal winter is over: «Forgetaboutit.»
Meteorologist gets personal in report, warns those who think winter is over to ‘forgetaboutit’
LOS ANGELES – The nation’s largest Roman Catholic archdiocese has agreed to pay $720 million to clergy abuse victims over the past decade and released internal files that showed Cardinal Roger Mahony shielded priests and ordered a surrogate to withhold evidence from police, yet Mahony and other archdiocese leaders are unlikely to face criminal charges.
Los Angeles cardinal emerges from church abuse settlements bruised, but avoids prosecution
ATLANTA – A judge plans to order that Martin Luther King Jr.’s bible and Nobel Peace Prize be placed in a safe deposit box controlled by the court pending the outcome of a legal dispute over who owns the items.
Judge to order King bible and Nobel prize be placed in safe deposit box controlled by court
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – Four days after a radiation alert shut the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository, an independent monitoring center said Wednesday it found radioactive isotopes in an air sensor about a half mile from the southeastern New Mexico plant.
Radiation detected a half-mile from underground nuke repository in New Mexico
MINNEAPOLIS – The brother of a Pakistani exchange student in a coma since a November car crash says diplomats have arranged to let him stay in the U.S. for continued medical care.
Brother says hospitalized Pakistani exchange student can stay in US for medical care
DENVER – The judge in the Colorado theater shootings says defendant James Holmes must undergo a second psychiatric evaluation at the state mental hospital.
Judge: Colorado theater shooting defendant must undergo 2nd evaluation in death penalty case
CHICAGO – A National Weather Service meteorologist is getting personal in his reports warning people not to get too cozy with the warmer temperatures and sunny skies currently over the Chicago-area.
Meteorologist gets personal in report, warns those who think winter is over to ‘Forgetaboutit’
NEW YORK – Clothing chain Gap says it will raise the minimum hourly wage for its U.S. employees to $10 in 2015.
Gap plans to raise minimum wage for US employees to $9 an hour in 2014 and $10 an hour in 2015
CARLSBAD, New Mexico – Scientists who monitor the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository say they have detected radiation in the air a half-mile from the site.
Radiation detected a half-mile from underground nuke repository in New Mexico
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