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Minn. governor to sign bill allowing gay marriage
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With marriages to be available for Minnesota's gay couples starting Aug. 1, Duluth residents Gary Anderson and Gary Boelhower are getting ready to do something that seemed impossible when they started dating three years ago:...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Mark Dayton, Same-Sex Marriage, Government, Elections
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Democrats expand Senate grip but fail to win House
Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama, in his freshly authorized second term, will face the same divided Congress in...
Tags: George Allen, Richard Lugar, Republican Party, Richard Mourdock, Jim Webb
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California may ban gay teen 'conversion' therapy
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — A first-of-its-kind ban on a controversial form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay people straight could face a key vote Tuesday by a group of California lawmakers. Supporters say the legislation, which is before its...Tags: Culture, Depression, Gays and Lesbians, Behavioral Conditions, Joe Biden
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Republicans say lower taxes create jobs
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential hopefuls say lower taxes and fewer regulations will create jobs. But they're struggling to explain what they'd do differently from their rivals to make that happen. In a presidential debate Saturday,...Tags: Rick Perry, Executive Branch, Republican Party, Newt Gingrich, Government
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Bachmann asked whether wives should be submissive
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The Bible tells wives to be submissive to their husbands. If she were president, would that apply to Michele Bachmann? In Thursday's Republican debate in Iowa, the Minnesota congresswoman was asked if she would be submissive to...Tags: Iowa, Elections, Politics, Minnesota
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The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?
NEW YORK (AP) — Tucked between treatises on algae and prehistoric turquoise beads, the study on page 460 of a long-ago issue of the U.S. journal Science drew little attention.
"I don't think there were any newspaper articles about it or anything...Tags: Vatican City, James V. Hansen, Nobel Prize Awards, Republican Party, The Associated Press
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Obama calls waterboarding 'torture'
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) — President Barack Obama says the interrogation technique known as waterboarding constitutes torturing, disputing Republican presidential candidates who say they would reinstate the practice. Obama called waterboarding...Tags: George W. Bush, Herman Cain, Barack Obama
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GOP hopefuls would limit federal role in education
WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to education, the Republican field of presidential candidates has a unified stance. They all want the federal government out of schools. But how they'd do that varies. Take the Education Department. Texas Gov....Tags: Regional Authority, Washington, DC, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Executive Branch
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RNC chairman on impeachment: 'There's a few chapters before we get to the last one'
Associated PressCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment, but would not rule out impeachment...Tags: Taxation, U.S. Congress, White House, Republican Party, Political Fundraising
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GOP can't help overreaching on Obama scandals
Well, that didn't take long. Just as several genuine scandals cast the Obama administration in an unfavorable light, Republicans in Congress are already overreaching — with hyperbolic comparisons to Watergate, calls for special prosecutors,...Tags: Monica Lewinsky, Justice System, U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Lawmakers ask Google's Larry Page to address Glass privacy issues
SAN FRANCISCO -- Months before the futuristic glasses become publicly available, Google Glass is already getting scrutiny from Capitol Hill. Eight members of Congress on Thursday sent a letter to Google Chief Executive Larry Page to ask what his company...Tags: Joe Barton, Justice System, U.S. Congress, Media Industry, Computer Hardware
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U.S. House votes to repeal Obamacare in 37th symbolic act
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law on Thursday in a symbolic move aimed as much at healing internal Republican rifts as demonstrating dogged party...Tags: Washington, DC, Justice System, Republican Party, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Lawyers
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