Gray, who advocated for LGBT rights in Illinois for decades, paved the way for many same-sex couples to marry in the state ahead of the new marriage equality law. By: Tony Merevick Article Reprint Vernita
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Vladimir Putin Annexes Crimea And Throws Down Gauntlet To The West
“If you press the spring too hard, it will recoil.” By: Max Seddon Article Reprint SEVASTOPOL — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Moscow would annex the breakway Ukrainian province of Crimea Tuesday in an extraordinary
Read moreU.S. Attorneys General Urge Retailers to Drop Tobacco
newsmax.com Article Reprint A group of 28 U.S. attorneys general has urged Walmart and four other big retailers to stop selling tobacco products, saying they should not be available in stores that provide health care
Read moreKevin Spacey skewers Rob Ford on Twitter
“When did Mayor Ford start doing what people tell him to do?” actor tweets By Dylan Stableford Article Reprint Kevin Spacey’s fledgling feud with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford took an odd turn on Twitter over
Read moreIs Russia Pulling Money Out of U.S. for Safekeeping?
By Peter Coy Article Reprint There’s circumstantial evidence that Russia may have yanked tens of billions of dollars in assets out of a custodial account at the U.S. Federal Reserve, possibly to keep it from
Read moreScrutiny of pilot intensifies in probe of missing plane
By: Mageswary Ramakrishnan Article Reprint KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The pilot of the Malaysia Airlines jet that vanished more than a week ago is a strong supporter of the political opposition leader here, but friends
Read moreKerry in London for last-ditch Ukraine talks
yahoo.com Article Reprint London (AFP) – Top US diplomat John Kerry arrived in London on Friday on an 11th-hour mission to head off a possible Russian annexation of Crimea on the heels of a breakaway
Read moreObama, Citing a Concern for Families, Orders a Review of Deportations
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR Article Reprint WASHINGTON — President Obama said Thursday that deportations of illegal immigrants should be more humane, and to make that happen, he has ordered a review of his administration’s enforcement
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