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California Supreme Court approves gay marriage
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California Supreme Court approves gay marriage

Gay & Lesbian – SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry, rejecting state marriage laws as discriminatory.

Voted for on May 16, 2008 01:19pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 60 votes / 7 sinks

McCain Was For Talking To Hamas Before He Was Against It...

Politics – Two years ago, in an interview with James Rubin for Sky News, Sen. John McCain expressed a willingness to negotiate with the terrorist group Hamas -- the very group that McCain has been relentlessly using to smear Sen. Barack Obama over the last several weeks.

Voted for on May 16, 2008 12:36am

Clinton Says She Regrets Comment About Race
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Clinton Says She Regrets Comment About Race

Politics – Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that she shouldn't have suggested in a newspaper interview that Barack Obama was having trouble winning over "hardworking ... white Americans."

Voted for on May 15, 2008 07:57am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 11 votes / No sinks

US lists polar bear as threatened

News – The United States has listed the polar bear as a threatened species, because its Arctic sea ice habitat is melting due to climate change.US government scientists predict that two-thirds of the polar bear population of 25,000 could disappear by 2050.

Voted for on May 15, 2008 07:55am

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U.S. adds polar bear to threatened list

News – The Bush administration listed the polar bear as a threatened species Wednesday, agreeing with conservationists that the bear's Arctic habitat is melting due to global warming. That is where the agreement with conservationists ends.

Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 07:55am

Interior Dept. Declares the Polar Bear a Threatened Species
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Interior Dept. Declares the Polar Bear a Threatened Species

Science – The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming.

Voted for on May 15, 2008 07:47am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 205 votes / 12 sinks

Ex-State officials allege corruption in Iraq

Politics – The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Department employees.

Voted for on May 13, 2008 07:45am

Anti-illegal immigration group wants San Diego highway sign
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Anti-illegal immigration group wants San Diego highway sign

Do No Evil – When members of an anti-illegal immigration group offered to sponsor litter cleanup on local roads, they never imagined California officials would offer them an Adopt-a-Highway stretch near a Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 5, the main artery carrying illegal migrants north from the U.S.-Mexico border.

Voted for on May 11, 2008 05:30pm

CNN's Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
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CNN's Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Politics – The distorted manner in which CNN's favorite son, Wolf Blitzer, reports on the campaign and comments of Barack Obama has completely obliterated fair and objective news coverage on cable television.

Voted for on May 11, 2008 01:29am

US military denies Iraq report of al-Qaida arrest
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US military denies Iraq report of al-Qaida arrest

News – The U.S. military on Friday denied Iraqi government claims that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured and said a man with a similar name had been arrested in the northern city of Mosul. Iraqi authorities had announced Thursday that police commandos captured Abu Ayyub al-Masri in a raid in the northern city of Mosul.

Voted for on May 10, 2008 01:16am

15 Philly officers taken off street after videotaped beating
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15 Philly officers taken off street after videotaped beating

Do No Evil – Fifteen Philadelphia police officers have been taken off the street as authorities investigate a video showing three suspects being kicked and beaten by city police.

Voted for on May 08, 2008 08:34am

Sharpton arrested as hundreds protest NYC police shooting
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Sharpton arrested as hundreds protest NYC police shooting

News – The Rev. Al Sharpton was arrested at the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday as he and hundreds of demonstrators blocked traffic to protest the acquittal of three detectives in the 50-bullet shooting of an unarmed black man on his wedding day.

Voted for on May 08, 2008 07:56am

 Obama wins North Carolina primary
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Obama wins North Carolina primary

Politics – Barack Obama has won the North Carolina presidential primary, but he trails Hillary Rodham Clinton in Indiana. The two states are the last big-delegate prizes left in the long race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Voted for on May 07, 2008 07:53am

Young voters poised to flex voting muscle
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Young voters poised to flex voting muscle

Politics – On a spring day warm enough for sunbathing, John Gillard and Josh Hall waited patiently in line at the Indiana University student union to cast their first votes ââ;¬" Gillard for Barack Obama, Hall for Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Voted for on May 06, 2008 08:38pm

Cyclone Death Toll Soars Past 22,000
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Cyclone Death Toll Soars Past 22,000

News – The death toll from the cyclone that battered Myanmar last weekend has risen above 22,000, state radio has reported.

Voted for on May 06, 2008 08:37pm