Five states likely to vote on gay-marriage issues in November

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Published
March 8, 2012

Five states likely to vote on gay-marriage issues in November

Maine, Washington and Maryland have a chance to become the first states to legalize gay marriage by popular vote.
Published
March 7, 2012

Romney says he’s ready to fight until August for GOP nomination

Romney won five states on Super Tuesday. But he lost Georgia, Tennessee, Oklahoma and others, showing southerners and the hardcore conservatives still aren't ready to hand him the GOP nomination.
Published
March 7, 2012

Santorum, Romney share Super Tuesday momentum

Rick Santorum won Oklahoma, Tennessee, North Dakota on Tuesday and virtually tied Mitt Romney in Ohio, proving Mitt Romney still has work to do in the most conservative states.
Published
March 7, 2012

Cheese lovers get their gouda on at world finals

Watching 40 judges in white lab coats nibble on cheese and then spit the samples into garbage cans might not sound like an elegant evening to most people, but hundreds of cheese lovers have paid $25 each for a close-up view of Wednesday's World Championship Cheese Contest finals.
Published
March 7, 2012

Terror indictment: Breivik shot 56 victims in head

The 33-year-old extremist is accused of slaughtering 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway, and will likely end up in psychiatric care.
Published
March 4, 2012

Sentences for criminals still widely vary

A new study shows that federal judges still hand out very different sentences for similar crimes, despite Congress' attempt 30 years ago to create fairer results.
Published
March 4, 2012

What’s so super about Tuesday? 419 GOP delegates

Super? Maybe not as much this time around. But it is a Tuesday, one with the biggest payout of the Republican presidential primaries.
Published
March 3, 2012

Gingrich, Santorum battle for Bible Belt voters

The GOP presidential candidates are fighting to win over conservative voters in the Bible Belt as the race takes on a more Southern focus.
Published
March 2, 2012

After 30 years on death row, S.C. man freed

After three separate courts overturned his conviction, Edward Lee Elmore is finally a free man.
Published
March 2, 2012

In interview, Obama says he’s not bluffing on Iran

President Obama said today he will attack Iran if it continues to build a nuclear weapon. "Iran is known to sponsor terrorists, so the threat of proliferation becomes that much more severe" if they build a nuke, he said.