Minn. Supreme Court sides with HIV-positive man
By STEVE KARNOWSKI FILE- This undated photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office in Minneapolis shows Daniel James Rick, who is HIV-positive. The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected an…
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Senate blocks Obama picks for judge, housing posts
By ALAN FRAM FILE – In this May 1, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Federal Housing Finance Authority director Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., waves during the…
ARGENTINE SUPREME COURT APPROVES TV MEDIA LIMITS
By MICHAEL WARREN A man walks by a mural depicting Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez, holding a frame over the image of a man with a Clarin newspaper logo on the…
WEST COAST STATES AND BC TO LINK CLIMATE POLICIES
By JASON DEAREN From left, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and California Gov. Jerry Brown listen to a speaker before signing an agreement to collectively combat climate…
FED JUDGE: TEXAS ABORTION LIMITS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
By CHRIS TOMLINSON File – In this July 9, 2013 file photo, opponents and supporters of an abortion bill hold signs near a news conference outside the Texas Capitol, in…
NEW PROSECUTOR TO LOOK AT MO. SEX ASSAULT CASE
By BILL DRAPER FILE – In this Aug. 3, 2012 file photo, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker addresses the media during a news conference, in Kansas City, Mo. A…
NJ GOVERNOR ENDS GAY MARRIAGE FIGHT AS COUPLES WED
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANGELA DELLI SANTI Beth Asaro, left, and Joanne Schailey celebrate after exchanging vows to become the first same-sex couple married in Lambertville, N.J. history at 12:01…
KANSAS SUPREME COURT SANCTIONS FORMER AG KLINE
By JOHN MILBURN FILE – In this July 19, 2011 file photo, former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline stops to talk to reporters briefly before the start of an ethics…