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Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 05:57 PM
California's top court legalizes gay marriage (AP)

John Lewis, right, hugs his partner, Stuart Gaffney, left, outside of the California State Supreme Court building in San Francisco, Thursday, May 15, 2008, after the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage in a ruling that allows same-sex couples in the nation's biggest state to tie the knot. Gaffney and Lewis are one of the main plaintiffs in the case. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - California's Supreme Court declared gay couples in the nation's biggest state can marry — a monumental but perhaps short-lived victory for the gay rights movement Thursday that was greeted with tears, hugs, kisses and at least one instant proposal of matrimony.



Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 06:00 PM
China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000 (AP)

A Chinese man walks past roads damaged by falling debris near the Zipingpu Dam near Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Thursday, May 15, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final toll could more than double to 50,000.



Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 06:01 PM
McCain believes Iraq war can be won by 2013 (AP)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., acknowledges supporters, Thursday, May 15, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)AP - Republican John McCain declared for the first time Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, although he rejected suggestions that his talk of a timetable put him on the same side as Democrats clamoring for full-scale troop withdrawals.



Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 06:03 PM
Reports: Cheney's assets nearly triple Bush's (AP)

U.S. President George W. Bush addresses a reception at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem Thursday, May 15, 2008. U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday criticized the deadly tactics of extremist groups like al-Qaida, Hezbollah and Hamas and said he looks toward the day when Muslims 'recognize the emptiness of the terrorists' vision and the injustice of their cause.' (AP Photo/David Blumenfeld, Pool)AP - The millions of dollars in assets reported by Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynn, nearly triple those held by President Bush and the first lady, Laura Bush, according to newly released financial disclosure forms.



Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 05:57 PM
House rejects bill funding Iraq, Afghanistan wars (AP)
AP - President Bush's Iraq war funding request collapsed in the House Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added domestic funding combined to kill — for now — $163 billion to support U.S. troops overseas.
Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 06:03 PM
Woman indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case (AP)

In this Monday, Nov. 19, 2007 file photo, Tina Meier holds two pictures of her daughter Megan who committed suicide last October after receiving cruel messages on MySpace, in St. Charles, Mo. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 15, 2008,  indicted a Missouri woman, Lori Drew of suburban St. Louis for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against Megan Meier.  ( AP Photo/Tom Gannam, File)AP - A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.



Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 06:05 PM
People over 60 urged to get one-time shingles shot (AP)
AP - People 60 and older should get a one-time shingles shot that can help prevent the painful rash, U.S. health officials are recommending. There's a 50-50 chance the shot will prevent shingles for those 60 and up, though the odds get worse the older you get. But shingles can be severe for some people, and the government believes it's worth the $160-per-dose cost.
Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 05:51 PM
Country star Shania Twain, husband splitting up (AP)

In this May 15, 2007 file photo, singer Shania Twain arrives at the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. Twain and her husband-producer are splitting up after 14 years of marriage. The Canadian country superstar and Robert 'Mutt' Lange are calling it off, her publicist confirmed Thursday, May 15, 2008.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)AP - Shania Twain and husband-producer Robert "Mutt" Lange are splitting up after 14 years of marriage. The 42-year-old Canadian country superstar and 59-year-old Lange married in 1993 and have a 6-year-old son named Eja. Her publicist provided no further details Thursday about the couple's breakup.



Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 05:54 PM
DNA tests exonerate 'Lizard Man' in van attack (AP)
AP - DNA testing has shown an attack on a family van some blamed on the legendary Lizard Man appears to have been actually done by a domestic dog. Something chewed up the front fender of Bob and Dixie Rawson's van in February. Bite marks were left on the wheel wells and blood was found on the vehicle.
Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 06:06 PM
Kazmir shines, Rays beat Yankees 5-2 (AP)

New York Yankees starting pitcher Ian Kennedy, right, reacts after giving up a two-run home run in the fourth inning to Tampa Bay Rays' Shawn Riggans, rounding the bases in the background, during a baseball game on Thursday, May 15, 2008, in St. Petersburg, Fla.  (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)AP - Scott Kazmir sparkled in his first start since agreeing to a $28.5 million contract extension, and the surprising Tampa Bay Rays dropped the New York Yankees into last place with a 5-2 victory Thursday.



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Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 06:00 PM
China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000 (AP)

A Chinese man walks past roads damaged by falling debris near the Zipingpu Dam near Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Thursday, May 15, 2008. China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final toll could more than double to 50,000.



Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 03:37 PM
Survivors from apartment building recount quake (AP)

Zhang Xiaoyan, who is 34-years-old and 8 months pregnant, is pulled alive from an apartment that partially collapsed in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Tang Xiaomin had just left her fourth-floor apartment to buy groceries when the building started crumbling around her. An upstairs neighbor was thrown against the kitchen table and grabbed her purse before rushing out. Another resident, who was expecting a baby, was resting and became trapped.



Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 02:40 PM
Long wait for medical care after China quake (AP)

Zhang Jiachi, who lost both his arms after his school collapsed in Shifang following Monday's quake, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Deyang, Sichuan province, China, Thursday, May 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - After 11-year-old Zhang Jiazhi crawled free of the rubble that remained of his middle school, his parents began a 20-hour ordeal to get medical care for their son, whose arms were crushed to a pulp.



Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 04:54 PM
Iraqi forces mount al-Qaida hunt in Mosul (AP)

Iraqi government forces patrol the town of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, May 15, 2008. Government troops began house-to-house searches for al-Qaida in Iraq militants in Mosul Thursday, part of a major security operation to cleanse Iraq's third-largest city from cells of the terror network. Described by the U.S. military as the last major urban base of al-Qaida in Iraq, Mosul has become the site of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's third security drive in two months as he attempts to defeat Shiite militants and Sunni extremists. (AP Photo)AP - U.S. and Iraqi troops moved against al-Qaida on two separate fronts Thursday, with house-to-house searches in Mosul and an operation in the desert to stanch the flow of insurgents and weapons to that northern city.



Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 12:35 PM
Local heroes step in to help cyclone victims (AP)

Myanmar volunteers serve a free breakfast to children at a temple after the destructive Cyclone Nargis on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, May 12, 2008. From a shopkeeper offering free rice porridge to medical students treating the countless sick, ordinary people in Myanmar are stepping up to help cyclone victims while the military regime restricts critically needed international aid. (AP Photo)AP - From shopkeepers handing out free rice porridge to medical students caring for the sick, ordinary people in Myanmar are stepping in to help cyclone victims as the military regime severely restricts international aid.



Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 06:15 PM
Britain launches website to track tourists in emergencies (AFP)

Britain launched a new online service Friday to help track down travellers caught up in emergencies such as the current disasters in Myanmar and China. AFP - Britain launched a new online service Friday to help track down travellers caught up in emergencies such as the current disasters in Myanmar and China.



Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 06:01 PM
Feuding Lebanese factions agree to begin dialogue (AP)

Qatari Prime Minister Sheik Hamad bin Jassem Al Thani, gestures during a press conference, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday May 15, 2008. An Arab mediator says that the Hezbollah-led opposition and the Lebanese government coalition have agreed to hold talks after a week of violence that claimed 65 lives. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - The Hezbollah-led opposition and U.S.-backed government reached a deal Thursday to end Lebanon's worst violence since the 1975-90 civil war, now that the Cabinet has reversed measures aimed at reining in the Iranian-backed militants.



Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 05:24 PM
Interpol: Colombia has real rebel data (AP)

Interpol's Secretary General Ronald Noble speaks at a press conference in Bogota, Thursday, May 15, 2008. Noble said Interpol found no evidence of tampering in computers Colombia says it seized from slain rebel Raul Reyes, of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)AP - Interpol said Thursday that computer files suggesting Venezuela was arming and financing Colombian guerrillas came from a rebel camp and were not tampered with, discrediting Venezuela's assertions that Colombia faked them.



Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 06:08 PM
Moroccan court broadens terrorism investigations (AP)
AP - A Moroccan court broadened investigations Thursday into two alleged terrorism cells, one accused of supporting insurgents in Iraq and the other of plotting suicide bombings in Casablanca last year.
Story posted on: 05/15/2008 at 06:08 PM
US defends arms sales to Taiwan, criticizes Chinese missile buildup (AFP)

US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte arrives for a meeting with China Vice President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 12, 2008. The United States criticized Thursday China's missile buildup along the Taiwan Strait and said Washington would continue to sell arms to Taiwan to bolster its defense needs.(AFP/File/Andy Wong)AFP - The United States criticized Thursday China's missile buildup along the Taiwan Strait and said Washington would continue to sell arms to Taiwan to bolster its defense needs.