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Diane Sabin, left, kisses her partner Jewelle Gomez after hearing the court decision on same sex-marriages on Thursday.
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California court OKs gay marriage
By Robert Barnes and Ashley Surdin WASHINGTON -- The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that gays have a constitutional right to marry, striking down state laws that forbade it, in a decision that is likely to reenergize the election-year debate over same-sex marriages and gay rights. <Continued> -
Obama deplores Bush's 'Nazi' talk
By Beth Gorham WASHINGTON -- Democratic front-runner Barack Obama accused President George W. Bush of launching a "sad" and "false" political attack on him Thursday by saying those in favour of talking to terrorists are like Nazi appeasers. <Continued> -
Out of Iraq in 5 years, McCain says
By Sheldon Alberts WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Thursday promised to bring most American combat troops home from Iraq by the end of his first term in the White House, telling U.S. voters the war-torn nation would be a "functioning democracy" within five years. <Continued> -
Logistics key to helping victims of disaster
Learning Curve / By Paul D. Larson and Ron McLachlin <Continued> -
Priority shifts to dealing with the dead
LUOSHUI TOWN, China -- Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere as priorities began shifting Thursday in China from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final death toll could more than double to 50,000. <Continued>
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