Texas May Have Banned All Marriage While Attempting to Stop Gay Marriage

Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a 22-word clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legal status of all marriages in the state.

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A Conservative Read On Palin's 'Going Rogue'

Sarah Palin is back to tell us that she loves Alaska. And America. And Todd, the First Dude. She loves God, Ronald Reagan, cutting taxes and serving those she calls "ordinary hardworking people." Who's on Sarah's enemies list? The media. Good ol' boys who condescend to her.

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Fact-checking new claims in the Sarah Palin book

When Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska before her first term was over, her father said she wasn't quitting the public stage. "Sarah's not retreating," he said. "She's reloading!"

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Comcast is Now Throttling All It's Internet Traffic

COMCAST, the second-largest US cable television and Internet communications service provider, has a new broadband traffic throttling scheme installed and operating in all of its markets.

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Critics blast $3M mining handout

A mining company owned by Goldman Sachs and two private equity funds is in line to get a $3 million earmark for work at a rare earth elements mine in Mountain Pass, Calif.

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Reality Check: The Truth About "Czars"

Over the past several weeks, we've seen with increasing frequency and volume issues raised around the use of "czars" by this Administration.

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Fox News Punked By ACORN

Glenn Beck devoted his entire show to it. Sean Hannity was full of credible enthusiasm as he announced that in San Bernardino, CA, the supersleuths uncovered "a much more serious crime."

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U.S. Kills Top Qaeda Leader in Southern Somalia

American commandos killed one of the most wanted Islamic militants in Africa in a daylight raid in southern Somalia on Monday, according to American and Somali officials, an indication of the Obama administration's willingness to use combat troops strategically against Al Qaeda …

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Today's Gmail problems

We know many of you are having trouble accessing Gmail right now — we are too, and we definitely feel your pain.

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What Do Republicans Really Want in Healthcare?

If the Republicans actually had a platform on healthcare reform, here's my version of what it might look like.

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Who is funding the Afghan Taliban? You don't want to know

It is the open secret no one wants to talk about, the unwelcome truth that most prefer to hide. In Afghanistan, one of the richest sources of Taliban funding is the foreign assistance coming into the country.

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FL-Senate: Martinez to Resign

Florida Sen. Mel Martinez (R), who had previously announced he would not seek re-election in 2010, has now decided to resign his seat -- a move that will allow Gov.

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Era of Trans-Arctic Shipping Nigh

Since 1553, when Sir Hugh Willoughby led an expedition north in search of a sea passage over Russia to the Far East, mariners have dreamed of such a shortcut.

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Obama Hawaii born, insist Isle officials

In an attempt to quash persistent rumors that President Obama was not born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961, Hawai'i's health director reiterated this afternoon that she has personally seen Obama's birth certificate in the Health Department's archives.

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DHS Building Infectious Disease Research Facility in Tornado Alley

The Department of Homeland Security relied on a rushed, flawed study to justify its decision to locate a $700 million research facility for highly infectious pathogens in a tornado-prone section of Kansas, according to a government report.

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Relive Apollo 11 in Real Time on the Web

There are very few political speeches that touch me in the way that JFK's We choose to go to the moon does. Seven years later, Humanity's biggest daydream became a reality. Today you can follow the adventure in real time.

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Rupert Murdoch reporters in the UK illegally hacked thousands of peoples' data

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CIA has misled Congress repeatedly since 2001

CIA Director Leon Panetta recently testified to Congress that the agency concealed information and misled lawmakers repeatedly since 2001, according to a letter from seven House Democrats to Panetta made public Wednesday.

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Google Releasing Chrome Operating System

In a sudden, if not unexpected, announcement this morning, Google said it would release an open-source operating system based on its Chrome browser. The OS will be free, geared (at first) toward netbooks, and focused on "speed, simplicity, and security."

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Google Apps is out of beta (yes, really)

We're often asked why so many Google applications seem to be perpetually in beta. For example, Gmail has worn the beta tag more than five years.

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Sanford admits affair with woman in Argentina

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford acknowledged Wednesday that he was carrying on an affair with a woman in Argentina when he disappeared from his office last week, only to resurface this morning.

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Hannitys claim of loophole in Cash for Clunkers is false

On his Fox News Channel program on June 18, 2009, political commentator Sean Hannity mocked the "Cash for Clunkers" program recently approved by Congress, saying a loophole would allow someone to buy an old heap at a junkyard, have it towed to their house, and the government woul …

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NTSB Recommended Retiring 1000-Series Metro Cars in '06, WMATA Declined

In January 1996, two trains collided at the Shady Grove station at between 22 and 29 mph; in that crash, the moving train "telescoped" 21 feet over the stationary train, "severely compromising the occupant volume of the striking car." Almost nine years later, in November  …

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City requires job applicants to hand over all social network logins and passwords for background checks

Applying for a job with the City of Bozeman? You may be asked to provide more personal information than you expected.

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Behind a Massive Car Warranty Robocall Scam, Four Human Faces

You answer the phone, and it's a recorded message:

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