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The Supreme Court of California appeared sympathetic to allowing gay marriage opponents to defend the state's same-sex wedding ban in court, a crucial step in a case that could set national precedent.

A headline today grabbed my attention: Is Michele Bachmann's campaign in danger? I paused, and thought: Is Michele Bachmann still running a campaign?

Airline passengers will soon be able to keep their shoes on when going through security, according to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.

Egypt's justice minister agreed to let five Kuwaiti lawyers join the defence team of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, who is on trial for incitement to kill demonstrators and corruption, state news agency MENA said.

Scores of Libyan army vehicles crossed the desert frontier into Niger in what may be a bid by Muammar Gaddafi to seek refuge in a friendly African state, military sources from France and Niger told Reuters on Tuesday.

“After the Arab Spring, we predict that a winter of radical Islam will arrive, Eisenberg told a press conference in Tel Aviv on Monday.

What's up next for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin regarding the 2012 presidential election? More than likely, Palin won't run, but won't state that until absolutely necessary.

Sprint Nextel, the No.3 U.S. wireless carrier, filed a civil suit Tuesday to block the $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA by AT&T alleging it would “harm consumers” by stifling completion and innovation.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its underlying rating (SPUR) to 'AA-' from 'A+' on MultiCare Health System, Wash.'s outstanding debt, issued by Washington Health Care Facilities Authority.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to attend the GOP presidential tomorrow after all. Mark Miner, Perry's spokesman, said in a one-line email to USA Today's Jackie Kucinich Tuesday that Perry plans to attend the GOP presidential debate. Previously, the Texas governor had said he wasn't sure if he would attend or not because of the raging wildfires plaguing Texas amid a prolonged drought.

Spurred by a massive drought in the Horn of Africa, the famine in Somalia has already left tens of thousands of people dead. Making matters worse, Somalia's ineffective government has been unable to counter the crisis on its own, and is desperately relying on the humanitarian efforts of foreign powers.

A principal point of the dispute – the right of airline workers to unionized – remains unresolved.

In a flight to safety, the 10-Year Treasury yield has fallen below 2.00 percent, while gold futures are slightly higher.

Bachmann, who has sparred with Hoffa before, has referred to him as a “notorious union boss and Obama advisor.

After a famous 37-year army career that included leading the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan and Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus has been sworn in as director of the CIA.

The incendiary remarks prompted an outcry from Tea Party officials who demanded that Hoffa personally apologize and that Obama rebuke the union boss.

One of Moammar Gadhafi's Ukrainian nurses still supports her former-employer, who she still views as a gentle, giving man.

Same-sex marriage will face its latest legal test on Tuesday, when California's Supreme Court hears arguments over whether a judge's prior decision to strike down a gay marriage ban can be appealed.

Before the United States denounced Muammar Gaddafi's repressive reign and helped to topple him, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was enlisting Gaddafi's notoriously brutal security forces to question terrorism suspects, according to documents discovered in Qaddafi's compound.

Hoffa the son was 24 years old in 1975 when his father disappeared forever and presumably murdered.

Yeonpyeong lies in the Yellow Sea west of the Korean Peninsula close to the disputed sea border.

The latest poll numbers are not good for President Barack Obama: if the 2012 presidential election were held today, the race would be very close, and Obama could easily lose in several hypothetical match-ups.

After dramatically downgrading its relations with Israel on Friday, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country is totally suspending all trade and military ties with Israel, as relations between the countries continue to sour.

Mitt Romney's jobs plan that he plans to announce Tuesday likely has received some input from advisers of another familiar politician: George W. Bush.

The Tea Party Express asked Obama to “condemn this inappropriate and uncivil rhetoric,” adding that it “has no place in the public forum.”

President Barack Obama hinted in a Labor Day address that he could use Thursday's highly anticipated speech on job creation to unveil an initiative to restore the nation's deteriorating infrastructure.

This vast landlocked country just north of Nigeria and east of Mali, is one of the poorest nations on Earth

Like Newt Gingrich before her, GOP presidential hopeful Michelle Bachmann has lost two of her most senior aides. Ed Rollins, Bachmann's campaign manager, said he cannot work rigorous, 14-hour days every day; his deputy, David Polyansky, will also be stepping down.

Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said on Monday that if elected president she would drastically pare back the federal government, possibly by doing away with the U.S. Department of Education.