10.02.12 |
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a national pro-traditional marriage group that tried to thwart Maine's campaign disclosure law requiring it to release its donor list. The high court on Monday turned aside an appeal from ...
10.01.12 |
The U.S. Supreme Court opens its annual term today. Thomas Goldstein, publisher of Scotusblog.com, says the high court is expected to consider some key cases involving affirmative action, voting rights and same-sex marriage. He says "the ...
10.01.12 |
California has become the first state to ban teenage gay conversion therapy. Effective January 1st, mental health practitioners, as well as Christian churches and counseling centers, are prohibited from holding sessions that are aimed at making gay ...
09.28.12 |
One sports league has settled its labor issues, while another is trying to work things out. Members of the NFL Referees Association will vote on a new eight-year collective bargaining agreement today and tomorrow. The regular refs ...
09.28.12 |
A California man linked to an anti-Islam film is being held in jail without bond. A judge issued the order after Nakoula Basseley Nakoula was arrested Thursday for allegedly violating the terms of his probation for a 2010 check fraud ...
09.26.12 |
The U.S. Accountability Office wants the F.D.A. to update its laws on cell phones. It's been 15 years since exposure limits were set. Phone companies warn you to keep your phone 1 inch from your head. Dr. Sankjay Gupta says there are ways to limit ...
09.26.12 |
A new Associated Press poll finds most Americans believe there is no stopping the Affordable Care Act. About 7 in 10 of those surveyed think President Obama's health care reform law will take effect. Just 12 percent say they expect the "Obamacare" ...
09.25.12 |
If you are a bacon lover... you'd better stock up now. According to Britain's National Pig Assocation, a world wide bacon shortage next year will be "unavoidable." It's a result of the drought that hit the world this year. The new cost of food is ...
09.24.12 |
A desperate search is happening on one of the world's tallest mountains today, in Nepal, for survivors of an avalanche that swept an entire camp-- 25 tents-- away last night. At least nine people are dead and six are missing. 21 people survived the ...
09.24.12 |
11-percent more Americans fished and 9-percent more hunted in 2011 over 2006, according to a new 5-year survey out by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The kids are participating more, too. Of kids ages 6 to 15, 13 percent more hunted and 2 ...
