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California Court Strips Children of Right to Mother and Father

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(CNSNews.com) - In Thursday's 4-3 decision legalizing same-sex marriage, the California Supreme Court stripped children of the right to be raised by a mother and a father.
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Sen. Kennedy hospitalized with symptoms of stroke

Top AP Stories - 1 hour 30 min ago
BOSTON (AP) -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was hospitalized Saturday after becoming ill at his home, his office said. There was no immediate word on his condition....
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Royal marries in Windsor wedding

BBC World - 1 hour 35 min ago
Princess Anne's son, Peter Phillips, marries Canadian management consultant Autumn Kelly at Windsor Castle.
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2 rail cars overturn in La., residents evacuated

Top AP Stories - 1 hour 36 min ago
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- Six rail cars have derailed in southern Louisiana, with two cars leaking hydrochloric acid and forcing police to evacuate thousands of residents within a 1-mile radius of the accident....
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Edward Kennedy taken to hospital

BBC World - 1 hour 38 min ago
Veteran US Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy is taken to hospital with stroke-like symptoms.
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England frustrated at wet Lord's

BBC World - 1 hour 42 min ago
England and New Zealand lose almost the whole of day three of the first Test to rain.
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Sen Edward Kennedy hospitalized

Top Reuters Stories - 1 hour 46 min ago
BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, a leading Democrat and patriarch of a prominent American political dynasty, was hospitalized on Saturday in Boston after suffering symptoms of a stroke.

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Bush meets Palestinian president

BBC World - 1 hour 48 min ago
US President George W Bush meets Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at talks with Arab leaders in Egypt.
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Cannes diary

BBC World - 1 hour 53 min ago
Gearing up for Indiana Jones at the film festival
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Bush: 'absolutely committed' to deal for Palestinian state

Top AP Stories - 1 hour 56 min ago
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) -- President Bush, trying to reassure Palestinians wary of his dedication to their side in the Mideast peace dispute, said Saturday that he is "absolutely committed" to getting an Israeli-Palestinian accord by the end of the year....
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Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai delays return over "plot"

Top Reuters Stories - 2 hours 42 sec ago
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai postponed his return home on Saturday to contest an election run-off after his party said it had discovered an assassination plot against him.

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Marine who died after cross-state chase wrote of war stress

Top AP Stories - 2 hours 7 min ago
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Last month, Marine Staff Sgt. Travis N. "T-Bo" Twiggs went to the White House with a group of Iraq war veterans called the Wounded Warriors Regiment and met the president....
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Kuwaitis vote for new parliament

BBC World - 2 hours 18 min ago
Kuwait elects a parliament for the second time in two years after a crisis with women hoping to take seats for the first time.
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Kanu leads Pompey to FA Cup glory

BBC World - 2 hours 25 min ago
Portsmouth win the FA Cup as Kanu's 37th-minute strike gives them a 1-0 win over Cardiff at Wembley.
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Allen talks of Spain and threesomes at Cannes

Top AP Stories - 2 hours 44 min ago
CANNES, France (AP) -- Woody Allen's latest film touches on that classic male fantasy, a romantic threesome with two women. Has Allen ever entertained the notion himself?...
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Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears

Top AP Stories - 2 hours 52 min ago
BEICHUAN, China (AP) -- Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from rivers blocked by landslides rattled loose in this week's powerful temblor....
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Quake effort resumes after panic

BBC World - 2 hours 55 min ago
Rescue efforts resume in quake-stricken Beichuan, China, after fears of a flash flood spark panic.
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Democrats call upon GOP to support new GI Bill

Top AP Stories - 3 hours 2 min ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic congressman on Saturday urged Republicans to "step up to the plate" to help veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars....
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US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Iraq

Top AP Stories - 3 hours 15 min ago
BAGHDAD (AP) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, expressed confidence during a visit to Iraq on Saturday that expected provincial elections will promote national reconciliation....
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Thousands flee on China lake bank fears

Top Reuters Stories - 3 hours 17 min ago
BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese fled their homes on Saturday amid fears a lake could burst its banks, hampering rescue efforts after the deadliest earthquake in more than three decades killed about 29,000 people.

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