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24 min 11 sec agoMay 9, 2008
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14-year-old Brandon McInerney's lawyer is challenging his trial as an adult in the killing of schoolmate Larry King, which could get him life in prison.
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Sheila Schroeder and Kate Burns are convicted of trespassing in a sit-in against Colorado's marriage ban and must do 28 hours of community service.
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Seventy-seven more people treated at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada have been diagnosed with hepatitis C; doctors' licenses have been suspended.
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PFLAG, many students and faculty urge Missouri's Washington University to scrap its plans to honor the alumna and anti-gay religious-right activist.
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After a day of closed-door testimony and three and a half years of public drama, the couple's lawyers draft an agreement over their daughter.
May 8, 2008
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"I also hope my election opens the door for others to get involved in public service," says Falls Church City Councilman-elect Lawrence Webb.
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Rep. Barney Frank's plan to have the government take on as much as $300 billion in new loans for strapped borrowers comes up for a vote Wednesday.
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The amendment's GOP Senate sponsor shelves the bill before it can reach the gay-friendly leader of the House State Government Committee.
May 7, 2008
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The woman whose Supreme Court case struck down U.S. miscegenation laws and who later spoke for same-sex marriage dies in Virginia at 68.
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Authorities canceled six previous attempts, but newly relaxed rules give organizers hope they'll finally be able to stage their first Pride parade Sunday.
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About 25 people gather in a St. Petersburg park with their mouths taped, distribute fliers and hold a banner reading "I Am Silent to Be Heard."
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The N. Carolina businessman whose underfunded candidacy made history gets only 19 percent of the vote. Did LGBT groups hang him out to dry?
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"Larry's Law," honoring the slain Oxnard teen, would require teachers to report to their principal any time they observe a student being harassed.
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Michigan public agencies can't offer health insurance to partners of gay workers thanks to the state's marriage ban, rules the state Supreme Court.
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Sen. Barack Obama loses Indiana by less than two points, but wins solidly in North Carolina after the worst two-week stretch in his campaign.
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"It's funny that people think I got fired from CNN," he says. "I left CNN on my accord: I resigned from my contract because of personal reasons."
May 6, 2008
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"And Tango Makes Three," about a penguin family with two fathers, repeats on top of the list of library books the public objects to the most.
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Obama looks to shore up his position as the Democratic front-runner, while Clinton seeks another victory to keep her candidacy competitive.
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The attacker wasn't fired, but Sandra was demoted from her supervisory job: "I knew they were discriminating against me for who I was," she says.
May 5, 2008
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The trial ends a contentious 3 1/2-year separation that has lasted nearly as long as the former New Jersey governor's second marriage.
