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    Frank and his husband Joe Kapley-Alfano embrace during a press conference about the ruling of Proposition 8 banning gay marriage outside the Ninth Circuit Courthouse in San Francisco

    Court overturns Prop. 8, says Calif. can’t ban gay marriage

    The 9th Circuit Court in California struck down as unconstitutional the state's voter-passed ban on gay marriage Tuesday, ruling 2-1 that it violates the rights of gay Californians. [View a slideshow of demonstrations around Prop. 8 here] "Proposition 8 serves no purpose, … More »Court overturns Prop. 8, says Calif. can’t ban gay marriage

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign event at an RV dealer in Loveland

    Romney makes appeal to values voters

    CENTENNIAL, Colo.—With a few exceptions in South Carolina, Mitt Romney has generally … More »Romney makes appeal to values voters

    Women rally in support outside at a Planned Parenthood Clinic

    Komen exec quits after funding flap

    A top official at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer foundation resigned today … More »Komen exec quits after funding flap

    • Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum addresses an energy summit at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden
      Santorum eyes revival in Republican contests Reuters - 1 hr 51 mins ago

      Rick Santorum is gunning for a victory in at least one of the three states holding presidential nominating contests today in a bid to slow Mitt Romney. More »Santorum eyes revival in Republican contests

      Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum addresses an energy summit at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden

      Rick Santorum is gunning for a victory in at least one of the three states holding presidential nominating contests today in a bid to slow Mitt Romney.

    • The flags of Greece, right, and European flag in tatters as they flutter from the roof of the Finance Minister at Athens' main Syntagma square, as in the background is seen the ancient Parthenon temple during a 24-hour strike on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. A general strike against the impending cutbacks stopped train and ferry services nationwide, while many schools and banks were closed and state hospitals worked on skeleton staff. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
      Greece's debt crisis: No good options anywhere in sight Time.com - 2 hrs 32 mins ago

      Faced with austerity, debt and a potential return to the drachma, the Greeks have nothing but bleakness in their immediate future. More »Greece's debt crisis: No good options anywhere in sight

      The flags of Greece, right, and European flag in tatters as they flutter from the roof of the Finance Minister at Athens' main Syntagma square, as in the background is seen the ancient Parthenon temple during a 24-hour strike on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. A general strike against the impending cutbacks stopped train and ferry services nationwide, while many schools and banks were closed and state hospitals worked on skeleton staff. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

      Faced with austerity, debt and a potential return to the drachma, the Greeks have nothing but bleakness in their immediate future.

    • A commemorative plaque hangs on the Chancellery wall inside the compound of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad
      U.S. plans sharp staff cuts at Iraq embassy The Envoy - 3 hrs ago

      Just over a month after the withdrawal of the last U.S. troops from Iraq, the United States plans to sharply cut the number of U.S. diplomatic personnel and contractors in the country. The move comes as Yahoo News has learned … More »U.S. plans sharp staff cuts at Iraq embassy

      A commemorative plaque hangs on the Chancellery wall inside the compound of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad

      Just over a month after the withdrawal of the last U.S. troops from Iraq, the United States plans to sharply cut the number of U.S. diplomatic personnel and contractors in the country. The move comes as Yahoo News has learned that the recently withdrawn U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, is being considered to succeed …

    • Yahoo! chairman, three directors stepping down AFP - 42 mins ago
      Yahoo! chairman Roy Bostock announced he was stepping down from the board

      Yahoo! chairman Roy Bostock announced Tuesday he was stepping down from the board of the struggling Internet company along with three other directors.

    • No cigar: Economic embargo on Cuba turns 50 AP - 3 hrs ago
      FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2006 file photo, a car drives past a billboard that reads in Spanish; "70 percent of Cubans have been born under the Embargo," in Havana, Cuba. The United States economic embargo on Communist-run Cuba turned 50 on Feb. 7, 2012. Cuba updates its estimate of how much the embargo has cost it using a complicated - and some say flawed - calculus that takes into account years of interest, the end of the gold standard and other factors. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

      When it started, American teenagers were doing "The Twist." The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth. And a first-class U.S. postage stamp cost 4 cents.

    • Wall St edges up in quiet day; Disney down late Reuters - 8 mins ago
      Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

      NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose slightly on Tuesday, but with the outcome of discussions on a bailout package for Greece uncertain, investors are unlikely to make big bets in coming days. The S&P has gained almost 7 percent in 2012 on better-than-expected economic figures, boosting bellwethers such as Microsoft Corp to …

    • 6 things that could derail the economic rally US News - 57 mins ago

      Will it last?

    • Teen acquitted of murdering dad, now grandmother is afraid ABC News - 1 hr 46 mins ago
      Teen Acquitted of Murdering Dad, Now Grandmother Is Afraid

      There was no question what happened one night back in April of 2009 in a Houston, Texas suburb. A 12 year-old girl walked into her father’s bedroom and shot her dad while he slept. The question that faced the jury in the murder case of...

    • Man who warned of Challenger disaster dies at 73 AP - 23 mins ago

      Roger Boisjoly, a NASA contractor who repeatedly voiced concerns about the space shuttle Challenger before it exploded, has died. He was 73.

    • Two percent of Americans get 2012 news from Twitter The Cutline - 16 mins ago

      You wouldn't know it from watching a Republican debate with your Twitter feed open, but according to a new report from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, fewer Americans are closely following news about the presidential campaign than they were four years ago. (To be fair, the Pew study also points [. …

    • President plays with marshmallows at White House Science Fair LiveScience.com - 2 hrs 6 mins ago

      "The Secret Service isn't happy about this," President Barack Obama joked with eighth-grader Joey Hudy, of Phoenix, Ariz., as he convinced the kid to launch a marshmallow across the crowded room today (Feb. 7) at the White House.

    • Cat Fancy’s creepy, fake Twitter feed gets a following The Cutline - 2 hrs 3 mins ago

      Cat Fancy, the magazine for cat lovers, doesn't have a Twitter feed. But it may want to get one now. A group of Twitter users have claimed the @Cat_Fancy handle as the "Official Twitter Account of Cat Fancy Magazine," causing some confusion among their 4,300-plus followers with steady stream of satirical, sinister tweets. …

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