Hemera/Thinkstock(SAN FRANCISCO) — A federal judge in California Wednesday night struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as applied to a federal employee who sought benefits for her same-sex spouse.While this is not the first…
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Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Stolen Valor Act
Posted on February 22, 2012 in National News | No CommentsComstock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Maj. David McCombs, a U.S. Marine who has served four tours overseas, stood out in the cold early Wednesday morning waiting for one of the few public seats in the Supreme Court hearing room.McCombs came to the court t... -
Jury Finds George Huguely Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Posted on February 22, 2012 in National News | No CommentsComstock/Thinkstock(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- A jury found George Huguely V guilty Wednesday of second-degree murder and grand larceny in the beating death of his ex-girlfriend Yeardley Love.The Charlottesville, Va., jury of five women and seven men re... -
Would-Be Capitol Bomber Waives Right to Detention Hearing
Posted on February 22, 2012 in National News | No CommentsiStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Amine El Khalifi, the 29-year-old Moroccan man charged last Friday in an FBI sting in a plot to bomb the Capitol made a brief court appearance Wednesday afternoon and waived his right to a detention hearing. The co... -
Obama Breaks Ground on African American History Museum
Posted on February 22, 2012 in National News | No CommentsSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Breaking ground on the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, President Obama said Wednesday he hopes the museum will remind future generations of the, “sometimes difficu... -
Bill Would Give $400K Left Behind at Airport Security to USO
Posted on February 22, 2012 in National News | No CommentsScott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- When Congressman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., noticed someone left behind change at an airport security checkpoint, he started wondering about all those forgotten pennies. Turns out all that change really adds up: the Tr... -
California: Top Official Poses with Dead Mountain Lion
Posted on February 22, 2012 in National News | No CommentsABC News(LOS ANGELES) – A photograph of the California Fish and Wildlife Commission president smiling and holding up a dead mountain lion that he shot has ignited controversy in the state, where hunting the creatures has been illegal since 1990.D... -
‘Honeymoon Killer’ Judge Scoffs at Alleged Motive
Posted on February 22, 2012 in National News | No CommentsComstock/Thinkstock(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) -- The judge presiding over the murder trial of accused "Honeymoon Killer" Gabe Watson has openly scoffed at the prosecution's claims and angrily asked the prosecutor if he needs lessons on the rules of court. The ... -
Animal Rights Activist Charged in Hiring a Hitman to Kill Fur-Wearers
Posted on February 22, 2012 in National News | No CommentsU.S. Department of Justice(CLEVELAND) -- An animal activist planned to pay a hitman $730 to gun down a random person wearing fur outside of a Cleveland library. A criteria for any gunmen considering the offer was that they do not wear, "anything that l... -
Indiana Republican Rips Girl Scouts
Posted on February 22, 2012 in National News | No CommentsGiuliana Nakashima/The Washington Post/Getty Images(INDIANAPOLIS) -- When most people think of the Girl Scouts -- especially at this time of the year -- they think of Thin Mints and Samoas, of campfires and green uniforms, but one Indiana Republican se... -
Jury Begins Deliberations in George Huguely’s Trial
Posted on February 22, 2012 in National News | No CommentsHemera/Thinkstock(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- The fate of accused murderer George Huguely V is in the hands of a Charlottesville, Va., jury. Deliberations began Wednesday morning.Two female alternate jurors were dismissed by the judge after being chosen a... -
Mom Visits Former US Marine on Death Row in Iran
Posted on February 22, 2012 in National News | No CommentsABC News(NEW YORK) -- The mother of the former U.S. Marine sentenced to death in Iran was allowed to visit her son, who she said looked gaunt and terrified on death row.Amir Hekmati's mother, Benhaz, went to Tehran in late January, according to a repor... -
Several Dead in Georgia Spa Shooting
Posted on February 22, 2012 in National News | No CommentsAbleStock/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) -- Several people are dead after a shooting Tuesday night at a health spa in Norcross, Georgia.Police say the incident at the Su Jung Health Sauna resulted in five fatalities, including the shooter, in what appears to have... -
Los Angeles School Scandal: Lawyer Wants Teacher Treated Fairly
Posted on February 22, 2012 in National News | No CommentsKrista Kennell/AFP/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- With the city of Los Angeles and even the nation outraged at the alleged sexual abuse accusations against elementary school teacher Mark Berndt, his attorney Victor Acevedo asked Tuesday that people not f... -
White House Black History Celebration Continues; Obama Sings the Blues
Posted on February 21, 2012 in National News | No CommentsChris Kleponis/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Obama showed off his vocal abilities once again Tuesday night, singing a few lines of “Sweet Home Chicago” during the finale of a blues concert at the White House.“We ... -
Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging Stolen Valor Act
Posted on February 21, 2012 in National News | No CommentsJoshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Jonathan D. Libby does not dispute the fact that his client, Xavier Alvarez, told a "whopping" lie when he announced publicly that he had been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.Alvarez was... -
Disabled Teen Falls 46 Stories in Trash Chute to His Death
Posted on February 21, 2012 in National News | No CommentsComstock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- A 17-year-old boy with Down syndrome and autism fell to his death down a garbage chute Monday night in a high-rise Chicago apartment building. Police discovered the body of Charlie Manley inside the building’s tras... -
Jilted Boyfriend Accused of Killing Girlfriend in Hit-and-Run
Posted on February 21, 2012 in National News | No CommentsPhotodisc/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A spurned boyfriend planned to flee the country after allegedly running over his girlfriend three times and killing her, Bergen County, N.J., prosecutors said Tuesday.Charles Ann, 26, was arrested at a friend’s a... -
Dunwoody Day Care Killing: Trial Begins for Georgia Engineer Charged With Murder
Posted on February 21, 2012 in National News | No CommentsDunwoody Police Dept(ATLANTA) -- The murder trial of a Georgia engineer charged with killing his colleague and alleged lover's husband began Tuesday in Atlanta with starkly different tales of romance, betrayal and insanity in attorneys' opening stateme... -
Chicago School Nets $190,000 in Student Fines
Posted on February 21, 2012 in National News | No CommentsCreatas/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- Forget watching the clock, chewing gum, or slouching. At the Noble Network of Charter Schools' 10 Chicago campuses students are on their best behavior-- otherwise it will cost them."Students tell us by and large they don'... -
George Huguely Trial Jury Deliberations: Will He Go Free?
Posted on February 21, 2012 in National News | No CommentsHemera/Thinkstock(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- On Wednesday, jurors in former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely V's murder trial will begin deliberations to decide the 24-year-old's fate -- and two legal experts have told ABC News that ...
