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The court did not rule that the state should not or could not allow gay marriages, only that the state constitution did not require that it allow them.
As U.S. and other intelligence agencies scrutinize North Korean preparations for a possible long-range missile launch, the Bush administration is readying a response if North Korea does fire – and puzzling over the rogue nation's motives.
It was a mixed bag for U.S. retailers last month, as rising gas prices seem to have taken a toll on many consumers. Companies this morning reported sales figures for stores open a year or longer.
I have been observing British politics since the early 1960s, and I have noticed a common pattern: Until the 1990s, the party in power has most of the time been behind in the polls. It struck me that Brits had some visceral sense that expressing disapproval in polls placed some limits on the prime minister's theoretically dictatorial powers—he (or she) can get practically any legislation he (or she) wants through the House of Commons but is likely to be restrained from going too far by public opinion. Tony Blair and his New Labor Party changed that pattern: From 1997 up through the 2005 election, Blair has generally enjoyed positive job ratings and has been favored over the leader of the Conservative Party.
AP - President Bush pushed for stern international action against North Korea on Thursday but ran into resistance from China and Russia. The North Koreans threatened to fire off more test rockets.
AP - The ruling party's Felipe Calderon won the official count in Mexico's disputed presidential race Thursday, a come-from-behind victory for the stiff technocrat. But his leftist rival refused to concede and said he'd fight the results in court.
The Hamas-led Palestinian government told its security forces Thursday to fight Israeli troops moving into Gaza. An Interior Ministry spokesman said all Palestinian security forces received orders to join the resistance against Israeli military incursions. But most of the Palestinian security forces in Gaza are loyal to the rival Fatah Party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, so it is not clear how many will obey the order.
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