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Thousands filled the Minnesota State Capitol as they waited for word that the Senate had passed the gay marriage bill.

Minnesota legalizes gay marriage

Marriage |  Minnesota will become the third state in the last 10 days to legalize gay marriage when Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton signs the bill passed yesterday into law…

The John Weld Peck Federal Building

Holder orders IRS investigation

Politics |  Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra…

SEEKING SANCTUARY: Daniel, Joshua, Christian, Lydia, Uwe, Damaris, Hannelore, and Sarah Romeike (from left).

Appeals court denies homeschooling family’s asylum claim

Homeschooling |  The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a German couple’s bid for asylum in the United States today, pushing their family one step closer to…

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin

Midday Roundup: Vermont voters get their death wish

Newsworthy |  Dispensing with dignity. Vermont is expected to become the fourth state to legalize euthanasia later today when Gov. Peter Shumlin signs an assisted-suicide…

A wind turbine farm owned by PacifiCorp near Glenrock, Wyo.

Wind farms breeze past laws protecting vulnerable birds

Environment |  It happens about once a month in Converse County, Wyo.—A golden eagle, soaring over the barren foothills of one of America’s green-energy boomtowns,

Harold Camping

Failed apocalypse predictions threaten end for California radio network

Religion |  Family Radio, a California-based Christian radio network, is in a financial crisis after the apocalypse failed to happen in 2011, as its founder predicted.

Attorney General Eric Holder

Obama administration secretly seized AP phone records

WORLD normally does not post articles directly from the Associated Press, given the news agency ’s ideological bias, but we are publishing this story unedited

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus

Midday Roundup: Everyone wants a piece of the IRS

Newsworthy |  Piling on. Three Democrats have joined a chorus of Republicans calling for the IRS to be held accountable for targeting conservative groups for heightened…

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman

Republicans challenge ‘dishonest’ IRS mea culpa

Politics |  Never has an audit from the Internal Revenue Service been so scary.  It’s “chilling,” Republicans said Sunday in reference to the news that the IRS…

Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif celebrate the victory of their leader in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Globe Trot: Former PM Nawaz Sharif returns to power in Pakistan

International |  Pakistanis returned to high office Nawaz Sharif, after parliamentary elections this weekend gave his party a commanding new hold on power. Sharif’s…

<i>CBS Evening News</i> anchor Scott Pelley

Signs and Wonders: CBS’s Scott Pelley admits media missteps on big stories

Newsworthy |  Mea culpa. CBS News anchor Scott Pelley received the 20th annual Fred Friendly First Amendment Award on Friday, and he used the occasion to give an…

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte

House committees launch nationwide hunt for Gosnell imitators

Abortion |  Two House committees launched nationwide campaigns earlier this week to investigate the prevalence of poorly regulated abortion facilities similar to the kind…

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