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American Scene: Ample petitions secured for Washington marriage measure

WASHINGTON

Leaders of a traditional-marriage group turned in more than 200,000 signatures Wednesday to allow voters a say on the gay-marriage law passed by lawmakers earlier this year.

Preserve Marriage Washington needed 120,577 signatures to get their Referendum 74 on the November ballot. If their efforts are approved, as expected, ...

Bees create buzz at posh NYC hotels

NEW YORK — An iconic hotel in the heart of midtown Manhattan is buzzing with thousands of tiny new visitors. But watch out: They'll sting if you get too close.

Honeybees have taken up residence at the Waldorf-Astoria New York, one of New York City's most famous institutions and a ...

U.S. and Mexico Launch Campaign for Border Crossers

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Latin American HT | “Border Safety Initiative” warns potential immigrants of dangerous hot summer temperatures and fast waterway currents.

Collapse At Hand

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Paul Craig Roberts | Purging the financial system of the gambling derivatives would vastly improve national security.

Panetta: Drone Campaign Will Continue in Pakistan

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VOA News | Pakistan's foreign ministry says "the strategic disadvantages of such attacks far outweigh their tactical advantages, and are therefore, totally counterproductive."

Space shuttle Enterprise sails to Manhattan

NEW YORK — New Yorkers lined the West Side waterfront to welcome the space shuttle Enterprise as it sailed up the Hudson River on Wednesday to its new home aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

The prototype space shuttle rode a barge from Jersey City, N.J. to the ...

Opponents block Washington state gay marriage

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington's gay marriage law was blocked from taking effect Wednesday as opponents filed more than 200,000 signatures seeking a public vote on the issue in November.

Preserve Marriage Washington submitted the signatures just a day before the state was to begin allowing same-sex marriages. State officials will ...

Post offices, Ellis Island join endangered list

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of historic U.S. post offices nationwide face uncertain futures as the U.S. Postal Service downsizes, so preservationists on Wednesday added these American institutions to the list of the country's most endangered historic places.

Post offices will join the list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places as ...

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