Hundreds wed as New York legalizes gay marriage
On Sunday hundreds of couples across New York tied the knot as the state became the sixth and largest to recognize same sex marriage. In Manhattan the first ceremony featured Phyllis Siegel and Connie Kopelovy, who had waited 23 years, while celebrations and protests filled city streets and other towns.
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New York City
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Manhattan
Douglas Robinson
Michael Elsasser
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Connie Kopelovy
Kopelov
Siegel
Kopelev
Connecticut
Iowa
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Washington, D.C
Buffalo
Rochester
Albany
Andrew Cuomo
Connie Kopelov
Debt showdown looms as GOP and Dems eye fallback plans
With talks stalled, House Republicans and Senate Democrats prepare rival emergency plans to avert a default before the August 2 deadline. Boehner urges sacrifice for a quick bill to raise the debt limit and trim spending while Reid seeks a $2.7 trillion cut with no new revenue. Geithner vows no default as markets eye the crisis.
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Nancy Pelosi
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Iraq
Afghanistan
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Timothy Geithner
Bill Daley
Fox
Geithner
United States
Expiring drug patents spark big drop in prices across market
Expiring patents will unleash generic versions of seven of the world’s top selling drugs, including Lipitor and Plavix, within 14 months. Analysts estimate about $255 billion in annual sales go off patent by 2016, triggering broad price cuts and major savings for patients, insurers, and government programs as more generics enter the market.
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Medco Health Solutions Inc
Joel Overbach
Excelsus Blue Cross Blue Shield
Upstate
New York
Nicca Goldberg
Women’s Heart
Nyu Langone Medical Center
Manhattan
Ancient Jerusalem bell unearthed from Second Temple era sewer
Archaeologists in Jerusalem show a half-inch golden bell dated to the Second Temple period found in a city sewer. The ornament likely hung on a wealthy resident’s garment two millennia ago. It is the only such bell found in Jerusalem from this era, a rare discover. Meanwhile in Wisconsin a tragic boat crash near Lake Hallie kills four, including the groom to be, with two missing men recovered and two others hospitalized.
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Israel Antiquities Authority
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Chippewa County
Minnesota
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Matthew Overhulser
Mark Michels
Eau Claire
Overhulser
Michels
Ring peddlers offered guns for walrus tusks and polar bear hides
Anchorage prosecutors say an Eskimo couple on a Bering Sea island ran a ring selling illegally obtained walrus tusks and polar bear hides for cash firearms ammunition marijuana cigarettes and snow machines. The haul included about 230 pounds of tusks worth 22000 and two hides worth 2700 plus skulls teeth and other parts. Federal law allows subsistence hunting by coastal Alaska Natives but bans sale to non Natives.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Bering Sea
Marine Mammal
Kevin Feldis
U.S
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