Arizona high court lets stand gay marriage ban decision
Arizona's Supreme Court refused to overturn an appeals ruling upholding the 1996 ban on same sex marriage. Don Standhardt and Ted Keltner whose license request was denied in Maricopa County sought review, arguing the statute violates privacy and equal protection.
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Phoenix
Don Standhardt
Ted Keltner
High Court
Court of Appeals
Standhardt
Keltner
Maricopa County
Attorney General's Office
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
California
Immigrants outliving native born Americans in study
San Francisco AP report highlights NIH analysis of death records 1986 94 showing immigrants, especially Black immigrants, live longer than US born Blacks. Lower smoking obesity and higher activity among immigrants are cited as key factors, despite poverty and limited access to care.
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San Francisco
United States
National Institutes of Health
NIH
U.S
Bones of U S WWII pilot to be reburied
Lt. William Lewis, a P-51 pilot shot down over Germany in World War II, will be buried beside his brother after his remains were exhumed from Oberhof, Germany, and returned to his daughter Sharon Cross of Houston. A German farmer tended the crash site for decades before the bones were brought home.
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Tulsa
Okla
Germany
William Lewis
Oberhof
Lewis
Sharon Cross
Houston
Adelbert Wolf
Flooding Illinois river begins to recede after crest
Des Plaines River crested near 11.7 feet, then fell to 11.4 feet as rainfall eased. About 18 families were driven from homes, several schools and roads remained closed, and the river was still rising downstream in Des Plaines. Officials expected a crest near 9 feet later, four feet above flood stage.
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Gurnee
Ill
Des Plaines
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Tony Arredia
Iowa
Tom Vilsack
Iowa Emergency Management
Ellen Gordon
Bush Administration
Gordon
Wisconsin
Rock River
Jefferson
East Twin River
Mishicot
Wis
Milwaukee
Milwaukee River
Court backs Oregon assisted death law in 9th Circuit ruling
A federal appeals court in San Francisco held that the Bush administration cannot criminally prosecute Oregon doctors under the Death With Dignity Act. The 9th Circuit ruled Attorney General Ashcroft overstepped by attempting to regulate medical practice historically governed by state lawmakers.
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San Francisco
Oregon
US. Circuit of Appeals
John Ashcroft
Richard Tallman
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