DC Council approves gay marriage in the capital
The D C Council approved a bill to legalize same sex marriage with an 11 to 2 vote. If signed by the mayor and not blocked by Congress, gay couples could wed in the district as early as March joining Connecticut Iowa Massachusetts and Vermont in issuing licenses.
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California
New York
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New Jersey
District of Columbia
Congress
Eleanor Holmes Norton
David Catania
Patrick J. Egan
New York University
United States
Norton
Marion Barry
Connecticut
Iowa
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Drug import bid fails in Senate amid health care clash
The Senate rejected a 60 vote threshold to allow Americans to import FDA approved drugs from Canada Europe Australia New Zealand and Japan The defeat blocks a key cost cutting idea backed by Sen Byron Dorgan and opposed by the White House and drug makers The ruling adds to delays in advancing the administration backed health care overhaul and highlights safety concerns over imported medicines
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Barack Obama
Byron Dorgan
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Obama
Dorgan
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Frank Lautenberg
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Canada
Europe
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Pharmaceutical Industry
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U.S
North Dakotan
White House
FDA
Octopus uses coconut shells as portable shelter
Researchers in Indonesia document veined octopuses Amphioctopus marginatus collecting halved coconut shells, emptying them, carrying them up to 65 feet, and reassembling two shells to form a portable hiding spot. Observed in North Sulawesi and Bali between 1998 and 2008, the behavior suggests a pioneering example of tool use in invertebrates.
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Indonesia
Julian Finn
Mark Norman
Museum Victoria
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North
Sulawesi
Bali
Current Biology
Finn
Rural Illinois town welcomes Gitmo inmate relocation plan
Thomson Illinois welcomes a White House plan to house up to 100 Guantanamo detainees at the aging Thomson Correctional Center. Town leaders see economic benefits to counter high unemployment and tax shortfalls, despite the facility's stalled opening and limited staff.
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Thomson
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