Episcopalians ordain second openly gay bishop
In Long Beach California the Rev Canon Mary Glasspool a Baltimore resident was ordained and consecrated as the churchs second openly gay bishop and among the first two female bishops in the Los Angeles Diocese. The ceremony drew about 3000 attendees with security removing protestors and supporters applauding at the end.
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Long Beach
Calif
Episcopal Church
Mary Glasspool
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Long Beach Arena
Bob Williams
Glasspool
BP Rig Faces Criticism Over Incomplete Engineering Docs
Records show BP owned Atlantis operated with missing and flawed engineering documents two years before the Deepwater Horizon spill. An independent firm found violations of BP policies by not having complete safety documents aboard in 2007, raising concerns of potential catastrophic operator error.
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Houston
Gulf of Mexico
Congress
Petroleum
The
Atlantis
Stanley Sporkin
University of California, Berkeley
Robert Bea
Gulf
Minerals and Management Service
Thailand Defends Deadly Bangkok Crackdown
Thailand's leader defends the army crackdown on protesters around Bangkok as violence escalates. Protests drag away bodies as soldiers block roads and declare Live Firing Zone while snipers watch from buildings and fires burn in the commercial district.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Abhisit Vejjajiva
U.S
Southeast
Asia
Jatuporn Prompan
Kagan Excels in Supreme Court debut as solicitor general
Elena Kagan, the first woman in the role, argued six cases before the Supreme Court in nine months. She held her own against justices in a chamber famed for interruptions, mixing humor with candor while maintaining a respectful, conversational tone.
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Elena Kagan
Supreme Court
Justice Stevens
Justice Scalia
Kagan
John Paul Stevens
John Roberts
Antonin Scalia
David Cole
Scalia
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Justice Ginsburg
Capitol Hill
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Voters Favor Democratic House in Narrow AP-GfK Poll
The AP-GfK poll shows about one third want their own representatives re-elected with a 45 to 40 percent preference for a Democratic Congress, reversing April's GOP edge. Democrats hold 254-177 House seats with four vacancies and 59 Senate seats, while Republicans gain momentum for a possible chamber change.
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Congress
Associated Press
Gfk
Barack Obama
Jack Pitney
California
Claremont McKenna College
House
Senate
GOP
Apgfe
Harley Smithson
Baltimore
Obama
Ap-Gfk
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New Jersey
Lawrence Walsh
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Thomas M. Sexton
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