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Maine gay marriage foes to use Calif. Prop 8 firm
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Gay marriage opponents in Maine have hired the California public relations firm that led the successful Prop 8 proposal to overturn same-sex marriage.

White US Rep. in black Tenn. district faces fight
By WOODY BAIRD Associated Press Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Steve Cohen, a two-term white congressman from a mostly black House district, faces a bruising Democratic primary next year and race again will likely be at the center of the campaign.

AP source: Same-sex partners to get fed benefits
By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama, whose gay and lesbian supporters have grown frustrated with his slow movement on their priorities, is extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.

Tenn. prison that housed MLK assassin closes doors
PETROS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee prison that was home to Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassin and many other of the state's worst criminals is closing its doors. The Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex is the state's oldest prison at 113 years. It is closing Thursday because it's become too expensive to upgrade and maintain.

Judge: Blaring your car horn is not free speech
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - Being honked off doesn't give you a right to honk on. That's the ruling from a Snohomish County Superior Court judge in the case of a woman who expressed her anger at a neighbor by leaning on her car horn at 6 a.m. Helen Immelt got in a dispute with the neighbor in 2006, after she learned that he had filed a complaint with their homeowners association about h


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