Is the Supreme Court Preparing to Render America’s Death Sentence?

Is the Supreme Court Preparing to Render America’s Death Sentence?: "This week the United States Supreme Court is hearing arguments concerning same-sex marriage in Proposition 8, California’s law that bans it. There already are rumors flying around that the court will strike down Proposition 8 and legalize same-sex marriage"

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Democrats Threaten Sheriffs with Extortion over Gun Control Laws

Democrats Threaten Sheriffs with Extortion over Gun Control Laws: "Colorado lawmakers are pushing through gun control legislation that will limit the freedoms of all the people living in the state. This will affect the ability of the law-abiding people of Colorado to defend themselves from people who have no regard for the law."

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Comparing the Ryan and Murray Budget Plans

Comparing the Ryan and Murray Budget Plans: "Passing a budget is an apparently difficult task for Congress lately. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) proposed a budget that was passed in the House of Representatives and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) proposed a budget that was passed in the Senate. Each budget specifies a revenue floor and a spending target for each budget area but fails to provide many specifics. The lower tax rates and smaller government in the Ryan plan would be best for the economy, says Stephen Entin, a senior fellow at the Tax Foundation."

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Starbucks CEO: If You Support Traditional Marriage, We Don’t Want Your Business

Starbucks CEO: If You Support Traditional Marriage, We Don’t Want Your Business: "At the Starbucks annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, CEO Howard Schultz sent a clear message to anyone who supports traditional marriage over gay marriage: we don’t want your business. After saying Starbucks wants to “embrace diversity of all kinds,” he told a shareholder who supports traditional marriage that he should sell his shares and invest in some other company."

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Biden Spends $585,000 for One Night Stay in Paris While Airport Control Towers Are Being Shutdown

Biden Spends $585,000 for One Night Stay in Paris While Airport Control Towers Are Being Shutdown: "President Barack Obama’s sequestration has resulted in furloughs for TSA, Border Patrol and Customs agents.  It has cost our servicemen and women their promised tuition coverage."

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The Supreme Court Has Already Ruled on Homosexual Marriage

The Supreme Court Has Already Ruled on Homosexual Marriage: "In the nineteenth century, the courts agreed that it was necessary for the State to acknowledge the biblical requirement of monogamy over against polygamy (many wives). Marriage is by definition a union of one man and one woman."

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Cyprus Salvaged After EU Deal Shuts Bank to Get $13B - Bloomberg

Cyprus Salvaged After EU Deal Shuts Bank to Get $13B - Bloomberg: "Cyprus dodged a disorderly sovereign default and unprecedented exit from the euro by bowing to demands from creditors to shrink its banking system in exchange for 10 billion euros ($13 billion) of aid.
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades agreed to shut the country’s second-largest bank under pressure from a German-led bloc in an overnight negotiating melodrama that threatened to rekindle the European debt crisis and rattle markets."

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Cyprus banks remain closed to avert run on deposits | Reuters

Cyprus banks remain closed to avert run on deposits | Reuters: "The president of Cyprus assured his people a bailout deal he struck with the European Union was in their best interests, but banks will remain closed until Thursday - and even then subject to capital controls to prevent a run on deposits."

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Picture of ‘martial law’ alarms forensic profiler

Picture of ‘martial law’ alarms forensic profiler: "A forensic profiler who worked on the disappearance of Natalie Holloway and the double-murder case against O.J. Simpson says he is becoming alarmed by some of the references President Obama is using."

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Superintendents Paid as Much as Corporate CEOs

Superintendents Paid as Much as Corporate CEOs: "Property taxes have continued to increase in many parts of the country throughout the recession because of rising costs to fund public schools. The increased costs are driven by the large salaries that many school superintendents receive, says Elizabeth MacDonald of Fox Business News."

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