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David Wilson (left) and Rob Compton embrace after being married by a Unitarian minister at the Arlington Street Church in Boston on May 17, 2004. They were one of the first couples in Massachusetts to be legally wed.

As Gay Marriage Heads To Court, A Look Back At The Bumpy Ride

4:28pm March 21, 2013

by Ari Shapiro

The Supreme Court hears two gay marriage cases next week. These will be the next major steps on a path the country has traveled for decades. Those who have been affected by the gay marriage battle reflect on the changes so far.

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Vice President Biden at a December 2012 meeting of police chiefs on gun control, held in Washington, D.C.

Administration Still Fighting For Assault Weapons Ban, Biden Says

12:00pm March 21, 2013

by Frank James

The vice president's comments in an interview with NPR come despite signs that such a ban doesn't have enough support, even from members of his own party, to make it through the Democratic-controlled Senate.

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National

Pentagon May Take Over CIA's Drone Program

9:23am March 21, 2013

The Obama administration is taking steps to put the CIA's drone program under Pentagon control. The CIA has been covertly using drones to target and kill suspected terrorists. Putting the program under Pentagon control would make it more transparent and legally restricted.

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TSA Finds Sword Hidden In Cane At Dulles Airport

9:23am March 21, 2013

At Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., security agents said a woman put her cane in the scanner and there was a sword inside. The woman had no idea it was there.

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Circle Of Accountability Widens In Steubenville Rape Case

2:31pm March 20, 2013

After two football players were convicted in the Steubenville rape trial, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says he will convene a grand jury in April to consider bringing charges against partygoers, school officials and parents who may share responsibility in the rape of a 16-year-old girl.

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The New York Post is notorious for topping its stories of scandal and gossip with brazen and pun-laden headlines.

National

With Headline Bus Tour, 'New York Post' Takes Manhattan

12:06pm March 20, 2013

by David Folkenflik

The New York Post, with its brazen and sometimes hilarious, sometimes cruel and punishing headlines, is now promoting itself with a bus tour of Manhattan. It drives by spots where reporters covered the scandals, murders and sensations that make New York City such a competitive tabloid town.

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Gustave Whitehead and the No. 21. Connecticut claims that Whitehead's half-mile flight in 1901 was the first flight, not the well-known Wright brothers' flight that occurred two years later.

Historian Propels Connecticut To Claim 'First In Flight'

8:35pm March 19, 2013

by Neena Satija

Gustave Whitehead, a German immigrant who lived in Bridgeport, Conn., was the first to fly a plane, according to one expert who examined a photo recently unearthed in a Bavarian museum. This claim has reignited a debate among researchers, and a fight with the Smithsonian.

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Veterans Face Red Tape Accessing Disability, Other Benefits

5:05pm March 19, 2013

On the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, journalist Aaron Glantz talks about the challenges American service members face in accessing disability and other benefits. Glantz says there is a backlog of 900,000 claims and that the average waiting period is 273 days.

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Economy

After 50 Years, A State Of Crisis For The Right To Counsel

2:19pm March 19, 2013

On Mar. 18, 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that state courts are required to provide counsel in criminal cases to those unable to afford it. Just before the 50th anniversary of the decision, Attorney General Eric Holder said that the nation's public defense systems "exist in a state of crisis."

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A Guilty Conscience Needs No Accuser

10:45am March 19, 2013

The Barry County Sheriff's Department in Michigan has received $1,200 in cash with an emotional letter. The writer admitted stealing $800 from a convenience store some 30 years ago.

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