NY court: Married gay couples entitled to benefits ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's top court has rejected a Christian legal group's challenge to some government benefits provided to legally married same-sex couples living in New York. The court avoided declaring that same-sex couples are entitled to all the rights of other married couples in the ruling released Thursday.
TV ad seeks to recruit Arab-Americans to CIA
By JEFF KAROUB Associated Press Writer DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - There's a swirl of activity in a spacious, modern kitchen as final meal preparations are made.
Release ordered for wrongfully convicted NYC man
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City man imprisoned for nearly 20 years for a now-overturned murder conviction will go free while he waits to learn whether he has to serve time for an unrelated drug case.
Person in chicken suit ruffles feathers in Colo. DURANGO, Colo. (AP) - A person in a chicken costume ruffled the feathers of Durango's city council as its members discussed rules for backyard fowl. At a council meeting Tuesday, someone in a chicken costume quietly entered the council chambers just as the mayor was discussing a recently-passed backyard hen ordinance.
Black power has arrived - with some new challenges
By JESSE WASHINGTON AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Ten months after Democrats took over the Capitol and the first African-American president moved into the White House, black lawmakers are in control of some of the most powerful positions in Congress - and face new challenges to using their long-sought influence.
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preferences.
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on the basis of race, sex, handicap, religion, and national origin.
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Americans with Disabilities Act.