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| U.S. judge strikes down Pennsylvania law barring gay marriage | | Wednesday, May 21, 2014 3:28 AM | |
|  By David DeKok HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) - A federal judge struck down Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage on Tuesday in the latest court decision extending the rights of matrimony to gay and lesbian couples in the United States. The decision came a day after another U.S. district judge declared a similar ban on gay marriage unconstitutional in Oregon, the 18th state to gain legal standing for same-sex nuptials. "By virtue of this ruling, same-sex couples who seek to marry in Pennsylvania may do so, and already married same-sex couples will be recognized as such in the Commonwealth," U.S. District Judge John Jones III wrote in overturning Pennsylvania's 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. Most recent federal court decisions lifting statewide prohibitions on gay marriage have come with a stay maintaining the status quo pending appeal, but Jones's ruling did not.
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| Vandals destroy replica World Cup near Brazil base | | Wednesday, May 21, 2014 12:20 AM | |
| | Vandals have attacked and burnt a six-metre high replica of the World Cup a few miles from where Brazil's squad will be based for next month's finals, officials in the town of Teresopolis said on Tuesday. The attack on the replica trophy was not the first on World Cup-related symbols in Brazil. Brazil's 23-man squad will meet in Teresopolis later this month and will be based at the squad's long-time base in Granja Comary, on the edge of the town. |
| Indonesian election presents U.S. with Modi-style visa headache | | Wednesday, May 21, 2014 12:16 AM | |
|  By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The emergence of Prabowo Subianto as a serious contender in Indonesia's election this week means the United States faces the awkward possibility of having to welcome another Asian leader it had denied entry to because of alleged links to mass killings. The situation has arisen days after Washington found itself having to change course and promise a visa to Indian Prime Minister-Elect Narendra Modi after his landslide election win. Modi was barred from the United States in 2005. The possibility of another Washington U-turn became apparent after Indonesia's second-largest party on Monday suddenly switched its support to Prabowo from frontrunner Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ahead of July 9 presidential polls.
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| U.S. to disclose legal justification for drone strikes on Americans | | Wednesday, May 21, 2014 12:13 AM | |
|  By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will disclose its legal justification for the use of drones against U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism, a senior Obama administration official said on Tuesday. The U.S. solicitor general has made the decision not to appeal a federal appeals court's decision in April requiring the release of a redacted memorandum spelling out the justification for the policy, said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly. While the legal analysis that justifies the use of drones will be disclosed, some facts will still be excluded from the document, the official said. In a case pitting executive power against the public's right to know what its government does, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month reversed a lower-court ruling preserving the secrecy of the legal rationale for the killings, such as the killing of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki in a 2011 drone strike in Yemen.
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| GM recalls another 2.6 million vehicles | |  GM has been criticized by safety advocates and fined by U.S. safety regulators for not catching the faulty switch earlier. GM also said on Tuesday that it is doubling the charge it expects to take in the second quarter to about $400 million, mostly for recall-related repairs. In the first quarter, GM took a charge of $1.3 billion, mostly related to the ignition switch recall. GM said there have been no fatalities associated with the latest recalls.
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| 'Shield' actor Michael Jace arrested for murder of wife | | | Michael Jace, an actor known for playing a cop in the cable television drama "The Shield," allegedly shot and killed his wife in their Los Angeles home while their children were present, police said on Tuesday. LAPD Detective Dean Vinluan said it was not known if the couple's two children, who are now in the care of family, had witnessed the murder. April Jace, 40, was found dead at their modest home in the Hyde Park section of South Los Angeles when police responded to a report of domestic violence shortly after 8:30 p.m. local time on Monday, according to police. Jace is best known for his role in the FX drama "The Shield," as a Los Angeles police detective conflicted about his sexuality. |
| Credit Suisse guilty plea has little immediate impact as shares rise | |  By Katharina Bart, Karen Freifeld and Aruna Viswanatha WASHINGTON/NEW YORK/ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse saw little immediate impact on Tuesday after it became the largest bank in decades to plead guilty to a U.S. criminal charge and will pay more than $2.5 billion in penalties for helping Americans evade taxes. The bank's guilty plea resolves its long-running dispute with the United States over the probe and marks a rare criminal indictment for a major financial institution. ...
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