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The Issue: Minnesota latest state to recognize same-sex marriage
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton's signing into law a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the Land of 10,000 Lakes means that now a dozen states -- a fifth of the country -- recognize same-sex marriage.
UPI Almanac for Saturday, May 18, 2013.
Minnesota Gov. Dayton signs same-sex marriage bill into law
Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law Tuesday a measure letting gay couples marry, making Minnesota the 12th U.S. state to permit same-sex marriage.
Vermont legislators approved a bill that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana and hashish, sending it to the governor for consideration.
Report: An average 13 U.S. workers die on the job every day
An average of 13 U.S. workers die on the job every day while an additional estimated 137 die each day from occupational diseases, AFL-CIO officials say.
The Delaware Senate Tuesday gave final legislative approval to a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state.
A Roman Catholic bishop from Massachusetts was arrested for alleged drunken driving near his Rhode Island vacation home, police said.
Justices ready to change America
It's spring, and the U.S. Supreme Court is lifting a mighty hammer. When the justices bring that big hammer down, they may change forever the way the races interact in the United States, and may forever redefine the millennia-old definition of marriage.
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chaffee signed into law two bills allowing same-sex couples to marry, making the state the 10th to recognize such marriages.
Fans wish Pete Seeger a happy 94th birthday
Fans including the Library of Congress cheered and honored U.S. folk singer Pete Seeger, who turned 94 Friday.
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Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad