http://www.newstin.com/us/california Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57433536 In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage Thursday in a ruling that would allow same-sex couples in the biggest U.S. state to wed. The city of San Francisco, two dozen gay and lesbian couples and gay rights... Thu, 15 May 2008 19:13:18 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57433536 2008-05-15T19:13:18Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57490073 Gay marriage is an issue on which the three major presidential candidates — John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton — are pretty much in agreement. But the decision by the California Supreme Court on Thursday overturning the state's ban on same-sex marriage seems likely to put the... Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:17 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57490073 2008-05-16T06:00:17Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57487528 By Andrew Ross Sorkin and Miguel Helft SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo's chairman, Roy Bostock, rejected late Thursday accusations from the billionaire investor Carl Icahn that the company's board had acted irrationally in turning down a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft and repeated that Yahoo... Fri, 16 May 2008 05:38:31 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57487528 2008-05-16T05:38:31Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57471810 The parents of a teenager killed by an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo filed a claim against the city Thursday, seeking monetary compensation for the mauling of their 17-year-old son. Carlos Sousa Jr. died Dec. 25 when a Siberian tiger named Tatiana escaped its enclosure and attacked the... Fri, 16 May 2008 01:40:07 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57471810 2008-05-16T01:40:07Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57461608 Warren Cowan, one of the last of the super publicists who helped make Hollywood the glamour capital of the world, has died. Cowan, who handled the careers of stars from Joan Crawford to Elizabeth Taylor, died at Cedars Sinai Medical Center Wednesday, just three weeks after being diagnosed with... Fri, 16 May 2008 00:17:50 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57461608 2008-05-16T00:17:50Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57435319 Press Releases Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami 202-226-7616 For Immediate Release 05/15/2008 Pelosi Statement on California State Supreme Court Ruling on Gay Marriage Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement in reaction to the California Supreme Court’s... Thu, 15 May 2008 19:30:30 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57435319 2008-05-15T19:30:30Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57465964 The state Senate rejected legislation Thursday that would require the state to sell the site of the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and adjoining Los Angeles Sports Arena. The bill's author, Sen. Jeff Denham, R-Merced, said the stadium is "falling apart" and that selling the land would... Fri, 16 May 2008 01:14:26 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57465964 2008-05-16T01:14:26Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57459116 SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) - Orange County authorities say a Marine has been found shot to death near the Camp Pendleton military base. The Sheriff's Department says the body of a man in his 20s was found at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday in a semi-rural area of San Clemente, which is just outside the... Thu, 15 May 2008 23:16:35 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57459116 2008-05-15T23:16:35Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57448221 Calm:"Barack Obama has always believed that same-sex couples should enjoy equal rights under the law, and he will continue to fight for civil unions as President. He respects the decision of the California Supreme Court, and continues to believe that states should make their own decisions when it... Thu, 15 May 2008 21:40:51 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57448221 2008-05-15T21:40:51Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57440511 Sales increase 29% to $7.6 million for the quarter Company completes relocation of its Santa Ana facility to Irvine IRVINE, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PRO-DEX, INC. (Nasdaq: PDEX) today announced financial results for the third fiscal quarter and nine-month period for fiscal 2008,... Thu, 15 May 2008 20:10:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57440511 2008-05-15T20:10:00Z