Gay Marriage

San Diego media baron promotes conservative causes

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - The new media barons of America's eighth-largest city are upfront about wanting to use their newspaper to promote their agenda of downtown development and politically conservative causes - and they are making their points in a brash, bare-

Labor tries new tactic after setbacks in Michigan

By JOHN FLESHERAssociated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - It's hardly a return to the Depression era, when company guards roughed up labor organizers at auto plants.  But times are tough for unions in the Rust Belt, even in a longtime bastion like Michigan. Here, emergency managers have

Seattle Times reporters protest campaign ads

By MANUEL VALDESAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - More than 100 reporters, photographers, designers and other staffers signed a letter protesting The Seattle Times Co.'s decision to support the campaigns of Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna and a gay marriage referendum. The

NY appeals court nixes Defense of Marriage Act

By LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Saying the gay population has "suffered a history of discrimination," a divided federal appeals court in Manhattan ruled Thursday that a federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman was unconstitutional, adding fuel to an