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...Vermont Gay Marriage Gains Momentum While Californians await a decision from the state supreme court on whether a referendum banning gay marriage will be upheld, other parts of the country appear to be moving in favor of same-sex unions. Vermont and Iowa legalized the practice in early April; the District of Columbia will vote in May on whether to recognize other states' unions...
That leaves investors and traders who look at earnings as essential to their decisions in a huge fog bank which does not show any sign of lifting. And, it won't. Buying and selling stocks is now based more on rumor and momentum than it has been at any time in recent memory. The last period like this may have been early 2000 during the Internet stock craze. This time around, obscure banks analysts can turn the market against the sector. News that Steve Jobs was seen at a 7-Eleven in Fresno can drive Apple (AAPL...
...fourth and last chukker, the teams continue their neck-to-neck race towards victory. As usual, Nick darts ahead of the crowd towards the far wall in pursuit of the ball, but Charlie drives up from behind and bumps the rear of Nick’s horse. Mid-momentum, caught between Charlie and the wall, Nick is thrust off his horse and flies headlong into the boards, crumpling into a fetal position before impact...
...sense that something big is happening has been felt by the other side of the battle too. "The momentum seems to be now on the side of those pushing for the legalization of same-sex marriage," the Rev. Albert Mohler told TIME on Wednesday. "The Vermont and Iowa developments seem to signal the fact that, as many of us have sensed for some time, the legalization of same-sex marriage is taking on a sense of inevitability." Mohler is president of the nation's flagship Southern Baptist seminary in Louisville, Ky., and one of America's most respected Evangelical thinkers...
...Clinton to Joe Biden - Obama has favored civil unions while opposing gay marriage. Although he has promised to work for the repeal of DOMA and to end the ban on gays serving openly in the military, these are not priorities in the Obama White House. As a result, any momentum gay-rights activists may be enjoying now is unlikely to be sustained...