| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Same-sex marriage bill | | The French Senate will debate a controversial bill Thursday that would extend the right to marry and adopt to same-sex couples. |
| Bird flu | | A fourth person in China has died from the H7N9 virus, a strain of avian flu not previously detected in humans, state-run TV reported Thursday. |
| Connecticut gun law | | Still stinging from the shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Connecticut lawmakers have approved what advocacy groups call the strongest and most comprehensive gun legislation in the nation. |
| The challenge of immigration language | | There's the N-word and the F-word -- euphemisms for offensive terms many know but which most of us would never consider using in polite company. Now, there's another word activists are hoping to banish from public discussion -- "illegal" as in "illegal immigrant." |
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