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| Best moments | | Emotions run high, and interns run fast, as same-sex couples celebrate rulings with kisses and proposals. |
| Marine's murder conviction overturned | | The military's equivalent of the Supreme Court overturned the conviction Wednesday of a Marine found guilty of murdering a civilian during the Iraq war, saying he was interrogated after asking for a lawyer. |
| 'We won everything' | | In a dramatic slap at federal authority, a divided Supreme Court has struck down a key part of congressional law that denies to legally married same-sex couples the same benefits provided to heterosexual spouses. |
| Issue losing steam | | The same-sex marriage rulings exposed the fault line between Republican pragmatists and ideologues. |
| Special session set after filibuster | | A day after a raucous crowd helped derail a bill that would have imposed strict new regulations on abortion in Texas, Gov. Rick Perry vowed to try again. FULL STORY |
| Court nudges nation | | Same-sex couples who marry in states where it's legal will now be treated like heterosexual couples by the U.S. FULL STORY |
| From teen mom to famous filibuster | | The Texas state senator whose filibuster of an abortion bill became a national phenomenon has a long history of persisting against tough odds. |
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