(15 stories) Maryland Gay Marriage Could Hinge on Black Churches

US News - News March 1, 2012 See US News Weather Maryland Gay Marriage Could Hinge on Black Churches (The Skanner) With Maryland poised to legalize gay marriage, some conservative opponents and religious leaders are counting on members of their congregations, especially in black churches, to upend the legislation at the polls this fall. U.S. House Approves Stillwater Bridge (CBS Local) Betty McCollum , Mark Dayton , Michele Bachmann , Minnesota , St Croix River , St. Conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart dies in L.A. (Daily Camera) Conservative media publisher and activist Andrew Breitbart, who was behind investigations that led to the resignations of former Rep. Video: Moderates thinning out in Washington D.C. (CBS News) Olympia Snowe is another government official who has decided not to run for re-election because of the gridlock in Washington D.C. Nancy Cordes reports. I'm Being Followed: How Google-and 104 Other Companies-Are Tracking Me on the Web (theatlantic) Who are these companies and what do they want from me? A voyage into the invisible business that funds the web. This morning, if you opened your browser and went to NYTimes.com, an amazing thing happened in the milliseconds between your click and when the news about North Korea and James Murdoch appeared on your screen. Data from this single visit was sent to 10 different companies, including Microsoft and Google subsidiaries, a gaggle of traffic-logging sites, and other, smaller ad firms. Nearly instantaneously, these companies can log your visit, place ads tailored for your eyes specifically, and add to the ever-growing online file about you. Olympia Snowe and Misdiagnosing Gridlock (thenation) big money and business interests are skewing the democratic processMaine Senator Olympia Snowe stunned the political world yesterday by announcing that she would not seek re-election this fall, despite a significant fundraising advantage and never receiving less than 60 percent of the vote during her 33-year career in the Senate. How Santorum Blew Michigan (newyorker) Since I mistakenly predicted a narrow victory for Rick Santorum in the Wolverine State, you will forgive me if I exercise a bit of proprietorial interest in why he ended up losing, albeit not by much. One theory, which I trotted out in my overnight post, is that he ran into the limits of social conservatism. According to this view, a vote share of thirty-eight per cent is about the maximum he could expect to achieve in a state like Michigan, where most of the vote is concentrated in urban and suburban areas. The Collapse of Print Advertising in 1 Graph (theatlantic) He is a visiting research fellow at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget at the New America Foundation. Explainer: Why Do We Need a Volcker Rule? (thenation) As the provisions of the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory law begin to go into effect, federal oversight agencies have issued the first draft of the "Volcker Rule." Named for former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, the Volcker Rule says that commercial banks shouldn't be able to make risky bets with federally insured deposits. Rupert Murdoch's Tabloid Culture (newyorker) A tabloid culture runs amok.On March 21, 2002, a thirteen-year-old English schoolgirl took the train home. Usually, she took it all the way to Hersham, seventeen miles from London, where she lived, but on that day she got off one stop before, at Walton-on-Thames, to get something to eat. Ron Paul up with Washington TV ad lashing GOP rivals (seattletimes.nwsource) Republican presidential contender Ron Paul is running a TV ad in Washington ahead of Saturday's caucuses. The 60-second ad, called 'Three of a Kind' is harsh on his opponents - it labels Newt Gingrich a "serial hypocrite," Rick Santorum a "counterfeit conservative" and Mitt Romney a "flip flopper" who provided the blueprint for Obamacare.It says Paul "stands apart ready to deliver real change," touting his votes against taxes and unbalanced budgets and his "pro life" stance. The ad is running on Fox News Channel in the state for the next three days, according to the Paul campaign. Federal judge admits he sent anti-Obama, racist e-mail (usatoday) President Obama speaks at the UAW conference Tuesday in Washington. A Montana judge admitted to sending a racist e-mail about Obama.Cebull, of Billings, was nominated by former president George W. Bush and received his commission in 2001 and has served as chief judge for the District of Montana since 2008. Federal judge blocks enforcement of day labor restrictions in Arizona's 2010 immigration law (washingtonpost) A federal judge blocked police in Arizona from enforcing a section of the state's 2010 immigration enforcement law that prohibited people from blocking traffic when they seek or offer day labor services on streets. 'Ag gag' bill may gag free speech, say legal scholars (desmoinesregister) "We all know it's a thinly veiled attempt to eliminate investigative reporting and whistle-blowing regarding abuses in our food production chain," Iowa's new 'ag gag' bill headed to Gov. Terry Branstad's desk will almost certainly face a constitutional challenge claiming it violates free speech rights, two legal scholars said Wednesday.House File 589 would create a new crime of "agricultural production facility fraud." A person who obtains access to a farm facility by false pretenses or lies on a job application with the intent to commit an act not authorized by the owner could be found guilty and face serious or aggravated misdemeanor charges. Indictments announced in largest no-fault automobile insurance fraud case to date (empirestatenews) Federal authorities announced the unsealing of charges against 36 defendants involved in a systematic scheme to defraud private insurance companies of more than $279 million under New York's no-fault automobile insurance law. More US News News...

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