[U.S.] Thousands rally outside Supreme Court as it hears cases on gay marriage

Thousands rally outside Supreme Court as it hears cases on gay marriage
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57576379/supreme-court-proceeds-cautiously-on-same-sex-marriage/
Ian Finkenbinder came to the steps of the Supreme Court wearing the dress uniform from the Army that discharged him after he said he was gay.

Disabled man gets $8000 after being stuck on Disney's 'Small World' ride for hours
http://fox4kc.com/2013/03/26/man-gets-8k-after-small-world-breakdown/
LOS ANGELES - An attorney says a disabled man was awarded $8,000 by Disneyland after the "It's A Small World" ride broke down, stranding him for a half hour while the theme song played continuously.

Johnson's retirement raises GOP hopes in Senate
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/tim-johnson-retiring-89346.html
Republicans need six seats to win Senate majority, but candidate missteps cost them in 2010 and 2012 elections. johnson-tim. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.

President Obama names Julia Pierson to head Secret Service
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/20130326_ap_apsourceobamatonamewomansecretservicehead.html
WASHINGTON - A year after the U.S. Secret Service was embroiled in a prostitution scandal, President Obama on Tuesday named a high-ranking career employee to become its first female director.

Autopsy: Dead Russian adoptee bruised all over
http://www.cbs7kosa.com/news/details.asp?ID=43370
ODESSA, Texas (AP) -- Authorities investigating the death of a 3-year-old Russian boy adopted by a West Texas couple found more than 30 bruises on his body and signs that he routinely hurt himself.

Justices, Citing Ban on Unreasonable Searches, Limit Use of Drug-Sniffing Dogs
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/politics/20130326_ap_courtdrugdogsniffisunconstitutionalsearch.html
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday limited the ability of the police to use drug-sniffing dogs outside homes. Related. Justices Say Time May Be Wrong for Gay Marriage Case (March 27, 2013).

Passaic man's Powerball win sets off rush at lucky liquor store
http://www.northjersey.com/news/Passaic_mans_Powerball_win_sets_off_rush_at_lucky_liquor_store.html
Swarms of people crushed into Passaic's Eagle Liquors - the luckiest place in New Jersey - just after the doors swung open at 9 a.m.

Astor's Son Loses Appeal in Fraud Case
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324789504578384891901133234.html
A state judicial panel has upheld fraud and grand-larceny convictions against the 88-year-old son of socialite and heiress Brooke Astor, clearing the way for him to begin serving a prison term for plundering his mother's estate.

FAU College Student Who Didn't Want To Stomp On 'Jesus' Runs Afoul of ...
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Jesus-Stomping-Incident-Draws-Florida-Governor-Rick-Scotts-Ire-200158071.html
Would you stomp on a piece of paper with the name Jesus written on it as part of a classroom assignment? Ryan Rotela, a devout Mormon student at Florida Atlantic University, had to make this bizarre decision in his Intercultural Communications class.

4-year-old boy found in apartment with woman's body
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_jersey&id=9041752
(CNN) -- A 4-year-old boy was found alive but malnourished in a Union, New Jersey, apartment where police also discovered the decomposing body of a woman.

Whitey lawyers: DOJ 'in relationships with numerous murderers'
http://kgmi.com/Judge-says-may-not-revisit-Bulger-s-immunity-claim/12989761?newsId=202095
Mobster James “Whitey” Bulger's defense team is vowing to prove at his trial this summer that the license to kill he claims he was gifted by the Department of Justice “was not an isolated incident,” but rather “one example of the DOJ's ongoing practice of ...

Police trying to locate as many as 20 women in Craigslist rapes case
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/03/26/3m-bond-for-man-accused-of-raping-women-he-met-on-craigslist/
Authorities say a Woodstock man charged with sexually assaulting five women he found on Craigslist might have attacked as many as 20 other women.

Scientists: Drill waste cause of big Okla. quake in 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5isBUUA5ujJZ0Fg9wopEgtBHoeZdg?docId=be294130afcc4946acd0bad9e015d1ef
Maintenance workers inspect the damage to one of the spires on Benedictine Hall at St. Gregory's University in Shawnee, Okla. on Nov. 6, 2011.