Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Is It OK to Talk on Your Phone When You're at the Checkout?

Is It OK to Talk on Your Phone When You're at the Checkout?

The UK media is weirdly ablaze this morning over a story about a store attendant who flipped out when a customer refused to stop talking on her phone while at the checkout. But is that rude, or is it now socially acceptable?

According to the customer, a 26-year-old Jo Clarke, the store assistant barked ?I will not check your shopping out until you get off your mobile phone." It could be argued that both of them were being a little rude, but whose side are you on? [Gizmodo UK]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/is-it-ok-to-talk-on-your-phone-when-youre-at-thechecko-655852123

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Syria, Snowden top topics for Kerry-Lavrov meeting

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) ? The Syrian crisis and National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden were hot-button topics Tuesday at U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of an Asian summit in Brunei.

Lavrov declined to sum up his more-than-90-minute meeting with Kerry, telling reporters only that their discussion was "excellent." After saying goodbye to Lavrov, Kerry ducked back into the room where he had meetings scheduled with Asian leaders.

Kerry wanted to talk to Lavrov about Russia's support of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, which is fighting against opposition forces armed by Western and Arab nations, and the case involving Snowden, which has strained U.S.-Russia relations.

Snowden, who is wanted in the U.S. on three charges of espionage, has been on the run since releasing sensitive NSA documents. He is believed to have been in the Moscow airport's transit zone since his arrival from Hong Kong on June 23. The U.S. has annulled his passport, and Ecuador, where he had hoped to get asylum, has been giving mixed signals about offering him shelter.

Snowden has expanded his requests for asylum to more than 20 countries, including China, according to WikiLeaks, an anti-secrecy group that has adopted Snowden and his cause.

After Snowden applied for political asylum to remain in Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters in Moscow that Snowden would have to stop leaking U.S. secrets if he wanted asylum there ? and he added that Snowden seemed unwilling to stop publishing leaks of classified material.

Before the meeting, when a reporter asked whether he and Kerry would talk about asylum for Snowden, Lavrov scolded the reporter, saying, "Don't shout at me, please."

Three U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to publicly discuss the Snowden case, have said Washington is trying to persuade Russia to deport Snowden either directly to the United States or to a third country, possibly in eastern Europe, that would then hand him over to U.S. authorities.

Neither the U.S. State Department nor the Russian foreign ministry issued statements detailing the meeting between Kerry and Lavrov.

Irritated by reporters who chased him down the hall after the meeting, Lavrov said, "I am on my way because I missed my lunch" and "You are absolutely crazy. I don't know how you can work like this."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syria-snowden-top-topics-kerry-lavrov-meeting-051938796.html

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House Dems seek path to final immigration deal

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FILE - This April 22, 2013 file photo shows Janet Murguia, president and CEO, National Council of La Raza, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Minorities _ Hispanics, women, blacks, Asians _ stand as the majority among House Democrats, giving them considerable clout in pushing for the most massive rewrite of the nation?s immigration laws in a generation. As the immigration fight shifted to the House, rank-and-file Democrats delivered a simple message to their party leader on Friday: If Republicans who call the shots make good on their promise to bring up single-issue legislation, we?ll only go along if it gets us to negotiations with the Senate. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - This April 22, 2013 file photo shows Janet Murguia, president and CEO, National Council of La Raza, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Minorities _ Hispanics, women, blacks, Asians _ stand as the majority among House Democrats, giving them considerable clout in pushing for the most massive rewrite of the nation?s immigration laws in a generation. As the immigration fight shifted to the House, rank-and-file Democrats delivered a simple message to their party leader on Friday: If Republicans who call the shots make good on their promise to bring up single-issue legislation, we?ll only go along if it gets us to negotiations with the Senate. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - In this July 2, 2012 file photo, Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. speaks in Montpelier, Vt. Minorities _ Hispanics, women, blacks, Asians _ stand as the majority among House Democrats, giving them considerable clout in pushing for the most massive rewrite of the nation?s immigration laws in a generation. As the immigration fight shifted to the House, rank-and-file Democrats delivered a simple message to their party leader on Friday: If Republicans who call the shots make good on their promise to bring up single-issue legislation, we?ll only go along if it gets us to negotiations with the Senate. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

FILE - In this March 10, 2011 file photo, Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Minorities _ Hispanics, women, blacks, Asians _ stand as the majority among House Democrats, giving them considerable clout in pushing for the most massive rewrite of the nation?s immigration laws in a generation. As the immigration fight shifted to the House, rank-and-file Democrats delivered a simple message to their party leader on Friday: If Republicans who call the shots make good on their promise to bring up single-issue legislation, we?ll only go along if it gets us to negotiations with the Senate. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

In this photo taken June 27, 2013, House Minority Leader, Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California, speaks at a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington. The Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Sunday, June 30, that any attempt at comprehensive immigration legislation cannot offer a "special pathway to citizenship" for those in the United States illegally. That approach, said Pelosi Sunday, could block the GOP's hopes of ever winning the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

(AP) ? Hispanics, blacks, Asians and women who together make up the majority of House Democrats publicly disparage Republicans' piecemeal approach to immigration and their omission of any legalization path for 11 million immigrants living here unlawfully.

But privately and pragmatically, Democrats recognize the GOP strategy may be their only route available to an historic policy change.

Speaker John Boehner, who controls the agenda in the Republican-led House, has said flatly that the House will not consider the bipartisan, Senate-passed bill. That measure promises a long path to U.S. citizenship for millions, plus billions of dollars in new spending for security along the U.S-Mexico border.

With few options, Democrats and many Republicans hope party leaders and President Barack Obama can come up with a compromise ? maybe in the fall.

Associated Press

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'Extreme Universe' map gets update

The Fermi space telescope has updated its catalogue of the Universe's most violent neighbourhoods.

Fermi catches gamma rays, the most energetic light, spewing from nature's most extreme physical processes.

The new catalogue, posted on the Arxiv server, lists the sources of the highest-energy gamma rays that Fermi has yet seen: 514 of them.

Some 65 of them are "unassociated" sources that may turn out to be completely new astronomical objects.

The catalogue is to be published in the Astrophysical Journal.

It will help outline which of the known sources of other kinds of electromagnetic radiation - such as visible light, or radio waves, or X-rays - are also emitting at this higher range of gamma-ray energies.

That will help astrophysicists unpick exactly what is happening in these violent corners of the cosmos, where processes are going on that we will never be able to mimic in Earth-bound laboratories.

Bridge catalogue

Fermi scans in every direction, gathering gamma rays from the whole cosmos every three hours.

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What is an electronvolt?

  • Charged particles tend to speed up in an electric field, defined as an electric potential - or voltage - spread over a distance
  • One electronvolt (eV) is the energy gained by a single electron as it accelerates through a potential of one volt
  • It is a convenient unit of measure for particle accelerators, which speed particles up through much higher electric potentials
  • The Large Hadron Collider, for example, can accelerate particles up to an energy of several trillion electronvolts (TeV)
  • That is about equal to the energy in the motion of a flying mosquito

The "all-sky map" accompanying the publication represents all of the gamma-ray detections above 10 gigaelectronvolts that the Fermi telescope has seen in three years' worth of data.

The prior catalogues produced by Fermi contain literally thousands of gamma-ray emitters in the far-flung cosmos, corresponding to objects such as blazars and active galactic nuclei - both associated with black holes snacking at the centres of galaxies - or pulsars, fast-spinning neutron stars that flash our neighbourhood like a distant lighthouse.

But even in the most recent catalogue, the energy range above 10 gigaelectronvolts has been poorly explored.

This is largely untrodden ground in energy terms - the amount of light that comes towards us at these energies is far lower than that associated with lower-energy sources. But it is a range that Fermi is uniquely placed to catch.

For energy ranges above about 10 times that high, we have relied on ground-based telescopes, which do not catch the gamma rays directly.

At these highest imaginable energies, incoming gamma rays streak through the atmosphere, creating a shower of secondary particles that then emit light that telescopes on the ground can see.

This "Cerenkov" light is the focus of instruments such as the Magic facility on the island of Palma, or the newly commissioned Hawc telescope.

"The idea is to have some sort of bridge catalogue between the typical catalogue done by Fermi... which contains thousands of sources, and the domain of the Cerenkov telescopes that have been operating over 20 years," lead author of the new catalogue, David Paneque of the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich, Germany, told BBC News.

But, as with prior Fermi catalogues, Dr Paneque said that there are "unassociated sources" in the new catalogue.

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FERMI SPACE TELESCOPE

  • Telescope has initial 5-year mission, but expected to last for a decade
  • Looks at the Universe in highest-energy form of light - gamma rays
  • Spacecraft is 2.8m (9.2ft) high and 2.4m (8.2ft) in diameter
  • Mission is a team-up between Nasa and US Department of Energy

"What that means is that we know it's a gamma-ray source, but we don't know what kind of source," he explained.

"We can't associate it with a radio object, with an optical object. It might be actually a new class of object - something that only emits in gamma rays."

One tantalising possibility is that these mystery sources are dwarf galaxies, rich with "dark matter" - the stuff believed to make up a majority of the Universe's mass but which has resolutely evaded detection so far.

"If we see a source that only emits gamma rays and not radio and optical, of course that would be a good candidate for dark matter," Dr Paneque said.

Nasa's deputy project scientist on the Fermi mission, Dave Thompson, said the new catalogue release was "exciting".

"A lot of work has gone into it," he told BBC News. "It represents another step in what we can do with Fermi, extending our reach in energy in more than an order of magnitude, and being able to see an entirely different picture of the sky," he said.

And although the number of unassociated sources is a smaller fraction of the total compared to prior catalogues, Dr Thompson said that "there are enough to be intriguing, and certainly following up on them will be one of the things we'll be doing - and we hope other people will too".

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22902904#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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Monday, July 1, 2013

Eric Garcetti takes over as Los Angeles mayor

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Eric Garcetti celebrated the start of his first term as mayor Sunday with a promise to do the basic things right while getting Los Angeles' economy rolling again.

The 42-year-old Ivy Leaguer, a veteran city councilman and son of a former prosecutor, took a ceremonial oath of office on the City Hall steps as part of inaugural festivities featuring Jimmy Kimmel and the musician Moby.

Officially, he takes over the job leading a sprawling city of nearly 4 million people on Monday.

"These times demand a back-to-basics mayor focused above all else on our economy and jobs," Garcetti said in a speech punctuated by optimism and recognition of a tough job ahead.

"We have to accept that the days of seemingly spontaneous growth in huge mega-industries are gone, maybe for good," he said.

He replaces fellow Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa, 60, who exits after two uneven terms during which he expanded rail lines in a city notoriously choked by cars and pushed to improve a school district over which the mayor has no direct control.

Garcetti sketched an agenda that included cultivating ideas with business executives and universities, stopping the flight of Hollywood productions and reducing red tape and business taxes long seen as discouraging job growth.

"You'll have a local government that's off your back and on your side," he promised.

The new mayor takes charge of a city with problems all too familiar: knotted freeways, an unemployment rate hovering around double digits, many struggling schools, battered roadways.

The lingering homeless problem was on display just steps from the podium, where park benches were occupied by sleeping bodies.

Garcetti has long said he will focus on the economy "like a laser beam" and try to recover jobs lost in the recession. His goals range from getting all city workers to contribute to costly health care to dealing with long-standing gripes about potholes and cracked sidewalks.

In a historical footnote, Garcetti becomes the city's first elected Jewish mayor. His background reflects the city's diversity: he often refers to his Italian and Mexican roots, and talked in the speech about family members fleeing persecution in Poland and Russia to come to the U.S.

Garcetti has a temperate, wonky style ? he was a Rhodes Scholar, after attending Columbia University ? that will be a change from Villaraigosa, who was known for his outsized personality and ability to make headlines about his nightlife and dating.

It was Kimmel who brought the laughs, at one point blaming Villaraigosa's administration for the unusually hot weather.

It also will be a generational change. Garcetti is just a few years older than Villaraigosa's eldest daughter.

Garcetti was elected with a yawn from most residents ? not even one in four voters cast a ballot in his May runoff against Controller Wendy Greuel. Los Angeles is known for mostly ignoring the scrum of local politics.

That means he takes office with many residents having no idea who he is.

Garcetti was able to defeat Greuel, a fellow Democrat, by depicting her as a pawn of utility union bosses in a city long friendly to labor, an outcome expected to echo beyond California as unions nationwide face threats to their clout.

The budget remains a central issue, though he didn't address it directly. He promised to make government "leaner and more efficient," including using more technology.

Bankrupt Stockton and other California cities are in worse shape, but spending in Los Angeles is projected to outpace revenue for years and rising pension and retiree health care bills threaten money that could otherwise go to libraries, tree-trimming and street repairs.

He's also facing a new round of labor contract talks.

"I will make my share of mistakes in this job," he said at one point.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/eric-garcetti-takes-over-los-angeles-mayor-161451313.html

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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Historical society recreates Civil War era church service in Hanover

Rev. James Banach of New Freedom conducts a Civil War themed sermon Sunday morning on the back lawn of the historic NEAS House in Hanover. (THE EVENING SUN SHANE DUNLAP)

The Rev. James Banach of New Freedom never was an army chaplain. Until Sunday.

On Sunday, he re-created Chaplain Jim and led a service in the yard of the NEAS House on Chestnut Street as if the Battle of Hanover were over, but the bloodshed at Gettysburg had yet to begin.

?We need to remember the battle fought this day and the battle yet to be fought,? Banach said.

A former pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Parkton, Md., Banach said he has always been fascinated with the Civil War. He enjoys reading about strategy, but he would rather read diaries and letters to learn what was happening in the hearts of soldiers.

The order of service was adapted from a Civil War soldiers' prayer book. The

Re-enactor C.R. Woodworth from Seven Valleys listens to the sermon by Rev. James Banach on Sunday morning at the historic NEAS House. (THE EVENING SUN SHANE DUNLAP)

congregation sang popular period hymns: ?Holy, Holy, Holy,? ?Amazing Grace,? and ?A Mighty Fortress is our God.?

A dozen people congregated, including re-enactors who camped in the yard and members of the Hanover Area Historical Society.

?We cannot win the victory in our own power or strength, which is perhaps why we've been so unsuccessful against Gen. Lee,? Banach told the soldiers and civilians.

By focusing our attentions on the tragedy and strategy of the war, Banach said, we often forget the impact religion had on soldiers.

The Civil War was a time revivals and passionately held religious views on both sides. Even before they faced death every day, prayer was a daily part of life for most soldiers.

Banach said he doesn't preach from the Old Testament very often, but Civil War chaplains did quite frequently. In his sermon, he likened the plight of Civil War soldiers to the ancient Israelites after they entered the Promised Land. Joshua asks why God sent them to a new land in order to be destroyed by their enemies.

Several dozen of Joshua's men were killed scouting the land of Ai. Speaking to soldiers on the way to Gettysburg, Banach reassured

A group gathers with re-enactors at the historic NEAS House in Hanover on Sunday morning for a Civil War church service. (THE EVENING SUN SHANE DUNLAP)

the soldiers:

?Even if you do not rise from this ground, Jesus already has a place for you in his kingdom.?

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When Will 'Mad Men' End?

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Since the very beginning of Mad Men, Don Draper has seemed doomed. From the show's opening-credit sequence, with a silhouetted suit falling helplessly from the Madison Avenue skyline, to this year's season premiere, which featured Don delving into a copy of Dante's Inferno, the future always seemed bleak for our dapper anti-hero.

Oblivious to the fact that he's always on the wrong side of history, Don began to wither. What seemed cool about him in the beginning -- his afternoon drinks and serial womanizing -- has devolved to pathetic.

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BART Union Leaders Head Back To Bargaining Table As Threat Of Monday Strike Looms

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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) ? It was back to the bargaining table Saturday for two BART unions who announced this week that union members had voted to authorize a strike that could begin as early as Monday morning.

Leaders with BART?s two biggest unions, Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1555, have planned to begin negotiations at 11 a.m. today, according to Antonette Bryant with ATU Local 1555. She said negotiators have their suitcases packed and are prepared to stay at the bargaining table until a contract is negotiated and a potential strike is averted.

Contracts with the two BART unions expire Sunday at midnight, according to Bryant.

The primary issues have to do with wages, health and safety regulations and pension contributions.

As many as 400,000 commuters use BART each day, including 96,000 who travel across the Bay using the Transbay Tube during peak commute hours.

Union leaders will meet at 300 Lakeside Drive in Oakland.

(Copyright 2013 by CBS San Francisco and Bay City News Service. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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U.S. citizen killed in Egyptian violence

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen was stabbed to death in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Friday during clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Mursi, a doctor and three security officials said.

A U.S. embassy official said: "The U.S. embassy has heard of the reports of the death of an American citizen and is seeking to confirm them."

The young American man died from a wound to the chest, said General Amin Ezzeddin, a senior Alexandria security official. Another man, an Egyptian, was killed by a gunshot wound to the head.

The violence erupted when anti-Mursi protesters tried to storm offices used by Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria, a city on Egypt's Mediterranean coast. The American had been recording the events by camera.

"There were two deaths - an Egyptian, and an American who was wounded during the events. He was filming," Ezzedin said.

"He was wounded during his presence in the events and the clashes. He was wounded in the chest, he fell unconscious, he was taken by ambulance to the hospital," he told Al Jazeera's Egypt news channel.

The account was confirmed by Ibrahim al-Roubi, head of the emergency unit in the Alexandria health department, and by two other security officials.

(Reporting by Alastair Macdonald, Tom Perry, Yasmine Saleh and Abdel Rahman Youssef; editing by Andrew Roche)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-citizen-killed-egypt-violence-officials-190115008.html

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Saturday, June 29, 2013

'Lola' tops 204 mph, breaking electric vehicle land speed record

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Drayson Racing team members celebrate their land speed record.

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Drayson Racing team members celebrate their land speed record.

With all the emphasis on electric propulsion these days, it might seem hard to believe that it?s been 39 years since General Electric ? yes, GE ? set the FIA World Electric Land Speed Record. But that achievement has finally been bested by a sleek, Le Mans Prototype dubbed ?Lola.?

On an RAF airbase in Yorkshire, England, an 850-horsepower battery-electric built by Drayson Racing hit a top speed of 204.185 miles per hour during a pair of runs down a 3-kilometer (nearly 2-mile) track. That was a full 29 mph faster than the 175 mph record set way back in 1974 by the Battery Box General Electric.

?I?m delighted we?ve beaten the record tonight and can show the world EVs can be fast and reliable,? said Lord Paul Drayson, whose firm built the 2,200 battery, and who personally piloted it during the record run. ?It is not the outright speed of 204.185 mph that is most impressive about this record, but the engineering challenge of accelerating a 1000 kilogram electric vehicle on a short runway over a measured mile.?

Officially known as the Drayson B12 69/EV the enclosed racer used ultra-light carbon fiber for its chassis and body to compensate for the heft of a 30 kilowatt-hour battery pack. It also relied on custom-designed Michelin LM P1 tires.

Though most folks likely associate electric propulsion with ? but slow ? vehicles like the Nissan Leaf or Chevrolet Volt, the reality is that battery power can also deliver some impressive performance as an electric motor yields maximum torque the moment it starts spinning.

Drayson?s Lola can launch from 0 to 60 in less than 4 seconds, for example, and keep gaining speed until it?s pushed well past 200 mph. In fact, Lord Drayson is apparently looking to soon beat his own record, tweeting to fans that on an additional run the car was ?very lively at 216 mph.?

While he may be celebrating victory, the claimed record could come under dispute. The Buckeye Bullet, an EV built by students at Ohio State University, actually achieved a 307.7 mph average during two runs at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in August 2010 ? and was seen as capable of reaching 400 mph. But that effort was not officially sanctioned by the FIA, leaving GE?s Battery Box the certified record-holder for another three years.

To proponents, what matters most is the increasing focus in electric racing and battery propulsion, in general.

There?s clearly a lot more interest, for example, has nudged its ZEOD RC battery race car up to 186 mph, and Top EV Racing claims to have launched its battery dragster from 0 to 100 in a mind-boggling 0.8 seconds.

What could put battery racing square in the public eye is the new Formula E series set to launch in 2015. Not surprisingly, Lord Drayson is looking to participate when that program gets underway.

Copyright ? 2009-2013, The Detroit Bureau

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Status of the states on same-sex marriage

Christian Olivera, of Newark, N.J., shouts toward the Statehouse Thursday, June 27, 2013, in Trenton, N.J., as he and other advocates for gay marriage in New Jersey gather, saying they'll press their case in the Legislature and the courts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that invalidates parts of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Gov. Chris Christie said he would again veto a same-sex marriage bill if it reaches his desk, and that Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on federal benefits for same-sex married couples will have no effect on New Jersey, one of a handful of states that allows civil unions. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Christian Olivera, of Newark, N.J., shouts toward the Statehouse Thursday, June 27, 2013, in Trenton, N.J., as he and other advocates for gay marriage in New Jersey gather, saying they'll press their case in the Legislature and the courts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that invalidates parts of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Gov. Chris Christie said he would again veto a same-sex marriage bill if it reaches his desk, and that Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on federal benefits for same-sex married couples will have no effect on New Jersey, one of a handful of states that allows civil unions. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

The Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions this week with major consequences for efforts to legalize or bar same-sex marriage. One ruling opened the way for California to become the 13th state to allow gay marriage; the other struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and directed the government to recognize legally married same-sex couples.

In light of the rulings, here's a summary of the laws on same-sex marriage in all 50 states, and a look at how the Supreme Court action might affect them:

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SAME-SEX MARRIAGE STATES:

CALIFORNIA: The Supreme Court cleared the way for gay marriages to resume in California for the first time since 2008, ruling that sponsors of the state's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban lack authority to defend it in court. A federal appeals court on Friday lifted the stay on same-sex marriages, saying the state is required to issue licenses to gay couples starting immediately.

CONNECTICUT: The state Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in October 2008; marriages started the next month.

DELAWARE: A same-sex marriage bill was signed into law in May. A Democratic state senator and her partner will be the first couple in the state to have their civil union converted to marriage when the bill takes effect July 1.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The D.C. Council approved same-sex marriage in 2009; marriages began in March 2010.

IOWA: The state Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2009. Conservative lawmakers have sought to change state law to define marriage as between a man and a woman. Those efforts have failed so far because Democrats controlling the state Senate have blocked any legislation from coming up for a vote. That's unlikely to change unless the GOP takes control of both chambers in 2014.

MAINE: Voters approved same-sex marriage last November, reversing results of a 2009 referendum that quashed a gay-marriage bill.

MARYLAND: The Legislature approved same-sex marriage in February 2012; the issue then won voter approval in a referendum last November.

MASSACHUSETTS: It was the first state to allow same-sex marriage. The state's Supreme Judicial Court ordered it legalized in 2003; marriages started in May 2004.

MINNESOTA: A same-sex marriage bill was signed into law in May. It takes effect Aug. 1.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: The Legislature approved same-sex marriage June 2009.

NEW YORK: The Legislature approved same-sex marriage in June 2011.

RHODE ISLAND: A same-sex marriage bill was signed into law in May. It takes effect Aug. 1.

VERMONT: The Legislature legalized same-sex marriage in 2009. Earlier, Vermont was the first state to offer civil unions to gay and lesbian couples.

WASHINGTON: The Legislature approved same-sex marriage in February 2012. It then won voter approval in referendum on Nov. 6, 2012.

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CIVIL UNION STATES:

COLORADO: Gay-rights advocates were pleased that Colorado lawmakers approved a civil-union law this year that extends marriage-like rights to same-sex couples. But they still plan to push for the full status of marriage. That would entail either a lawsuit or a voter initiative to overturn a gay-marriage ban approved by voters in 2006.

HAWAII: Lawmakers passed a civil union law in 2011. It's being challenged in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by two women who want to marry rather than enter into a civil union. Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie supports same-sex marriage and says the U.S. Supreme Court rulings bolster his argument that the Constitution requires it.

ILLNOIS: Lawmakers approved civil unions in 2011, but an effort this year to legalize gay marriage fell short despite a push from Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The bill's sponsor, Democratic Rep. Greg Harris, says the Supreme Court rulings improve the chances in the next legislative session. Meanwhile, a right-to-marry lawsuit filed by more than two dozen gay couples is pending.

NEW JERSEY: Acting under an order from the state Supreme Court, the Legislature legalized civil unions in 2006. However, a pending lawsuit contends that civil unions do not fulfill the court's mandate that gay couples receive equal treatment. A hearing is scheduled for August. The Democratic-led Legislature passed a bill last to recognize gay marriage, but it was vetoed by Republican Gov. Chris Christie.

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STATES WITH CONSTITUTIONAL BANS:

ALABAMA: Voters overwhelming approved a constitutional amendment in 2006 limiting marriage to one-man, one-woman unions. Democratic Rep. Patricia Todd, the only openly gay member of the Legislature, says she and her partner plan to file suit challenging the ban. "The state only moves forward on civil rights issues when forced by the federal courts," she says.

ALASKA: Voters approved a ban in 1998. Changing the constitution would requires that voters approve a constitutional convention ? but they opted not to do so in 2012. The Legislature also could propose a constitutional amendment, but Republicans control both chambers, and there is no apparent rush to act. Alaska's U.S. senators, Democrat Mark Begich and Republican Lisa Murkowski, support same-sex marriage. But the state's lone U.S. House member, Republican Don Young, and its GOP governor, Sean Parnell, do not.

ARIZONA: Gay-rights activists are gathering signatures in hopes of placing a measure on next year's ballot that would overturn a 2008 ban. Republican Gov. Jan Brewer predicts voters will reject any such effort. One city, Bisbee, recently legalized local-level civil unions for same-sex couples. Tempe and several other cities are considering similar ordinances.

ARKANSAS: The gay-rights group Arkansans for Equality is asking the state attorney general's office to approve language for a ballot measure next year that would repeal the 2004 ban on gay marriage. The attorney general must certify the language before the group can begin collecting the 78,133 signatures from registered voters needed to place it on the 2014 ballot.

COLORADO: As noted above, gay marriage is banned under a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2006. But Democrats now control the Legislature and passed the bill this year establishing civil unions. Gay-rights supporters are deliberating on how to challenge the ban ? it could be through a lawsuit or a voter initiative.

FLORIDA: Voters approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages in 2008. It would take approval from 60 percent of voters to overturn it if the issue gets on the ballot again. That would require either action by the Legislature ? which seems unlikely anytime soon ? or a petition drive that would require the signatures of more than 683,000 registered voters.

GEORGIA: A gay-marriage ban was approved in 2004 with support from 76 percent of the voters. No group has mounted a serious attempt to overturn that prohibition. Most politicians in Georgia publicly embrace positions opposing gay-rights measures, although Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced in December that he supports gay marriage.

IDAHO: Voters approved a ban in 2006 with 63 percent support. The Republican dominated Legislature is not expected to make any changes in the near future. GOP lawmakers have resisted appeals from gays to amend the Idaho Human Rights Act to include discrimination protections for gays and lesbians in regard to employment and housing.

KANSAS: Voters overwhelmingly approved a gay-marriage ban in 2005. With conservative Republicans in charge of both the House and Senate, no move to modify or repeal the amendment is expected.

KENTUCKY: Voters approved a ban in 2004; there's no serious talk of any imminent challenge. Chris Hartman, director of the Louisville-based Fairness Campaign, said the Supreme Court rulings may add momentum to the push for a state law protecting gays from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations.

LOUISIANA: A ban was approved by voters in 2004 with 78 percent support. Gay rights leaders say they will study the possibility of a challenge, but none is currently foreseen. Meanwhile, they will continue to lobby the Legislature for adoption rights and job protections.

MICHIGAN: A lawsuit to overturn a 2004 ban on same-sex marriage is pending in federal court. Detroit-area nurses April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse are suing to try to win the right to jointly adopt each other's children, and a judge suggested the case be stretched to include a challenge to the ban on gay marriage. Separately, gay-rights activists say they will try to get a measure on the ballot in 2016 to overturn the ban.

MISSISSIPPI: A ban was approved in 2004 with support from 86 percent of the voters, the highest percent among all the voter-approved bans in the U.S. There's no expectation it will be repealed except under a mandate from Congress or the U.S. Supreme Court.

MISSOURI: A ban was approved in 2004 with more than 70 percent support; there's been no effort to repeal it. The state Supreme Court is currently considering a legal challenge to a law that limits survivor benefits for deceased public safety officers to spouses who were in a "marriage between a man and a woman." The case was brought by the same-sex partner of a former Highway Patrol officer killed by a vehicle while investigating an accident.

MONTANA: Voters approved a ban in 2004; it's not under immediate threat. But gay-rights advocates believe that parts of the Supreme Court rulings could bolster their arguments in a case seeking domestic partnership recognition. In that lawsuit, gay couples are seeking inheritance, joint tax and other legal benefits.

NEBRASKA: Voters approved a constitutional gay-marriage ban in 2000. In light of the Supreme Court rulings, gay-rights activists are now looking at ways to challenge it. Doing so would likely require a citizen initiative and another statewide vote, though supporters aren't ruling out a lawsuit to challenge the amendment in federal court.

NEVADA: Although Nevada is among the 29 states with a constitutional ban, it also has a domestic partnership law providing extensive rights to same-sex couples. Legislators approved a resolution this year aimed at changing the constitution to allow same-sex marriage; it will need a second round of legislative approval in two years before going to a popular vote. Meanwhile, there's a case pending in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the ban.

NORTH CAROLINA: The most recent of the nation's gay-marriage bans was approved by North Carolina voters in May 2012. Gay-rights activists are looking at whether the Supreme Court rulings provide an opening to challenge it.

NORTH DAKOTA: A ban was approved by voters in 2004 with 73 percent support. The GOP-dominated Legislature also has voted repeatedly against gay-rights measures, including a bill in the last session to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing, public services and the workplace.

OHIO: Voters approved a ban in November 2004 after an expensive ballot campaign that some analysts say boosted turnout among supporters of Republican President George W. Bush's re-election in the battleground state. The new Supreme Court rulings fueled the hopes of FreedomOhio, a coalition of gay marriage supporters that's working to overturn the ban in 2014.

OKLAHOMA: More than 75 percent of voters approved a gay-marriage ban in 2004. Repealing it would almost certainly have to be done through court challenges, since there appears to be little appetite in the Republican-led Legislature to embrace gay rights. Last session, the House voted 84-0 for a resolution to reaffirm marriage as a union between a man and a woman,

OREGON: Voters in this relatively liberal state approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in 2004 with 57 percent support. It's now viewed as perhaps the most likely state to overturn such a ban; gay-rights activists and Democratic politicians are gearing up to place a repeal measure on the 2014 ballot.

SOUTH CAROLINA: In 2006, 78 percent of voters approved a constitutional ban. Little has changed since then. There were no bills introduced in the Legislature dealing with gay rights in 2013, and legislative leaders don't expect it to be an issue any time soon.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Gay marriage has been banned since the Legislature passed a law in 1996, and the prohibition was strengthened with a constitutional ban approved by voters in 2006. Activists say there are no current plans to ask voters to overturn it.

TENNESSEE: Voters approved a ban in 2006 with 81 percent support. It appears under no immediate threat.

TEXAS: Voters overwhelmingly approved a ban in 2005; there's been no organized drive to repeal it. However, gay-rights activism has increased in Texas in recent years, and Houston last year re-elected its openly lesbian mayor.

UTAH: Three same-sex couples have filed a legal challenge against Utah's gay-marriage ban, which was approved by voters in 2004. The case had been put on hold pending the Supreme Court rulings.

VIRGINIA: Voters approved a ban in 2006; it's unlikely that the Legislature dominated by conservative Republicans would take steps to repeal the ban. Gay-rights supporters haven't ruled out a lawsuit.

WISCONSIN: Voters approved a Republican-backed ban in 2006; repealing it would require votes in two consecutive legislative sessions, followed by a statewide referendum. In 2009, with Democrats in control, lawmakers passed statutes creating a domestic partner registry for same-sex couples. That registry is now under legal attack by a conservative group which argues that it violates the gay-marriage ban.

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OTHER STATES:

INDIANA: There's a state law prohibiting same-sex marriage but as yet no constitutional ban. Leaders of the Republican majority in the Legislature hope the Supreme Court rulings will provide motivation to get the ban passed so it can be put before voters in 2014. GOP Gov. Mike Pence says he supports a stronger ban.

PENNSYLVANIA: It's the only state in the Northeast that doesn't extend legal recognition to same-sex couples. An openly gay Democrat, state Rep. Brian Sims, plans to introduce a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage. It may not get far in the GOP-controlled Legislature, but it could be an issue in the 2014 gubernatorial campaign. Incumbent GOP Gov. Tom Corbett opposes gay marriage; the three Democratic challengers support it.

NEW MEXICO: Its statutes contain no law that specifically prohibits or legalizes same-sex marriage. Democratic Attorney General Gary King's office released a legal analysis in early June concluding that same-sex marriage is not authorized at this point. But lawyers for two gay men from Santa Fe are trying to expedite a lawsuit seeking a ruling that gay marriage is legal.

WEST VIRGINA: Under a state law passed in 2000, West Virginia defines marriage as being between a man and a woman. The state does not have a constitutional ban, though some Republicans in the Legislature say they will intensify their push for one because of the Supreme Court rulings.

WYOMING: State law defines marriage as a civil contract between a man and a woman; there is no constitutional ban. Democratic state Rep. Cathy Connolly, a lesbian, pushed legislation earlier this year that would have permitted civil unions and banned discrimination against gays. Both bills died. She expects a proposal for legalizing gay marriage to be introduced by 2015; there's also the possibility of a lawsuit seeking marriage equality.

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Apple offers iTunes credits to parents for in-app purchases made by kids?

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June 24, 2013 at 2:02 PM ET

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If your young ones went on a spending spree for Angry Birds or other games and apps from the Apple's iTunes Store, and you didn't know about it ? until you got the bill ? you may be due some money from the company, or at the very least, a $5 iTunes credit.

In 2011, five parents filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple, saying that some downloaded apps were purchased by their children using their parents' accounts, but without their knowledge or permission.

Apple settled the suit earlier this year, agreeing to pay as many as 23 million customers in the U.S. amounts varying from a $5 iTunes Store credit to larger cash refunds. In all, the settlement may cost the company up to $100 million. Apple now has posted information about the settlement details here, with claims to be filed online by Jan. 13, 2014.

Parents are eligible for a settlement benefit if before May 2, 2013 they paid for apps or in-app purchases that were charged to their iTunes account by a minor without the parents' "knowledge or permission," within one 45-day period ? and if they haven't already received a refund from Apple for the charge.

If you're not good with a $5 iTunes Store credit, for claims under $30, parents will need to identify and submit the names of the apps that were charged without permission. For claims over $30, you'll need to do the same thing, but also describe the circumstances that led to your children making those charges to your account.

After the lawsuit was filed, Apple added more stringent controls for in-game purchases, and has also tried to educate users about how app purchases work. Still, there are children out there who know their parents' iTunes passwords, including a 5-year-old boy in Britain who recently racked up about $2,500 in App Store charges for the iPad in only 15 minutes. (Apple said it would issue a complete refund to the parents.)

For more information about the settlement, check Apple's FAQ page about it here.

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Friday, June 28, 2013

Prolonged Stretch Of Unsettled Weather

By CBS 3 Weather Team

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) ? It feels like a scene right out of the movie ?Groundhog Day.? The Philadelphia region has been stuck in the same steamy weather pattern since earlier this week, and the pattern doesn?t look to be breaking anytime in the near future.

The Bermuda High, a strong high pressure system which sets up south of the Azores Islands, has stationed itself off-shore and to our east. The clockwise flow of the high has been bringing a general southerly wind to the Philadelphia region, allowing the warmer temperatures and humidity from the southern states to creep north.

The pattern has also been influenced by a trough set-up, which is located over the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Region. As the trough continues to deepen further south, tropical moisture and humidity are being siphoned up from the Gulf of Mexico along the eastern side of the trough.

This has helped enhance the chance for showers and storms, moving disturbances from the Gulf of Mexico and the warm southern waters up the eastern seaboard. We have seen measureable rainfall each of the past five days at Philadelphia International Airport, and the Storm Prediction Center has placed our area under a ?Slight Risk? for severe thunderstorms later Friday afternoon.

With measurable rainfall being recorded 13 out of the 27 days completed in the month of June, Philadelphia is knocking on the door of the 10.06? June monthly record. As of Thursday, Philadelphia has received 9.37? for the month, making it the second wettest June of all-time, and only 0.69? is needed before Monday to tie the record.

Friday?s showers and storms will move through the area in the late afternoon and early evening, and Saturday looks like the better day of the weekend. Rain returns to the forecast on Sunday, lingering around throughout most of the day. The work-week is filled with showers and storms almost every day as the unsettled pattern continues at least beyond the Fourth of July. Instability in the atmosphere will also keep the potential for strong storms in the forecast also.

Meanwhile, we saw our second heat wave of the year Monday through Wednesday, and temperatures are expected to hover in the mid-to-upper 80?s through the July 4th holiday.

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Texts, video cited in charges against Hernandez

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, left, stands with his attorney Michael Fee, right, during arraignment in Attleboro District Court Wednesday, June 26, in Attleboro, Mass. Hernandez was charged with murdering Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old semi-pro football player for the Boston Bandits, whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleborough, Mass. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle, Mike George, Pool)

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, left, stands with his attorney Michael Fee, right, during arraignment in Attleboro District Court Wednesday, June 26, in Attleboro, Mass. Hernandez was charged with murdering Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old semi-pro football player for the Boston Bandits, whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleborough, Mass. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle, Mike George, Pool)

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, left, stands with his attorney Michael Fee, right, during arraignment in Attleboro District Court Wednesday, June 26, in Attleboro, Mass. Hernandez was charged with murdering Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old semi-pro football player for the Boston Bandits, whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleborough, Mass. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle, Mike George, Pool)

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, left, stands with his attorney Michael Fee, right, during arraignment in Attleboro District Court Wednesday, June 26, in Attleboro, Mass. Hernandez was charged with murdering Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old semi-pro football player for the Boston Bandits, whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleborough, Mass. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle, Mike George, Pool)

FILE - This Dec. 25, 2012 file photo taken by a sister and provided by the Boston Bandits football team shows Odin Lloyd, 27, whose body was found Monday, June 17, 2013 in an industrial park in North Attleborough, Mass. Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was arraigned Wednesday, June 26, 2013, on a charge of murdering Lloyd. (AP Photo/Lloyd family via the Boston Bandits, File)

Family of Odin Lloyd react during the arraignment of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in Attleboro District Court Wednesday, June 26, in Attleboro, Mass. Hernandez was charged with murdering Lloyd, a 27-year-old semi-pro football player for the Boston Bandits, whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleborough, Mass. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle, Mike George, Pool)

ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) ? In the final minutes of his life, Odin Lloyd sent a series of texts to his sister.

"Did you see who I was with?" said the first, at 3:07 a.m. June 17. "Who?" she finally replied.

"NFL," he texted back, then added: "Just so you know."

It was 3:23 a.m. Moments later, Lloyd would be dead in what a prosecutor called an execution-style shooting orchestrated by New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez because his friend talked to the wrong people at a nightclub. Hernandez was charged on Wednesday with murder.

Hernandez was cut from the NFL team less than two hours after he was arrested and led from his North Attleborough home in handcuffs, and nine days after Lloyd's body was discovered by a jogger in a remote area of an industrial park not far from Hernandez's home. The 2011 Pro Bowl selection had signed a five-year contract last summer with the Patriots worth $40 million.

His attorney, Michael Fee, called the case circumstantial during a Wednesday afternoon court hearing packed with news reporters, curiosity seekers and police officers. Fee said there was a "rather hysterical atmosphere" surrounding the case and urged the judge to disregard his client's celebrity status as he asked for Hernandez, 23, to be released on bail.

The judge, though, ordered Hernandez held without bail on the murder charge and five weapons counts. If convicted, Hernandez could get life in prison without parole.

Hernandez stood impassively with his hands cuffed in front of him as Bristol County Assistant District Attorney Bill McCauley laid out a detailed timeline of the events, cobbled together from sources including witnesses, surveillance video, text messages and data from cell phone towers.

Lloyd, 27, a semi-pro football player with the Boston Bandits, had known Hernandez about a year and was dating the sister of Hernandez's fianc?e, the mother of Hernandez's 8-month-old baby, McCauley said.

On June 14, Lloyd went with Hernandez to a Boston club, Rumor. McCauley said Hernandez was upset Lloyd had talked to people there with whom Hernandez had trouble. He did not elaborate.

Two days later, McCauley said, on June 16, Hernandez texted two unidentified friends. He asked them to hurry to Massachusetts from Connecticut. At 9:05 p.m., a few minutes after the first message to his friends, Hernandez texted Lloyd, telling him he wanted to get together, McCauley said.

Later, surveillance footage from Hernandez's home showed his friends arrive and go inside. Hernandez, holding a gun, then told someone in the house he was upset and couldn't trust anyone anymore, the prosecutor said.

At 1:12 a.m., the three left in Hernandez's rented silver Nissan Altima, McCauley said. Cell towers tracked their movements to a gas station off the highway. There, he said, Hernandez bought blue Bubblicious cotton candy gum.

At 2:32 a.m., they arrived outside Lloyd's home in Boston and texted him that they were there. McCauley said Lloyd's sister saw him get into Hernandez's car.

From there, surveillance cameras captured images of what the prosecutor said was Hernandez driving the silver Altima through the city of Boston. As they drove back toward North Attleborough, Hernandez told Lloyd he was upset about what happened at the club and didn't trust him, McCauley said. That was when Lloyd began sending texts to his sister.

Surveillance video showed the car entering the industrial park and at 3:23 a.m. driving down a gravel road near where Lloyd's body was found. Four minutes later, McCauley said, the car emerges. During that period, employees working an overnight shift nearby heard several gunshots, McCauley said.

McCauley said Lloyd was shot multiple times, including twice from above as he was lying on the ground. He said five .45 caliber casings were found at the scene.

Authorities did not say who fired the shots or identify the two others with Hernandez.

At 3:29 a.m., surveillance at Hernandez's house shows him arriving, McCauley said.

"The defendant was walking through the house with a gun in his hand. That's captured on video," he said.

His friend is also seen holding a gun, and neither weapon has been found, McCauley said.

Then, the surveillance system stopped recording, and footage was missing from the six to eight hours after the slaying, he said.

The afternoon of June 17, the prosecutor said, Hernandez returned the rental car, offering the attendant a piece of blue Bubblicious gum when he dropped it off. While cleaning the car, the attendant found a piece of blue Bubblicious gum and a shell casing, which he threw away. Police later searched the trash bin and found the gum and the casing. The prosecutor said it was tested and matched the casings found where Lloyd was killed.

As McCauley outlined the killing, Lloyd's family members cried and held each other, and two were so overcome that they had to leave the courtroom.

The Patriots said in a written statement after Hernandez's arrest but before the murder charge was announced that cutting Hernandez was "the right thing to do."

"Words cannot express the disappointment we feel knowing that one of our players was arrested as a result of this investigation," it said.

Hernandez, originally from Bristol, Conn., was drafted by the Patriots in 2010 out of the University of Florida, where he was an All-American.

During the draft, one team said it wouldn't take him under any circumstances, and he was passed over by one club after another before New England picked him in the fourth round. Afterward, Hernandez said he had failed a drug test in college ? reportedly for marijuana ? and was up front with teams about it.

A Florida man filed a lawsuit last week claiming Hernandez shot him in the face after they argued at a strip club in February.

Hernandez became a father on Nov. 6 and said he intended to change his ways: "Now, another one is looking up to me. I can't just be young and reckless Aaron no more. I'm going to try to do the right things."

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Associated Press writers Bridget Murphy in Boston and Howard Ulman in North Attleborough contributed to this story.

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

States promise quick action on election laws

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, a voter holds their voting permit and ID card at the Washington Mill Elementary School near Mount Vernon, Va. Across the South, Republicans are working to take advantage of a new political landscape after a divided U.S. Supreme Court freed all or part of 15 states, many of them in the old Confederacy, from having to ask Washington's permission before changing election procedures in jurisdictions with histories of discrimination. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, a voter holds their voting permit and ID card at the Washington Mill Elementary School near Mount Vernon, Va. Across the South, Republicans are working to take advantage of a new political landscape after a divided U.S. Supreme Court freed all or part of 15 states, many of them in the old Confederacy, from having to ask Washington's permission before changing election procedures in jurisdictions with histories of discrimination. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2012 file photo, a Madison, Miss., poll worker, right, returns to a voter her driver's license at a precinct in Madison. Across the South, Republicans are working to take advantage of a new political landscape after a divided U.S. Supreme Court freed all or part of 15 states, many of them in the old Confederacy, from having to ask Washington's permission before changing election procedures in jurisdictions with histories of discrimination. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

(AP) ? Across the South, Republicans are working to take advantage of a new political landscape after a divided U.S. Supreme Court freed all or part of 15 states, many of them in the old Confederacy, from having to ask Washington's permission before changing election procedures in jurisdictions with histories of discrimination.

After the high court announced its momentous ruling Tuesday, officials in Texas and Mississippi pledged to immediately implement laws requiring voters to show photo identification before getting a ballot. North Carolina Republicans promised they would quickly try to adopt a similar law. Florida now appears free to set its early voting hours however Gov. Rick Scott and the GOP Legislature please. And Georgia's most populous county likely will use county commission districts that Republican state legislators drew over the objections of local Democrats.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the 5-4 opinion that struck down as outdated a key provision of the landmark 1965 law credited with ensuring ballot access to millions of black Americans, American Indians and other minorities. Roberts' opinion gives Congress an opportunity to retool the law's so-called preclearance sections that give the U.S. Justice Department veto power over local elections. But the prospects of a quick fix seem uncertain, at best, given stark ideological divides on Capitol Hill on a host of matters.

Southern Republicans largely hailed Roberts' opinion as recognition of racial progress since President Lyndon Johnson signed the law at the apex of the civil rights movement.

"Over the last half-century, Georgia has reformed, and our state is a proud symbol of progress," Gov. Nathan Deal said. "Today's decision guarantees that Georgia will be treated like every other state ? a right we have earned." In neighboring Alabama, where the case originated, Gov. Robert Bentley said, "We have long lived up to what happened" in the Jim Crow era, "and we have made sure it's not going to happen again."

Democrats and civil rights attorneys lambasted the ruling as a setback for the very advancement Republicans highlighted, and the dissenters predicted a proliferation of laws designed to curtail minority participation in elections.

Rep. John Lewis, an Atlanta Democrat and civil rights activist who was beaten as he advocated for voting rights in the 1960s, called the ruling a "dagger."

President Barack Obama said he was "deeply disappointed" in the court overturning "well-established practices that help make sure voting is fair."

At Obama's Justice Department, officials opted for caution. They said the agency, which enforces federal voting laws, has in hand 276 submissions from state and local governments seeking preclearance. The department will issue guidance on those pending laws and procedures in the next few days, they said.

For five decades, the law required that certain states and localities with a history of discrimination submit all of their election laws ? from new congressional district maps to the precinct locations and voting hours ? to Justice Department lawyers for approval. Congress reauthorized the law multiple times, the latest in 2006 with overwhelming bipartisanship capped by a 98-0 Senate vote.

Election officials in Alabama's Shelby County, a suburban enclave nestled between civil rights hot spots Birmingham and Selma, brought suit asking the courts to invalidate Sections 4 and 5, which set preclearance parameters.

The Roberts majority, which included conservatives Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, sidestepped whether the advance approval requirement is constitutional, ostensibly leaving Section 5 on the books. But the justices, all appointed by Republican presidents, threw out the Section 4 formula that determined what jurisdictions must have the advance federal oversight. Roberts reasoned that the original formula ? extended through reauthorizations ? is obsolete because Congress based it on 1960s voter registration and turnout data. The chief justice emphasized, however, that Congress can rewrite the formula to reflect "current conditions," though he didn't offer recommendations or acknowledge the inherent political challenges involved.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented on behalf of the court's liberal bloc, all of them Democratic appointees. Ginsburg argued that continued discrimination, which Roberts himself noted in the majority opinion, demands continued federal oversight.

Critics of the majority also chided court conservatives for striking down congressional action, given that the 14th and 15th amendments authorize Congress to enact laws enforcing the amendments' protections against discrimination.

Before the ruling, the formula required reviews for all of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia; and parts of California, Florida, Michigan, New York, North Carolina and South Dakota.

Justice Department attorneys have used Section 5 in multiple cases to block voter identification laws, saying they discriminate against minority and poor voters who are less likely to have the required government-issued documents. Over the law's existence, many Southern states have ended up watching courts drawing legislative and congressional district lines after federal authorities used Section 5 to invalidate what state lawmakers did.

South Carolina has successfully implemented a voter identification law, but only after revising its preferred policy after Gov. Nikki Haley and other Republicans negotiated with the Obama administration. Under the court's ruling, no negotiations would've been necessary.

Within hours of Tuesday's decision, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott declared on Twitter, "(U.S. Attorney General) Eric Holder can no longer deny VoterID in Texas." The Texas Department of Public Safety announced later in the day that on Thursday it would begin distributing photo IDs under a 2011 law that Holder's lawyers had blocked under Section 5.

In Mississippi, the secretary of state said her office would begin enforcing a pending voter ID law for primaries in June 2014. North Carolina Republicans said they plan swift action on a pending voter ID bill.

Laughlin McDonald, who heads the American Civil Liberties Union's voting rights office, said he agrees that pending submissions to the Justice Department are now moot. It's less clear what happens to scores of laws that the feds have already denied since the 2006 reauthorization. McDonald said he believes a state or other covered jurisdiction would have a strong case to argue that it could implement any affected law it has passed since the reauthorization.

That could be an issue in some disputes over at-large voting districts. The Justice Department denied some proposals where the population of an entire county or city would elect all representatives of a governing body, potentially diluting the influence of a minority that would otherwise be able to influence outcomes within single districts.

The case does not affect the act's Section 2 prohibition against voter discrimination based on race, color or other minority status. Still, the burden shifts to a citizen who must prove discrimination, whereas the preclearance process required state and local governments to prove in advance that a policy wouldn't harm minority voters. Also untouched is Section 3, which allows the government to require preclearance based on more recent discrimination. The Justice Department has used that provision to extend oversight in Arkansas and New Mexico.

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, a Republican who supports the court's finding, said Section 2 gives citizens a legal recourse, while Section 3 gives the government a tool to police wayward local officials. He noted that Holder used Section 2 to go after Pennsylvania's voter ID law in a state not covered by preclearance.

"Look," he said, "this is already happening in other states and nobody is screaming and hollering about it."

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    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/26/unclog-drain-alka-seltzer_n_3333861.html" target="_blank">unclog your drains</a>.

  • Prevent Glasses & Silverware From Breaking...

    by using <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/17/prevent-glasses-from-breaking-dishwasher_n_3288652.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">rubber bands to keep them in place</a>.

  • Prevent Your Headphones From Getting Tangled...

    by <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/organizing-headphone-wires-binder-clip_n_3308403.html?utm_hp_ref=organizing" target="_blank">using binder clips to keep them in place</a>.

  • Use An Ice Cube To...

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/fix-carpet-dents_n_3275207.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">fix stubborn carpet dents</a>.

  • Aluminum Foil Can Help You...

    save time and money when <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/12/ironing-clothes-aluminum-foil_n_3254396.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">ironing clothes</a>.

  • Use Gravel To...

    clean those <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/clean-vases-gravel_n_3248130.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">hard-to-reach places in vases</a>.

  • Repurpose Old Newspapers To...

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/02/make-your-own-broom-newspaper_n_3196396.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">make your own broom</a>.

  • Clean Your Windows...

    and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/27/weekend-diy-ideas-putting-off_n_3154750.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">six other home tasks you've probably been neglecting</a>.

  • Clean Rubber Spatulas Because...

    they're a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/19/clean-rubber-spatula_n_3112414.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">huge germ hot spot</a>.

  • Replace Nearly Every Household Chemical...

    using <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/20/clean-with-baking-soda_n_3103870.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">baking soda</a>.

  • Clean A Chandelier With...

    help from <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/17/clean-a-chandelier-hair-dryer_n_3093759.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">your hair dryer</a>.

  • Prevent Spills In Your Refrigerator...

    by placing your items on <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/prevent-spills-refrigerator_n_3009421.html?utm_hp_ref=organizing" target="_blank">cutting boards</a>.

  • Keep Track Of Your Shades...

    by <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/organize-sunglasses-hanger_n_2994807.html?utm_hp_ref=organizing" target="_blank">using a clothing hanger</a>.

  • Clean Wood Furniture...

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  • Clean Your Headlights...

    with a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/09/clean-headlights-toothpaste_n_3046013.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">rub of toothpaste</a>.

  • Deodorize Your Gym Clothes...

    with these <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/05/laundry-tips-gym-clothes_n_3018365.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">easy laundry tips</a>.

  • Use Straws To...

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-lubin/clean-small-spaces_b_2989989.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">clean small spaces in your home</a>.

  • 7 Places In Your Home...

    that are <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/28/places-dirtier-than-your-toilet_n_2972129.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">dirtier than your toilet</a>.

  • Spring Cleaning: Bring More Light Into Your Home...

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  • Repurpose Carabiner Locks

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  • Keep Sponges Dry...

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  • Install Two Curtain Shower Rods...

    to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/organizing-tip-bathroom-shower-curtain_n_2926761.html?utm_hp_ref=organizing" target="_blank">organize your bathroom</a>.

  • Organize Your Closet...

    using <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/organize-closet-shower-curtain-hooks_n_2881150.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">shower curtain hooks</a>.

  • Spring Cleaning: Jumpstart Your Process...

    with <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/mail-organizing-spring-cleaning-tips_n_2813017.html?utm_hp_ref=organizing" target="_blank">these mail organizing tips</a>.

  • Use Nail Polish...

    to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/organize-keys-nail-polish_n_2823609.html?utm_hp_ref=organizing" target="_blank">mark your keys and prevent losing track of them</a>.

  • Prevent A Garbage Leak...

    by <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/12/repurposing-idea-newspaper-garbage-leaks_n_2857454.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_blank">lining the bottom of your trashcan with newspaper</a>.

  • Organize Your Pantry...

    with these stress-free <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/stress-free-pantry-organizing-tips_n_2813155.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">organizing tips by 'A Bowl Full Of Lemons' blogger</a>.

  • Use Mustard To...

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/26/remove-odors-from-bottles-mustard_n_2762496.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">clean out bottles</a> with persistent odors.

  • Turkey Basters Can Help You...

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/19/easy-way-water-plants_n_2713758.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">water your plants</a>.

  • Unstick Drawers Using...

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/12/unstick-drawers-soap_n_2665889.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">a bar of soap</a>.

  • Juice Cartons Can Help You

    make nifty <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/10/magazine-storage-juice-carton_n_2638332.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">magazine storage</a>.

  • Use Tennis Balls To...

    make your <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/08/make-pillows-fluffy_n_2627392.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">pillows fluffy again</a>.

  • Flour Can Help You...

    clean <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/06/clean-stainless-steel-appliances_n_2627061.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">stainless steel appliance</a>s.

  • Paint Rollers Can...

    help you <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/04/easiest-way-dust-ceiling-fan_n_2608779.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">dust a ceiling fan</a>.

  • Use A Pumice Stone To...

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/31/remove-rust-stains-toilet-pumice_n_2585176.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">remove rust stains</a> from your toilet.

  • Use Vanilla To...

    make your home <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/30/clean-your-oven-vanilla_n_2578038.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">smell like cookies</a> all day.

  • Plants Can Help You...

    as <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-lubin/air-purifier-home_b_2564343.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">air purifiers at home</a>.

  • Use Magazine Perfume Strips...

    to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/27/deodorize-your-home-perfume-strips_n_2558250.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">deodorize your home</a>.

  • Clean Your Winter Gear

    How often should you <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/25/how-often-wash-scarves_n_2544105.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">wash scarves, gloves and hats</a>?

  • Tea Leaves Can Help You...

    eliminate <a href=" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/eliminate-litter-box-odors-tea-leaves_n_2536950.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">litter box odors</a>.

  • Use Dryer Sheets To...

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/23/dust-baseboards-with-dryer-sheets_n_2529663.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">keep dust baseboards clean</a>.

  • Tea Leaves Can Help You ...

    eliminate <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/eliminate-litter-box-odors-tea-leaves_n_2536950.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">litter box odors</a>.

  • Clean The Oven Knobs

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  • Socks Can Help You...

    <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/protect-your-floors-when-moving-furniture_n_2499159.html?utm_hp_ref=cleaning" target="_hplink">protect floors from scratches</a> when moving furniture.

  • Use Twine To...

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  • Organize Your Cleaning Supplies...

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