The Washington DC city council has approved legislation to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Iowa allow same-sex marriage and New York recognizes marriages performed in other states. DC councilmember Marion Barry, the former DC mayor who gained political infamy when he was arrested in an FBI sting operation for using crack cocaine, was the lone dissenting vote in approving the measure which passed 12-1. The US Congress, which has jurisdiction over Washington DC, has 30 days to review the bill after it’s signed by DC major Adrian Fenty, National Public Radio.
44 people, including the bride and groom and three pregnant women, were killed at a wedding in Turkey. The deaths are a result of fighting between rival families. The attackers used bombs and automatic weapons, CNN.
America’s first successful face transplant patient appears in public. Shot by her husband, Connie Culp survived a shotgun blast to her face five years ago but was disfigured. Five months ago she was giving an experimental face transplant at the Cleveland Clinic. See before and after pictures at USA Today.
Dom DeLuise, the star of “Blazing Saddles” and “Spaceballs”, died today at the age of 75. DeLuise died a Los Angeles hospital, but his family did not release his cause of death, Washington Post.
First American dies from swine flu. The woman, who officials say had health issues prior to contracting the H1N1 virus, is from Cameron County, Texas near the Mexico border, BBC News.
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May 6, 2009 at 2:20 pm
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