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A man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk who ignored his demands to open the cash register was executed tonight

Commissioner Roberts?

McClellan's Crazy Idea That Might Work

GOETZ'S LAWYER PRAISES THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS

A 1996 Illinois law already prohibits same-sex marriage, but opponents fear that law could be overturned by the courts unless the Illinois Constitution is changed.

The great and powerful NRA

Delap, 45, has spent the past 17 years and two months on Death Row in the Florida State Prison near Starke. He was twice convicted of the June 30, 1975, kidnapping and fatal beating of Paula Diane Ethridge, a 23-year-old Okeechobee Junior High School teacher.

Obama urged the gay and lesbian community to be patient, reminding them that his administration is only six months old. Ironically, the administration has been criticized for moving too quickly on too many other big issues.

after mass shootings in Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn

The vigils are called Stations of the Cross in honor of Christ's 14 Stations of the Cross, which correspond to 14 events that happened to Christ on Good Friday, Inglis said.

Court Weighs Voters' Will Against Gay Rights

the U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws against gay sex,

the revenue department will accept joint tax returns that mirror those of the federal Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service.

Senate panel approves gun background check

The Senate voted 23-15 on Wednesday, mostly along party lines and drawing praise from Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart.

for the Smoke-Free Air Act

The case involved last September s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in which the full circuit ruled 8-7 in the combined appeals of Daniel Binderup, of Manheim, Lancaster County, and Julio Suarez of Gettysburg.

What does it take for Fox News stars to turn on Trump?

"Madam, you mustn't," the arresting officer reportedly said. "What would Alderman Sullivan say?" "I am," she was said to retort, "and I don't know."

In often-emotional speeches, Democrats and Republicans presented diametrically opposing views, with supporters casting the proposal as a historic stand against discrimination and opponents denouncing it as an anti-democratic attack on moral values.

Attorneys for prisoner Bobby James Moore, 57, contend that the state's highest criminal court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, ignored current medical standards and required the use of outdated standards when it decided Moore isn't mentally disabled. That ruling removed a legal hurdle to Moore's execution for the shotgun slaying of a Houston grocery store clerk in 1980.

Gun checks by the CBI draw fire

Group looking for right case to challenge background checks

It is a common sense approach that 76 percent of Americans support.

SENATE BACKS REPEALING LOCAL GUN LAWS

ABU-JAMAL FUND MAY SKIRT TAX LAWS

Should felons get guns too?

Except that nicotine water will be an addict's elixir, letting them take their drug anywhere and everywhere smoking has been banned. You can swig on the jogging track. You can chug-a-lug while watching TV in bed without worrying about starting a nasty house fire. You can sip to your heart's discontent while sitting at your desk in a smoke-free office

The American note, sent May 24, said that until Cuba agreed to their return the United States would continue to refuse immigration visas in Havana to Cubans who did not have close relatives who were American citizens.

Company uses high-nicotine tobacco after assuring government it wasn't

MOST AMERICANS believe illegal immigrants should be allowed to become guest workers under a process that would eventually lead to citizenship.

Florida's Stand Your Ground self-defense law, along with the 20 similar laws across the country, effectively removes that accountability.

Federal highway bill forces Fremont 'roll-your-own' cigarette store to close

After a five-year break, delegations from the two countries met in New York on Tuesday to resume immigration talks designed to "promote safe, legal and orderly migration between Cuba and the United States."

An appeal of the conviction was planned, he said.

Every day, a computer at the sprawling FBI crime information center in rural West Virginia kicks out the names of 100 or more convicted felons and others who, though barred by law from owning a gun, tried to buy one anyway by lying on their firearms application.

Debate over onstage smoking burns at both ends

National School Walkout: Thousands Protest Against Gun Violence Across the U.S.

Bill Blass Onstage: Does the Suit Fit?

Immigration Announcement May Overshadow Romney Bus Tour

The Supreme Court, by a 7-to-22 vote, turned down a plea to spare Mr. Henry and allow further review of his case.

In Capital Murder Trial, 2 Versions of Encounter

A review of the illegal immigrants selected for deportation in jails in Harris County, Tex., shows that the biggest categories of offenses were drunken driving and drug possession, mostly misdemeanors.

Times staffers Chris Zuppa and Eve Edelheit talked with four couples who will be affected by the rulings. The interviews have been edited and condensed for space. The other two couples are on the back page.

"We won't get lax in our enforcement," vowed Hopewell principal David G. Oliver. "I have spent lots of time in the bathrooms."

David Scott, a lawyer for Rutgers University, said the school is constrained by the state ban from offering benefits to domestic partners.

Last month, his lawyers put the case on the Internet computer network: photographs, stories about the case, a copy of the clemency petition and a recording of Mr. Davis saying he was "not a murderer."

Rove sees potential support for gay marriage

for all sales at gun shows.

GEORGIA HARVESTER IS FINED $1 MILLION IN ALIEN SMUGGLING

Chewing tobacco maker agrees to settlement

Republican Sen. Jeff Brandes, who sponsored the bill

Face the Facts USA: Same-sex households less than 1 percent

"There's a number of things that we're going to work on together, trying to keep illegal guns out of the hands of criminals by getting law enforcement all the tools they need to keep them off the street," Gillibrand said.

The nation's second- and third-largest cigarette makers apparently have bowed out of direct negotiations with state attorneys general trying to reach a national tobacco settlement.

In a 20-page court filing, Brazelton challenged arguments made by Peterson's Los Angeles defense attorney, Mark Geragos, that Modesto is too small and prejudiced against Peterson to assure him a fair trial.

Vital at 50: Does Lifestyle Matter?

For Bush, any immigration pact with Mexico is only half the battle; American and Mexican presidents may make agreement, but Congress controls changes in laws

State panel demands builders act as immigration cops

Josh Mandel taking heat from the in-laws

Legal status of tenants shielded

Immigrant groups will kick off a week-long economic boycott Sunday to push for immigration reform with the support of business owners and associations.

That question, answered in the affirmative, was the focus of a short post by the philosopher Roger Scruton and the theologian Philip Blond at The Spectator on Monday.

The law forbids the sale of specified military-style rifles and pistols to private residents and requires Californians who already own such weapons to register them with the state

, but the exceptions are the president and a majority in Congress.

California high court plans to hear gay marriage arguments

Oddly, the store then denied ever offering the gun, despite evidence to the contrary.

Since the two Israeli guns, as modified from the military versions, do not have a requisite number of the banned characteristics, they were approved by the A.T.F.

When Your Beliefs and My Civil Rights Collide

It was the day my Uncle Tony's wife was physically restrained and taken to what they called the "insane asylum" in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. I asked my mother why Aunt Margie went crazy and she told me.

John Ruthell Henry, 63, is set to be executed Wednesday for his wife's murder after 27 years on death row.

legally.

Congress did not renew the ban once it expired in September 2004.

The Orange County District Attorneys Office, which said it did not track what it spent to prosecute Dekraai, noted it is more concerned with justice than with costs.

Execution is by lethal injection in Texas

$9.6-billion buyout for tobacco farmers gains

Assistant State Attorney Richard Barlow has said he intends to seek the death penalty again.

Richard Samp of the conservative Washington Legal Foundation says the court's action sends a strong signal to federal judges that they cannot hatch bogus reasons for delaying executions.

"intellectually disabled"

But unlike the earlier action on same-sex marriages, which has led religious conservatives to consider launching a recall against Gonzales and possibly other council members, the mayor's latest move does not appear to be causing a backlash.

But the combination of secondhand smoke and his own smoking caught up with him. In 2005, cancerous cells were removed from his right lung, and he continues to receive chemotherapy. ''Doctors were amazed I didn't get cancer sooner,'' he said. He also has diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure and neuropathy.

Boggess Sr. tells jury he abused young sons

Even more, workers

This was perhaps the most heinous crime I have had occasion to preside over in my 10 years on the bench," Seigel said. "There are no winners here, only losers, and the biggest loser is Casey."

Expanding background checks on gun buyers

struck down by a federal judge last month.

* An application form completed under oath.

But the House could not agree on gun control, because some members thought the various proposals were too strict, other proposals too lenient. So the House version included nothing about gun control.

Spouses Denied Social Security Survivors' Benefits

Assistant U.S. Attorney Buddy Parker said he had not decided whether to appeal. "But the likelihood of that is yes," he said.

Alcala, a pervy photographer on California's Death Row for killing four women and a 12-year-old girl, is charged with slaying TWA stewardess Cornelia Michel Crilley and Hollywood heiress Ellen Hover.

Immigrant Advocates Say Fight Isn't Over

Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said the newspaper ran its first Page 1 editorial since 1920

CBS BIGS FACE TOBACCO ROW GRILL

Lizandro Claros Saravia, 19, is a standout soccer player who had secured a scholarship to play college soccer in North Carolina. His brother, Diego, 22, took extra classes to graduate from Quince Orchard High School on time and "has a heart of gold," a former teacher said.

HOCKEY'S IMMIGRANTS CAN OFTEN GET CAUGHT UP IN PAPER CHASE

LESBIAN & GAY PRIDEFEST SIGN IS DEFACED FOR SECOND YEAR

His conviction and death sentence were upheld by courts three times before Melendez was released from prison in 2002 after his attorneys discovered a taped confession by Baker's murderer.

I agree that the state should be in the business of documenting civil unions, not sanctifying marriage, and this standard should apply to any two people, gay or straight, who wish to commit to sharing their lives.

PROSPECT OF FAST VERDICT IN PHILIP MORRIS SUIT PULLS STOCK PRICE DOWN