The world is rallying around Haiti after an earthquake tore through the country last Tuesday, disrupting the lives of millions and leaving more than 70,000 dead, according to estimates by Haitian officials. Before victims had a chance to rebound from the 7.0 magnitude quake, a series of aftershocks measuring up to 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked the country a week later.
A fingernail-size animal is causing multimillion dollar problems in a growing number of waterways, including the Hoover Dam. Quagga and Zebra mussels made their way to America in the early '90s on a European cargo ship. After quickly settling in Lake Erie, they later hitchhiked to Western states often on the boats of vacationers.
They sat in the same hearing room, one close enough to touch the other. However, the beliefs of those who are for same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia and those who are against it were so far apart they might as well have been seated in different states.
Same-Sex marriage in Maine Gets Shut Down, D.C. Continues Battle
As same-sex marriage proponents in Maine are facing the challenge of how to deal with defeat, proponents in Washington are feeling the heat while they patiently wait for their turn at the altar.
"When gay marriage does come to the nation's capital, it will send a message to the entire country," said Linsey Pecikonis, employee of Lambda Rising, a bookstore that serves the gay community in D.C. While Pecikonis is optimistic about same-sex marriage coming to D.C., she said that the results in Maine are being felt by proponents across the nation.
Supreme Court Rejects Muhammad's Plea for Stay of Execution
Isa Farrington Nichols, the first target of John Allen Muhammad, known as the D.C. Sniper, is using her experience to combat an issue that laid the foundation for Muhammad's reign of terror: domestic abuse.
