Bachmann Supports New York's Right To Enact Marriage Equality Law  —  Late Friday, the New York legislature passed and Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed the state's same-sex marriage bill into law, marking a major victory for equal rights.  Today, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace asked notorious …

Elderly woman asked to remove adult diaper during TSA search  —  A woman has filed a complaint with federal authorities over how her elderly mother was treated at Northwest Florida Regional Airport last weekend.  —  Jean Weber of Destin filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security …

How stupid/evil was Bill Lueders's attack on Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser?  —  Yesterday morning, I first read the story written by Bill Lueders — of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism — saying that “Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser allegedly …

Among The Costs Of War: $20B In Air Conditioning … The amount the U.S. military spends annually on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan: $20.2 billion.  —  That's more than NASA's budget.  It's more than BP has paid so far for damage during the Gulf oil spill.

Atop TV Sets, a Power Drain That Runs Nonstop  —  Those little boxes that usher cable signals and digital recording capacity into televisions have become the single largest electricity drain in many American homes, with some typical home entertainment configurations eating more power …

Bachmann's had her share of government aid  —  The fiscal conservative from Minnesota and 2012 presidential contender has benefited personally from federal funds and federal farm subsidies.  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) speaks at a conference in Minneapolis.

Can ‘fake’ Democrats really pull an upset?  —  Political experts are divided on whether tactic will work  —  When the word came out a few weeks ago that Republicans were fielding “protest” or “fake” Democratic candidates in six recall elections, the explanation was straightforward: The GOP was just buying time.

Justin Bieber answers O plea meet 9/11 teens  —  Bam delivered the Biebs.  —  Payton Wall's world was torn apart when her dad died on 9/11 — but President Obama brightened the New Jersey teen's life by making good on his promise to set up a meeting with his “buddy” Justin Bieber.

Bridge Comes to San Francisco With a Made-in-China Label  —  SHANGHAI — Talk about outsourcing.  —  At a sprawling manufacturing complex here, hundreds of Chinese laborers are now completing work on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.  —  Next month, the last four of more than two dozen …

Like Chauncey Gardiner, Obama is profoundly aloof  —  Which past leader does Barack Obama most closely resemble?  His admirers, not all of them liberals, used to compare him with Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt.  —  Well, Obama announced his candidacy in Lincoln's hometown two days …