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 …

2 Roads Diverged in an Iowa Cornfield...  The results from this morning's Des Moines Register Iowa Poll are being interpreted as bad news for Tim Pawlenty, who has 6 percent of the vote despite his focus on the state.  But Mr. Pawlenty's numbers are not quite as bad as advertised.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

Disgraced former pol Anthony Weiner, ‘miserable’ wife Huma Abedin spotted dining in Chelsea  —  Sexting ex-pol Anthony Weiner and wife Huma Abedin stroll up Fifth Ave.  Saturday after brunch with a couple of cones from a pit stop at Baskin Robbins.  Below, they head off hand-in-hand.

Why Is He Bi?  (Sigh)  —  HE was born this way.  —  Bi.  —  Not bisexual.  Not even bipartisan.  Just binary.  —  Our president likes to be on both sides at once.  —  In Afghanistan, he wants to go but he wants to stay.  He's surging and withdrawing simultaneously.

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 …