President Barack Obama’s history-making embrace of gay marriage could send far-reaching political aftershocks through a presidential campaign defined by voter concerns about the economy but likely decided by slivers of the electorate in a handful of battleground states. “The politics, it’s not clear how they cut in some places that are going to be pretty [...] Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines
Senate Republicans blocked a vote Tuesday on a bill that would have extended the current low 3.4 percent interest rate on Stafford student loans. Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines
North Carolinians voted to change the state constitution Tuesday to say that the only valid “domestic legal partnership” in the state is marriage between a man and a woman, according to the AP’s projection. The amendment passed 61 to 39 percent with most counties reporting, making North Carolina the 29th state with a gay marriage [...] Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines
U.S. officials offered the first clues Tuesday about what they believe made a newly discovered al-Qaida bomb more reliable than one that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner on Christmas 2009. Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines
Taxpayers were on the hook for more than $ 3 million of expenses for the four surviving former U.S. presidents. Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines
Rick Santorum has officially endorsed Mitt Romney, and notified his supporters in an email sent Monday night. In the email, the former presidential candidate cited his Friday meeting with Romney in his hometown of Pittsburgh as a reason he finally got behind the presumptive GOP… Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines
