Hundreds celebrated the federal court decision to overturn Proposition 8 or the anti-same sex marriage act that California voters approved in 2009. In a 136-page ruling, Judge Vaughn Walker wrote that Proposition 8 “both unconstitutionally burdens the exercise of the fundamental right to marry and creates an irrational classification on the basis of sexual orientation.” [...]
Rioters ran rampant in Los Angeles following the Los Angeles Lakers defeat of the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of their NBA Finals series Thursday evening. Crowds in the streets around the Staples Center where the game was played smashed windows, lit fires, and attacked motorists. A civilian was reported to have been severely beaten, [...]
Paul Pierce scored 27 points and the Boston Celtics held off a late Los Angeles Lakers surge to move a win away from bagging the NBA Finals trophy after a 92-86 Game 5 win at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The victory nullified Kobe Bryant’s 38 points (19 in the third quarter). The series [...]
Matthew Roberts was given up for adoption as a baby. Growing up in Rockford, Illinois he didn’t know of his origins until his sister shocked him in the fifth grade by telling him he was adopted. Like many adopted children, Roberts, now 41, embarked on a mission to find his biological parents. He wanted to [...]
It will be an all-Brazilian championship bout tomorrow for the right to be called the world’s best light-heavyweight fighter when Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida takes on Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. At stake is Machida’s UFC belt, which he won from former champion Rashad Evans five months ago [...]
A team from the University of California, Los Angeles led by Len Kleinrock didn’t foresee youtube.com where anyone can post videos of varying themes and quality, games played online by thousands of players from across the globe all at once, and letters sent to anyone anywhere in the world at the speed of a single breath. Kleinrock and [...]
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