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A ruling by Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler could allow couples to get marriage licenses weeks in advance of the Jan. 1 effective date of the state’s new same-sex marriage law. (Associated Press)
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Members of the Islamist-dominated Egyptian Constitutional Assembly pushed through a final draft of a new constitution Thursday over the objections of more liberal members. The move is likely to stoke a deepening political crisis between the president and the opposition. (Associated Press)
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Illustration Pro-Life by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, in recognition of World AIDS Day. She released “The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief,” an ambitious blueprint to create an AIDS-free generation. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, with Sens. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, and Bob Corker, Tennessee Republican, about the Benghazi terrorist attack. (Associated Press)
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Speaker of the House John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, talks to reporters after private discussions with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the fiscal cliff negotiations, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. "No substantive progress has been made between the White House and the House" in the past two weeks, Boehner said. The “fiscal cliff” is a combination of tax increases and spending cuts worth about $670 billion that will take effect at the start of next year unless Congress and the White House agree to postpone or replace them. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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CNN President Jeff Zucker. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) ** FILE **
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Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman gestures as he embraces the United States Ambassador Susan Rice after speaking during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly prior to a vote on a resolution on the issue of upgrading the Palestinian Authority's status to non-member observer state in the United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2011, file photo, federal mediator George Cohen speaks at a news conference following the end of talks in the NBA basketball labor negotiations in New York. Cohen said Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, that federal mediators are entering the stalled NHL hockey labor talks after the parties had agreed to use the agency. The sides are to meet separately with the mediators Wednesday. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Florence Ngobeni-Allen, ambassador for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, during a ceremony in recognition of World AIDS Day, where she released The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Blueprint for Creating an AIDS- Free Generation. At right US Global AIDS Coordinator Eric P. Goosby. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)