On Saturday, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, announced that he had married his long-term girlfriend, Priscilla Chan. The announcement was made, of course, on Facebook. Read more...
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan were married on Saturday according to the groom's Facebook page. (Photo via Facebook) Mark Zuckerberg's good week just got better. On Saturday, he married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan. After watching the company he cofounded go public on Friday, the Facebook CEO changed his status on his personal [...]
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The board of the NAACP, the "nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization," endorsed marriage equality at a meeting this afternoon. Maxim Thorne, a Senior Vice President at the organization, broke the news over Twitter: The NAACP Board of Directors has just endorsed marriage equality unequivocally. Only two opposed!
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.
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(Reuters) - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Bologna, Italy, on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake, which initially registered at magnitude 6.3, was centered 22 miles north-northwest of Bologna in northern Italy at a relatively shallow depth of 6.3 miles, the USGS said.
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From Yahoo! News: The NAACP passed a resolution Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts "to codify discrimination or hatred into the law."
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AFP - Bayern Munich and Chelsea were gearing for their Champions League final showdown here Saturday as the Bavarian capital buzzed with anticipation ahead of the biggest game in club football. A worldwide television audience estimated in the hundreds of millions is expected to tune in for Saturday's clash between the German and English Premier League giants, which kicks off at 8:45 pm (1845 GMT).
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From Yahoo! News: A day after the historic Facebook IPO, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status Saturday to "married."
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BALTIMORE-Saturday's Preakness Stakes played out exactly how trainer Doug O'Neill and jockey Mario Gutierrez thought it would for I'll Have Another. Indeed, it was a repeat of the Kentucky Derby stretch run. Bodemeister went to the lead, as expected, with Creative Cause at his flank pushing the favorite.
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From Yahoo! News: The Champions League final went into extra-time on Saturday as Bayern Munich and Chelsea were locked at 1-1.
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From Yahoo! News: Kristen Wiig got a musical sendoff on the season finale of "Saturday Night Live" as the popular and versatile cast member made her exit after seven years.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A plane carrying blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng landed at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey shortly after 6 p.m. (2200 GMT) on Saturday, a Reuters witness on board the United Airlines flight said.
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From Yahoo! News: She was tiny and trembling and looked so very vulnerable. Barely 15, having already experienced a lifetime of hardships since losing her mother at 5 and crossing the desert with her father, she clutched a microphone before a crowd in New York's Union Square.
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From Yahoo! News: Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse has ordered the release of his jailed electoral rival, ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka, the presidential spokesman said.
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Where's the vodka!?! It feels like someone just said Scorsese twenty times in a row, ha! ;) We are SO thrilled to tell you Melissa McCarthy and Bridesmaids director Paul Feig are joining comedic forces once again ...WITH SANDRA BULLOCK!!
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From Yahoo! News: The Group of Eight world leaders has warned North Korea that it faces more sanctions if it continues to threaten the stability of the region with provocative acts such as its failed long-range rocket launch in April.
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Jenna Talackova, the woman who made headlines as a transgender contestant for the Miss Universe Canada pageant who was first disqualified for being transgender and was reinstated after public outcry, had a pretty good showing at the 2012 pageant. Talackova first advanced to the Top 20, who then all competed in the swimwear competition.
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CHICAGO (AP) - Three activists who travelled to Chicago for a NATO summit were accused Saturday of manufacturing Molotov c**ktails in a plot to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets.
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CONCORD, N.C.-Jimmie had the fastest car and the perfect strategy Saturday night to win the Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Johnson won the first of four 20-lap segments to guarantee him a starting spot near the front of the field for the final 10-lap shootout, and then pulled away from Matt Kenseth and Brad Keslelowski to win the $1 million race.
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More than 50 world leaders were gathering in Chicago for one of the biggest NATO summits in history Sunday aiming to draw up a unified exit strategy in Afghanistan after a decade of war.
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