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More evidence of the Obama economy: Stocks edged higher on Thursday as the S&P 500 rose just above its record closing high, a level that has acted as a significant resistance point in recent weeks. The S&P 500 had been stuck in a fairly tight range, having traded within 10 points of the October 2007 record closing high of 1,565.15 …

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has posted the above mockery of the most famous profile avatar in Facebook history.  The scriptural reference does seem apt:  “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.”  At this writing over 200 angry comments have been posted under the photo.  It doesn’t appear that …

Background on the bill is here.

New York City’s long-planned bike sharing program launches in May and today we get a first glimpse at the proposed locations.  Ho-hum, nothing above 60th Street.

Rachel Maddow predicted this last night.

So said “Bishop” Harry Jackson on The 700 Club.

More details have emerged about Adam Lanza: Adam Lanza left a home stuffed with weaponry and carried out the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in a 154-bullet barrage that took less than five minutes, investigators said Thursday in the first detailed account of his surroundings and troubled state of mind. Search warrants from the second-worst school shooting in American …

Posted today on Salon: Amid Supreme Court arguments this week on Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act, political leaders exhibiting varying degrees of courage have lined up to announce their support of marriage equality. Some just came off of reelection, meaning they won’t face voters for six years. One was a Republican prompted to change his position by …

The anti-gays are so very dismayed that a large number of equality-minded people showed up to defend their civil rights at Utah’s hate rally on Tuesday. Tuesday’s celebration of traditional family marriage had everything: the Osmonds, the Governor, and hundreds of gay rights party crashers. Needless to say it was not what traditional family supporters expected. “Do you think it …

In an interview with Texas Monthly country music legend Willie Nelson displayed the above take on this week’s marriage equality meme and restated his well-known support for LGBT rights. TM: For better or worse, you’ve also grown into a reputation as something of an authority on marriage itself. WN: I’ve been there and back a few times. It’s not perfect, …