Jacey Fortin

On Thursday night, the Maryland state senate passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Two weeks earlier, a committee held a hearing on the proposed legislation. That's when A. Wade Kach, a Republican delegate who had previously opposed same-sex marriage, changed his mind.

On Thursday night, comedian Bill Maher publicly announced his intention to donate $1 million to the super PAC supporting the reelection of President Barack Obama.

In at least three debates now, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney has referenced a quote from Seinfeld episode 172. The latest instance occurred on Tuesday during CNN's Arizona Republican Presidential Debate. Has Romney been using a mistaken attribution all this time?

Forget Groupon, Scoutmob and Living Social. What if the goal was not to save your hard-earned money, but to save a hard-hit business? That’s the idea behind Cash Mobs, which organizes community spending sprees at local small establishments.

New findings have shed doubt on the results of the OPERA experiment, and scientists are now investigating whether all of the hullabaloo resulted from a simple case of faulty wiring.

In the latest development in the ongoing News Group Newspapers (NGN) saga, the UK media giant and former publisher of News of the World has avoided another trial by settling their case with Welsh soprano Charlotte Church.

Next year, six volunteers will spend four months living on a simulated Mars base for a NASA food study conducted by Cornell University and the University of Hawaii-Manoa.

A new report confirms what many have long suspected: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is sorely lacking in diversity, and the film industry's most prestigious awards depend disproportionately on the opinions of middle-aged white males.

On Ash Wednesday every year, those who celebrate the season of Lent will visit their churches early in the morning. There, a priest uses ashes to mark sign of the cross on their foreheads. The ritual kicks off a 40-day period of fasting.

Early this morning, an earthquake rumbled southeastern Missouri and sent shock waves into surrounding states. The tremors occurred in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, which is the most active seismic area in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.

New research suggests a link between diet soda consumption and vascular events, including heart attacks and strokes. Does this make diet soft drinks just as bad as their sugary counterparts?

On Friday, Christian Wulff resigned as president of Germany. Two days later, Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of the main political parties agreed on a replacement: Joachim Gauck, 72, a candidate whose popularity with the public may help restore some faith to the office of the presidency.

Almost 13 years after her disappearance, the remains of a teenage girl in have been found in the home of her suspected killer in Lima, Ohio. The police department there faces fresh criticisms regarding its handling of the case in 1999.

On Saturday night, concerned family members called the Columbia, S.C., police department to report that Tom Sponseller, President of the South Carolina Hospitality Association, was missing.

The U.S. Postal Service reported a net loss of $3.3 billion in the final quarter of 2011. They've been floating several ideas to solve the dilemma, and on Thursday they presented Congress with a five-year proposal called the Plan for Profitability.

For years, Google has been developing the technology to make automated cars a reality. They've also spearheaded lobbying efforts in Nevada, which just became the first state to approve regulations for testing driverless cars. This gives technology companies an official procedure for taking their self-driven automobiles out on public roads.

The Senate has followed the House of Representatives in passing a bill to extend the payroll tax holiday first instituted in 2011. But there were some issues that stood in the way, and four major groups have their own objections to the measure.

With all the unusual spellings and neologisms that text messaging has introduced into popular culture, you’d think it might have some benefits in terms of linguistic comprehension and diversity. But as it turns out, ud b wrong.

At a House committee hearing on Thursday, three angry Democrats stalked out of the room to protest what they saw as an unfair, one-sided appointment of panelists.

Westbound lanes on the Bay Bridge, connecting Oakland to San Francisco, will shut down over Presidents' Day Weekend to allow for seismic retrofitting.

Xi Jinping, Vice President of the People's Republic of China, will be courtside as the Lakers play the Suns at the Los Angeles Staples Center on Friday. But this self-proclaimed fan of American basketball has little to say about international phenomenon Jeremy Lin.