Bow Down to the Kings: Last night, the Sacramento City Council approved a (nonbinding) term sheet to build a new $447 million downtown arena for the basketball team we're trying to steal from them. Goldy says our arena deal kicks their ass, but the NBA will ultimately decide who gets the Kings next month.
"Russia already stockpiling snow to ensure âwhiteâ 2014 Winter Olympics": Well, okay then.
Hell Is for Children: Man wins $8,000 suit after being stranded on "It's a Small World" Disney ride for a half hour while its theme song played continuously.
Family Picnic Gone Sour: Six bald eagles had to be nursed back to health on Bainbridge Island after feasting off two euthanized horse carcasses left in a field.
Apologies: In his first public speech since resigning as head of the CIA, David Petraeus apologized in front of about 600 veterans for having an affair with his biographer. His speech was bookended by standing ovations.
Criminal Charges? Spanish officials may charge Lance Armstrong with "trafficking, distribution, and commercialization of doping drugs."
Tacoma Man Surrenders to Police Following Five-Hour Standoff: And after spending the afternoon allegedly shooting at his neighbors' homes and then barricading himself inside his house with a bunch of guns, according to statements made by neighbors and police.
Today's Supreme Court Case for Gay Marriage: It seeks to answer the simple question, are married same-sex couples entitled to federal benefits," explains the New York Times. Here's some important analysis from the article:
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is thought to hold the crucial vote in the case. He wrote the majority opinions in Lawrence v. Texas, a 2003 decision that struck down a Texas law making gay sex a crime, and in Romer v. Evans, a 1996 decision that struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment that banned the passage of laws protecting gay men and lesbians.
In the Windsor case, two of Justice Kennedyâs central concerns â statesâ rights and gay rights â may be said to align, and many observers predict that he will vote to strike down the law.
