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STORM PARALYZES SOUTH
A few inches of snow on Tuesday brought activity
in cities across the Southeast to a halt, leaving
students stranded in schools overnight and cars
abandoned along highways. In Atlanta, people
described six-hour commutes for drives that
normally take 30 minutes. Several governors in
the region declared a state of emergency and
asked people to stay home if at all possible.
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SAME LOVE
House Republicans on Tuesday passed anti-abortion
legislation that would push insurance companies not to cover
the procedure. The bill would prohibit insurance policies sold
via new Obamacare state exchanges from covering abortion,
impose tax penalties on small businesses that purchase plans
for employees that include abortion coverage, and disallow the
District of Columbia from using its own local funds to cover
abortion care for low-income women. More than 80 percent of
regular insurance policies have covered abortion for years. The
bill is not expected to make it through the Democratic-controlled
Senate, and President Barack Obama has said he’d veto it.
Thirty-three couples wed at the Grammy
Awards on Jan. 26, as rap duo Macklemore
and Ryan Lewis performed their hit “Same
Love” with Mary Lambert. The diverse group
included gay, straight and biracial couples.
They were married officially by talk show
host and performer Queen Latifah, who
was authorized by Los Angeles County
to perform the ceremony and signed the
marriage certificates. After the rings were
exchanged, Madonna took the stage to sing
her 1980s song “Open Your Heart.”