Father in Washington state house blast left farewell message (Reuters) Reuters - Josh Powell, in a farewell voicemail message left for relatives before he triggered a fiery blast that killed himself and his two young sons, said he could not live without them and was "not able to go on anymore," ABC News reported on Tuesday. Dozens sickened at Washington state cheerleading competition (Reuters) Reuters - Washington state health officials said on Tuesday they were investigating a possible intestinal illness outbreak that hit hundreds of people at a weekend high school cheerleading competition. A Tale of Two Passes: How the Giants Won (Time.com) Time.com - A Tale of Two Passes: How the Giants Won Susan G. Komen Apologizes: Hoisted By Its Own Pink Ribbon? (Time.com) Time.com - The most powerful breast cancer advocacy organization in the country forgot about one of its special interest groups: breast cancer survivors and their families Florida prison privatization stalls in legislature (Reuters) Reuters - A proposal to privatize at least 26 prisons in south Florida is facing stiff opposition in the Florida Senate and may not have the votes to pass, the chamber's president and chief backer said on Tuesday. Mo. teen described as thrill killer by prosecutors (AP)
White House hinting compromise on birth control (AP)
Jury pool narrows in ex-UVa lacrosse player case (AP)
Pa. vending machine dispenses 'morning-after' pill (AP)
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Reuters - An appeals court on Tuesday found California's gay marriage ban unconstitutional in a case that may lead to a showdown in the Supreme Court.
AP - A Missouri teenager who confessed to murdering a young neighbor girl was described as a thrill killer by prosecutors and a mentally disturbed child by her defense attorneys as a judge heard arguments Tuesday on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or something less.
AP - Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control.
AP - Attorneys on Tuesday narrowed their pool of potential jurors in the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend.
AP - Students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine, an idea that has drawn the attention of federal regulators and raised questions about how accessible emergency contraception should be.
