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Judge to rule on stay Thursday in Prop. 8 case (AP)

Proposition 8 opponent Jana Barber holds a sign during a rally to celebrate the ruling to overturn Proposition 8 August 4, in San Francisco, California. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger weighed into the same-sex marriage legal battle Friday, filing a motion demanding gays and lesbians be allowed to resume tying the knot immediately.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AP – The federal judge who overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban is set to rule Thursday on whether gay marriages should resume immediately in the state or await an appeals court’s input.


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Yankee announcer Bob Sheppard to be laid to rest Thursday

The “voice of God” is being laid to rest Thursday. Family, friends – and Giants and Yankees players – will say good-bye to Bronx Bombers’ stadium announcer Bob Sheppard at his Long Island funeral.

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Reid: Final vote on bank regulation on Thursday (AP)

FILE - In this June 16, 2010 file photo, Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Democrat leaders will work this week to secure the last votes needed to pass legislation imposing the most sweeping new rules on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression. Republican Brown said he wanted to study the bill over last week's congressional recess, and has indicated the bill is more to his liking after House and Senate negotiators dropped a plan to impose a $19 billion tax on large banks and hedge funds to pay for the bill.  (AP Photo/Drew Angerer, File)AP – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is planning a final vote Thursday morning on a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations. Passage in the Senate would send the bill to President Barack Obama for his signature.


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LeBron to announce his choice Thursday night

LeBron James will announce his NBA plans on its network Thursday night at 9 p.m., sources say. James is believed to be considering staying with the Cavaliers or joining the Heat, Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks or New Jersey Nets.

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Gulf oil spill could reach shore Thursday night (AP)

This April 28, 2010 image made from video released by the Deepwater Horizon Response Unified Command, shows an in situ burn in the Gulf of Mexico, in response to the oil spill after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 1st Class Justin Sawyer)AP – The edge of a massive oil spill that’s become far worse than initially thought in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to reach the Louisiana shore by Thursday night while officials, the oil company, fishermen and others try to protect the fragile marshlands from an ecological disaster.


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President Obama arrives Thursday to bring some heat down on Wall St.

President Obama is bringing his fight for financial reform to the belly of the beast on Thursday.

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Pentagon to focus on IED threat in Afghanistan: Gates

AFP – OSHKOSH, Wisconsin (AFP) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday vowed to launch a sweeping effort to tackle the growing threat posed by homemade bombs in Afghanistan, the number one killer of US and NATO troops.

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