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Women's Rights Champion Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies At 87 Women's Rights Champion Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies At 87
Women's Rights Champion Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies At 87 It wasn't a stretch to call Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a rock star. A private interment service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery for the petite but fiery champion of gender equality, who died Friday in Washington, D.C. Her family was with Ginsburg, who died of complications from metastatic pancreas cancer, the court said. She was 87. "Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature," Chief Justice John Roberts said "We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NY Times Spotlight Same-Sex Army Captains Celebrating Marriage In Ringwood NY Times Spotlight Same-Sex Army Captains Celebrating Marriage In Ringwood
NY Times Spotlight Same-Sex Army Captains Celebrating Marriage In Ringwood RINGWOOD, N.J. – A pair of U.S. Army Captains -- believed to be the first same-sex active-duty military couple to say ‘I do’ at West Point’s Cadet Chapel – recently celebrated their wedding reception in Ringwood, NYTimes.com reports. Capt. Daniel Hall, 30, and Capt. Vincent Franchino, 26, both Apache helicopter pilots, were married on January 13, in front of about 150 guests, many in Army uniforms, the story says. The reception was held at Skylands Manor, described in the story as an “elegant … 44-room Tudor revival mansion perched high in the heavily wooded Ramapo Mountains along a stretch…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson