PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for an election night party in a Holiday Inn ballroom, they hoped to celebrate the vote that would make it possible. [read more]

Kelly Gramlich and Kris Conover were united in marriage in an Aug. 15, 2009, wedding at Pope John XXIII Catholic Church in Canal Winchester. [read more]

THE little Aussie flick Mao's Last Dancer is a big hit in its own land - making $13 million in four weeks and about to bump Muriel's Wedding from the No.10 spot in the chart of highest-grossing Australian films. A question now arises: would Mao's Last Dancer be so successful if it had not taken a dramatic liberty with the truth in one of its final scenes? [read more]

It is very difficult to recognize Julie Mughal's Upstate New York accent. It may be there, if she takes a moment to slow down her speech. At the fast-clipped rate she usually talks, one hears an accent from other lands. [read more]

A new book about the former governor, Sarah from Alaska, recounts how McCain aides resorted to switch off the lights to prevent her from speaking during election night. [read more]

The New Tweed Coast might neighbour the Gold Coast, but the two couldn't be more different, writes Lee Umbers. [read more]

It was two-and-a-half days before Illinois Gov. George Ryan was to leave office in 2003. I sat in a crowded auditorium in Northwestern University's Law School in Chicago, where Ryan was expected to make a major announcement on capital punishment. [read more]

Some guys have all the luck, even when it doesn't seem like it at first. [read more]

Joe Jackson: dick, obviously. That Slumdog Millionaire kid, the theory: huge wang. Levi Johnston: famously awaited dong. Jon Gosselin, dickfore. King Bloomberg? You tell me. Paula Abdul, Fergie, Josh... [read more]

In April, his wife was due with their second child, and he had just lost his job after the high school where he taught made budget cuts. By May, he had the position as the new drama teacher at Cañon City High School, and Andy and Tanya Fisher had welcomed their second daughter home. [read more]