New Effort Underway to Repeal State Gay Marriage Ban – KXTV News10Net
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A group is pushing ahead with a campaign to repeal California’s same-sex marriage ban, even though some other gay rights organizations say it is too soon for another expensive ballot fight. Los Angeles-based Love Honor Cherish

Geithner: US wants bigger role for China in IMF – The State
PITTSBURGH — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the U.S. supports China’s bid for greater voting rights in international organizations like the IMF and the World Bank for itself and other fast-growing economies despite European reservations

GOP: ACORN Misusing Contributions – Myfoxdc.com
WASHINGTON – The embattled community activist group ACORN appears to be collecting charitable contributions through affiliate organizations that it then uses for impermissible lobbying and political activity, says the Republican staff of the Senate

Jewish push blamed for Egypt’s loss of election – The Washington Times
Egyptians are blaming heavy-handed lobbying by Jewish organizations and intellectuals for the failure of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosny to win the position of UNESCO secretary general. The tightly fought race for the head of the prestigious U

Senator calls transactions by ACORN a ‘shell game’ – sign on sandiego.com
WASHINGTON Documents released by a Senate Republican yesterday show that leaders of the ACORN community-organizing network transferred several million dollars in charitable and government money meant for the poor to affiliates that have political