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Tuesday, June 5, 2012 California's Gay Marriage Ban Headed For The Supreme Court SAN FRANCISCO, June 5 (Reuters) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way on Tuesday for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider California's gay marriage ban, declining an appeal to revisit the case. Supporters of the 2008 ban, Proposition 8, have lost two rounds in federal court but have made clear they will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court and hope for a favorable response from the conservative-leaning court. Great News For Marijuana Supporters LA BUYOUT: Starbucks Swoops Up Beloved Cafe Chain For $100 Million Floating Cities: Science Fiction Or The Next Great Frontier? Willie Brown Weighs In On California's Controversial Cigarette Tax PHOTOS: Take A Free Ride On San Francisco's Newest Ferry Route BLOG POSTS Lance Armstrong: A Vote to Save Lives The California Cancer Research Act -- known as Proposition 29 -- would raise the state tobacco tax by $1 to fund more than $500 million each year in lifesaving research on cancer and other tobacco-related diseases, help keep cigarettes out of the hands of children and save the state more than $5 billion in long-term health care costs related to tobacco use. David E. Thigpen: Solving the Struggle of Older Workers Once upon a time, workers in their late 50s and early 60s began looking forward to their golden years of retirement. Not anymore. Older workers are holding onto their jobs well beyond what was once considered retirement age, and often not by choice. Nathan Manske: Woman Immortalizes Brother Through AIDS/LifeCycle Riders (VIDEO) Michele Simon: Mercury Bigger Worry Than Radiation in Tuna Learning that bluefin tuna caught off California contain traces of radioactivity is disturbing regardless of health risks to diners. But the fact is, when it comes to tuna, we have more serious problems to worry about, like mercury and overfishing. George Heymont: Fishing Expeditions From ancient tales of the lost city of Atlantis to Jules Verne's 1870 classic, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, life under the sea has been a never-ending source of fear and fantasy.

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