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With Proposition 8 scrapped for now, lawyers must decide whether to take fight over same-sex marriage ban to Supreme Court or try again in federal appeals court  
 
 
PHOENIX -- A top former aide to former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords announced Thursday that he will seek to reA top aide to former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who suffered shots to his leg and face in the Tucson rampage that also left the congresswoman severely wounded announced Thursday that  
 
The Baltimore Orioles have defeated pitcher Brad Bergesen in salary arbitration, giving clubs a 3-2 lead over players this year  
 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released a file it kept on Apple cofounder Steve Jobs on Thursday, in which interview subjects contacted on a background check discussed his previous drug use and tendency to "twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals."  
 
SAN DIEGO -- The Marine Corps confirmed Thursday that one of its scout sniper teams in Afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS.  
 
The three right lanes of southbound Interstate 680 are blocked just north of Vargas Road by a wreck involving a big rig carrying a crane, according the California Highway Patrol.  
 
Clarence Clemons was so good, it'll take two saxophonists to replace him.Bruce Springsteen has announced that two saxophonists, including Clarence Clemons' nephew, will join his upcoming world tour with the E Street Band.  
 
WALNUT CREEK -- A bicyclist has been hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle Thursday morning, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.About 7:55 a.  
 
CAMBRIDGE, Ohio -- Police say an Ohio man who stuck his 3-year-old son in a clothes dryer as punishment and then turned it on is facing child endangerment charges.  
 
The software giants have all gambled on cloud computing, but Oracle more than doubled its original bet Thursday: The Redwood City company announced that it has agreed to by Dublin-based Taleo for $1.9 billion.  
 
LOS ANGELES -- Children returned Thursday to an elementary school where the entire staff was replaced after the arrests of two former teachers on charges of committing lewd acts with students in class.