Gay marriage advances in Maryland, vetoed in New Jersey http://ping.fm/yjpMm

Defense casts rosier image in lacrosse player's murder trial http://ping.fm/QqpqN

Whitney Houston's hometown remembers her fondly http://ping.fm/C4hTc

New Jersey Assembly passes gay marriage bill http://ping.fm/YU0Fg

Rhode Island public school agrees to remove prayer http://ping.fm/RPIhu

Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter dead at 57 http://ping.fm/qxBU6