ARTICLES BY LISA LEFF

Numbers lost in the fog

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Appeals court throws out same-sex marriage ban

SAN FRANCISCO - Same-sex marriage moved one step closer to the Supreme Court on Tuesday when a federal appeals court ruled California's ban unconstitutional, saying it serves no purpose other than to "lessen the status and human dignity" of gays.

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Occupy protesters disavow Oakland violence

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Brown urges speedy return to gay marriage

SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General Jerry Brown urged a federal appeals court Friday to waste no time in allowing gay marriages to resume in California now that a lower court has overturned the state's same-sex marriage ban.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge overturned California's gay-marriage ban Wednesday in a landmark case that could eventually force the U.S. Supreme Court to confront the question of whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

New reason to worry in Gulf: weather

NEW ORLEANS - The logistics of containing the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico are mind-boggling even in ideal conditions. Add a tropical storm like the one swirling in the Caribbean and things get even more complicated.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO