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Carrie Underwood responds to backlash for gay marriage support

June 20, 2012 By Joelle Fishman

After Carrie Underwood's interview with British newspaper The Independent, in which she was quoted as saying she believes everyone should have the right to love, a backlash has developed online by those who oppose marriage equality.

At G-20, union leaders make the case for jobs not austerity

June 20, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Union leaders, including AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, delivered the strong message that "austerity does not work," and only makes things worse for workers, to the G-20 leaders of the industrialized world, meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico.

Britney Spears and Mitt Romney own matching $55,000 car elevators

June 20, 2012 By Teresa Albano

Pop superstar Britney Spears and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney both installed state-of-the art $55,000 Phantom Park car elevators in their home.

White House claims executive privilege in GOP’s “Fast and Furious” investigation

June 20, 2012 By Joelle Fishman

WASHINGTON - President Obama on Wednesday invoked executive privilege to withhold from a Congressional oversight committee some documents and communications among his advisers regarding the failed gun enforcement operation known as "Fast and Furious."

Greek left misses winning by a hair

June 20, 2012 By Emile Schepers

Greece held a new election to correct the fact that in the last one, voters split their votes in such a way as to make the formation of a governing majority impossible.