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Forecast: Rain a threat for daysPhiladelphia InquirerBy Peter Mucha Today, which is unlikely to get warmer than the low 60s, brings the worst threat of rain, with an 80 percent chance of daytime rain, and a possible total of half an inch. Full story

guardian.co.ukCalifornia's top court upholds Prop. 8 ban on same-sex marriageChristian Science MonitorThe court says the measure only takes away the term 'marriage' - not a gay couple's legal rights. The ruling also preserves 18000 marriages that took place before the ban.Video: Protesters Decry Court's Prop. 8 ... Full story

Boston GlobeSri Lanka's displaced families torn apart by warThe Associated PressMANIK FARM, Sri Lanka (AP) - Lakshmi Rasamy reached through the barbed wire enclosing this displacement camp, grabbed her mother's hand and wept for her four children who were killed in the last spasm of fighting in ... Full story

ABC NewsUS Stocks Up As Consumer Confidence Spurs Broad GainsWall Street Journal(Updates with additional company information beginning in the 11th paragraph.) By Geoffrey Rogow Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--A more confident consumer translated into a rallying stock market Tuesday as JPMorgan Chase and American ... Full story

Telegraph.co.ukUAW trust to get up to 20 percent of GM sharesThe Associated PressDETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. will give the United Auto Workers union up to 20 percent of its common stock, $6.5 billion of preferred shares and a $2.5 billion note to fund a trust ... Full story

Canoe.caUS cybersecurity report to be issued FridayReutersBy Diane Bartz WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - A long-awaited US cybersecurity report, which could lay the groundwork for how the United States will fight data-network thefts of defense and corporate secrets, money and personal identities, ...Obama puts homeland security ... Full story

FOXNewsSupreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor well known in sportsCNNBy Ted Keith, SI.com AP Despite sterling credentials as a graduate of Princeton and Yale Law School and a judge on the US District Court and later the US Court of Appeals, Sonia Sotomayor -- whom President Barack ... Full story

ChicagoistJudge approves release of Burris conversationThe Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) - The US Senate Ethics Committee will be allowed to listen to a federal wiretap of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother having a phone conversation with US Sen. Roland Burris, who has been under scrutiny over the circumstances ... Full story

ABC NewsUN Security Council Urges Burma to Release All Political PrisonersVoice of AmericaBy Margaret Besheer The UN Security Council has called for the release of all political prisoners in Burma, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and expressed its concern over her recent trial.UNSC concerned ... Full story

Forecast: Rain a threat for daysPhiladelphia InquirerBy Peter Mucha Today, which is unlikely to get warmer than the low 60s, brings the worst threat of rain, with an 80 percent chance of daytime rain, and a possible total of half an inch. Full story