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http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2004\/WORLD\/americas\/02\/04\/cuba.car.ap\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n A floating vintage car chugging toward the Florida Keys from Cuba was piloted by two of the same men who tried to sail a converted truck to the United States last year, relatives said.<\/p>\n Marciel Basanta Lopez and Luis Gras Rodriguez, who were brought back to Cuba after they failed to reach Florida in a converted 1951 Chevy pickup in July, were allegedly at the helm of the newest vehicle-boat conversion.<\/p>\n The U.S. Coast Guard would not confirm the status of the tailfinned 1950s car.<\/p>\n Relatives told Basanta’s cousin, Kiriat Lopez, who lives in Florida, that they knew the men were planning a second escape attempt.<\/p>\n “My cousin isn’t crazy. He wants to be free,” Lopez said. “That’s how crazy he is.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2004\/LAW\/02\/04\/gay.marriage.ap\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n The Massachusetts high court ruled Wednesday that only full, equal marriage rights for gay couples — rather than civil unions — would be constitutional, erasing any doubts that the nation’s first same-sex marriages could take place in the state beginning in mid-May.<\/p>\n The court issued the opinion in response to a request from the state Senate about whether Vermont-style civil unions, which convey the state benefits of marriage — but not the title — would meet constitutional muster.<\/p>\n “The history of our nation has demonstrated that separate is seldom, if ever, equal,” the four justices who ruled in favor of gay marriage wrote in the advisory opinion. A bill that would allow for civil unions, but falls short of marriage, makes for “unconstitutional, inferior, and discriminatory status for same-sex couples.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n [Edit: the actual ruling, http:\/\/news.findlaw.com\/cnn\/docs\/conlaw\/maglmarriage20304.html<\/a>, is really interesting.]<\/p>\n And some email: yeah but they want my employment history for the last 5 years! Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 18:58:15 +0000 (UTC) year 1 _) i can fill out the rest of your app for you too, if you want. Two cool stories: http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2004\/WORLD\/americas\/02\/04\/cuba.car.ap\/index.html A floating vintage car chugging toward the Florida Keys from Cuba was piloted by two of the same men who tried to sail a converted truck to the United States last year, relatives said. Marciel Basanta … Continue reading
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