died of his injuries. authorities in mississippi are investigating the death of state representative jessica upshaw. officials say they found the state lawmaker dead at the home of a former state lawmaker. upshaw apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. more than a week of searching has not turned up any clues about a missing brown university student. the fbi is now in the case. he did not have his cell phone or wallet with him when he was last seen march 16th. he was on approved leave from the school when he disappeared. his sister said he had been struggling recently with depression. t-mobile says no more contracts. the phone giant will now charge customers flat prices for minutes and texting. only prices for web usage would vary depending on how much data you wanted. charges are already available online. allergy experts are reportedly exceptth expecting a robust allergy season. some are calling it a pollen
received an inheritance tax bill for $363,000 when her partner of 42 years died in 2009. here s what she told you in an earlier interview. new york state accepted my marriage as a marriage. and i believe and the justice department and the president agreed with me that the law doma is unconstitutional. doma is cruel. it discriminates against us for absolutely no value to the country. and we d like to see that defeated all together. joe johns is in washington with more on what s ahead this week. morning, joe. morning. these are two of the most important cases of the year for the supreme court. the case involving edith windsor is actually the second case scheduled to be heard this week on wednesday. that challenge to the federal defense of marriage act.
nightmare. western and central states already are seeing above average pollen counts. most of that due to above average rainfall. the u.s. supreme court is gearing up to hear two big cases involving same-sex marriage beginning tomorrow. and people are lining up outside the court to witness history. some have been camped out in the cold since thursday night. they re vying for about 250 seats reserved for the public for each case while many are waiting in line to hear the debate for themselves, others are being paid to hold a spot for big law firms or advocacy groups. when oral arguments begin tomorrow, it will mark the first time the high court has directly deviled into the highly controversial issue. they will first hear a case involving california s prop 8 which banned same-sex marriage in california. on wednesday they will hear a challenge to the defense of marriage act, or doma. that federal law defines marriage as being one man and one woman. edith windsor of new york is a plaint
this is the law passed by congress and signed by the pld in 1996 that takes away benefits of marriage of same-sex couples on the federal level. doma can affect over 1,000 benefits. everything from the way married couples pay their taxes to who getting notified as next of kin in the event military personnel are injured or killed in the line of duty. the first case on the docket on tuesday is a challenge to california s proposition 8 which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. it s about equal protection and whether the fundamental right of marriage extends to same-sex couples. it s being brought by same-sex couples from california who say they have the right to be married fp there is also a very interesting question here of whether the people defending proposition 8 are able to showi case. supporters of prop x 8 has to show same-sex marriage causes them tangible harm.
maneuver he said blocked him. same-sex marriage, the high court ready to hear oral arguments on two momentous case this is week. some call the push for same-sex marriage the civil rights issue of our time. they say the tide has turned and that it s time for a change. even karl rove thinks, yes, a republican candidate could embrace same-sex marriage. you can imagine the next presidential campaign, a republican candidate saying flat out i m for gay marriage? i could. and that s all karl rove would say. i m joined by san francisco city town dennis herrera and austin nimox. good morning to you both. good morning. thank you for having us. austin, you heard what karl rove just said. are you on the wrong side of