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• Appeals Court: California's Gay-Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
• More than a year after the arguments were heard, a federal appeals court struck down the state’s same-sex marriage ban with a 2 to 1 ruling that likely sets the stage for a U.S. Supreme Court showdown.

• South Carolina Sues Feds for Blocking Voter ID Law
• The U.S. Justice Department was wrong to block South Carolina from requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote, the state's top prosecutor argued in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

• New State Voting Laws Focus of Civil Rights March
• Civil rights, labor and immigration activists say they are returning to Selma, Ala. next month to protest state laws they say will largely prevent black and Latino voters, the poor, students and the elderly from voting.

• Gov. Perry Returns to Texas Public Eye
• Making his first speech in his home state since abandoning his foundering presidential run nearly three weeks ago in South Carolina, the governor invoked his alma matter, Texas A&M, saying "all Aggies have a really interesting way of admitting defeat. You know, we've never been outscored, we just ran out of time.

• GOP Race Turns to Colorado, Minnesota
• Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is looking toward the next states that hold GOP nominating contests as main rival Newt Gingrich brushes aside any talk of abandoning his White House bid -- all but ensuring the battle will stretch into the spring if not beyond.