Nov 12th, 2008 · Across Connecticut, town clerks began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Wednesday — just a week after voters in California passed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage there. Connecticut and Massachusetts are the only states that allow same-sex marriages.
Nov 9th, 2008 · In Brockton, Mass., size does matter. Host Jacki Lyden talks us through the controversy surrounding the size of a proposed Rocky Marciano statue to commemorate the hometown prize fighter.
Nov 8th, 2008 · Jeffrey, Wyo., is a modern-day ghost town. Once home to a booming uranium mining industry, the town crumbled after uranium prices plummeted in the 1980s. Its 50 remaining residents react to the possibility of a new uranium boom.
Nov 7th, 2008 · When the normally quiet bond market went haywire, cities and towns across America found themselves stuck with rising payments and projects in jeopardy. But, why?
Nov 7th, 2008 · At the Job Center in Dayton, Ohio, the largest center of its kind in the country, the out-of-work ponder their next possibilities. With the GM plant in town laying off workers and soon closing for good, many residents face a rough transition into a new career after decades on the job.
Nov 5th, 2008 · In the western Kenyan town of Kisumu, there have been all-night parties to watch the results of the U.S. election. The town is the provincial capital of the region that is home to Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives.
Nov 4th, 2008 · Voting polls weren't even open when Dixville Notch and Hart's Location announced their results. For 60 years, the two small villages in New Hampshire have been observing a tradition of having the first Election Day ballots. In Dixville Notch, Obama defeated John McCain by a count of 15 to 6. Hart's Location reported 17 votes for Obama, 10 for McCain and two for write-in candidate Ron Paul. Independent Ralph Nader was on both towns' ballots but got no votes.
Nov 4th, 2008 · If Barack Obama wins the White House, he already has an invitation for a foreign tour. Residents of a town in Japan have been wearing "I Love Obama" T-shirts. It's not known if the Democrat would actually visit the town of Obama, Japan. As far is a we know, there's no McCain, Japan. But it's a fair guess that the Republican is getting votes from customers of the McCain Mall. It's in North Little Rock, Arkansas, a state that McCain is favored to win.