Posted: 2:32 PM California voters Tuesday will decide on Proposition 29, a proposed tax on cigarettes that spiraled into a $60 million battle

Posted: 2:31 PM The divisive issue of same-sex marriage in California may become another landmark case taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court after federal appeals court judges refused Tuesday to revisit an earlier ruling.

Posted: 2:27 PM The New York governor's proposal to decriminalize the public possession of marijuana is drawing high praise from politicians and police, black and Hispanic activists and backers of pot legalization.

Posted: 2:27 PM Zimmerman returned to jail Sunday after a judge revoked his bail.

Posted: 2:09 PM Prosecutors allege that he abused 10 boys for more than 15 years.

Posted: 2:02 PM The bill would add $1 to California's 87-cent tax on each pack of cigarettes.

Posted: 12:10 PM After President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage, a group organizing a fundraiser on his behalf suddenly had to find a bigger venue. The event, featuring the pop singer Pink, is one of two LGBT-organized fundraisers Obama is expected to attend on the West Coast on Wednesday.

Posted: 11:33 AM Biden threaded his speech with standard graduation language and strongly urged students not to settle for the status quo.

Posted: 11:27 AM Tom Barrett, the Democratic mayor of Milwaukee, said a visit from President Barack Obama would only have distracted from issues important to Wisconsin voters.

Posted: 11:23 AM Crossroads GPS said Tuesday it will spend $7 million to run the ad, titled "Stopwatch," in 10 battleground states over the next two weeks.

Posted: 11:19 AM Romney will advance the message at his Tuesday event in Fort Worth, Texas, his campaign told reporters. Just over one-third of the Fort Worth population is Hispanic, according to census data.

Posted: 11:16 AM Political differences now divide Americans more than race, education level, income, gender and religion.

Posted: 10:25 AM A CNN analysis of Obama's biggest fundraisers shows about one in every 16 is openly gay.

Posted: 10:19 AM "What the other side is counting on is fear and frustration," Obama said to an audience of donors, arguing that Republicans are not offering any ideas of their own.

Posted: 10:48 PM The United States is "not in step with the times" in seeking to bolster its military presence in the Pacific region, a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry said Monday.

Posted: 10:43 PM Nearly four decades after the end of the Vietnam War, the United States and Vietnam have exchanged personal papers taken from the dead bodies of each others' troops for the first time, the Pentagon announced Monday.

Posted: 10:38 PM The communications giant is putting offers on the table to clear its workers out in six weeks.

Posted: 10:28 PM Trayvon Martin's family is relieved that Zimmerman is back in jail, their attorney says. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin.

Posted: 10:26 PM The recall election of Wisconsin's Gov. Scott Walker marks just the third time in U.S. history that a state governor has been challenged midterm.

Updated: 10:51 PM Amazon's book selection is about to get a little more romantic, mysterious and cowboy-fied.

Posted: 9:21 PM Holton's Banner Creek Science Center invites people to visit their facility and view the Transit of Venus. Several locations are selling solar glasses to view the event for $2 to benefit the center.

Posted: 7:46 PM New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is asking state legislators to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana that are in public view.

Posted: 6:19 PM A new poll shows Republicans and Democrats are increasingly far apart on questions surrounding values and beliefs.

Posted: 6:15 PM An increased risk of breast cancer is already a known, long-term side effect of moderate to high-dose radiation therapy to the chest.

Posted: 6:11 PM Last Friday Judge Kenneth Lester revoked George Zimmerman's bond over financial questions. Zimmerman is charged in the Trayvon Martin shooting.