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Man convicted of antigay killing released early: Stephen Andrew Moller (left), who was convicted in June 2008 for the death of 20-year-old Sean Kennedy (right) in Greenville, S.C., was released from prison early on Wednesday.

U.S. unemployment at highest level in 26 years: The economy shed 467,000 jobs in May, the Department of Labor reported on Thursday, as unemployment rose to 9.5%.

Fed up with liberal habits? The Vatican has launched two sweeping investigations of American nuns .

Stonewall ripples across the pond: Openly gay British MPs reflect on the impact of the riots that took place in New York City 40 years ago.

Lesbian among victims of D.C. Metro tragedy : Mary "Mandy" Doolittle, who worked for the American Nurses Association, was among the nine people killed last week when a D.C. Metro train collided into the back of another.

Bill Clinton to headline Carolyn Maloney fund-raiser: The former president reportedly will appear at a fund-raiser on July 20 for Maloney, the New York congresswoman expected to defy the White House and challenge U.S. senator Kirsten Gillibrand for the seat formerly held by Hillary Clinton.

North Korea test-fires four short-range missiles: The firings off the country's east coast on Thursday did not alarm U.S. intelligence officials, who said there were no indications of an impending long-range missile test.

"Slammed belly first into the Atlantic Ocean at very high speed" : The French accident agency released a preliminary report on Thursday concerning what happened to Air France Flight 447, which crashed en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1 with 228 passengers aboard, but a full understanding of the accident remained elusive.

Wanted: An e-mail circulating of an anonymously designed wanted poster attacks the " Gay Democrats in Name Only " who recently endorsed New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's bid for reelection.

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Shawn
    Date posted: 7/3/2009 1:05:00 PM
    Hometown: Boston

    Comment:

    To Cloud, I SO AGREE!!!!!!

  • Name: Cloud
    Date posted: 7/2/2009 8:28:00 PM
    Hometown: Phoenix

    Comment:

    What makes this story even more scary is that potential bashers will see that they can virtually KILL any of us and get a light sentence. Which is why I see that hate crimes need to come to the forefront of the presidency/congress. It also boggles my mind that people and this site seem to bitch more about DADT over hate crimes legislation. DADT can wait; we have our own war that we need to win in this country first!

  • Name: Sam
    Date posted: 7/2/2009 6:05:00 PM
    Hometown: Weatherford, Ok

    Comment:

    That is horrible! What kind of justice is that when you kill someone and get less than a year in prison? Sean was only 20 years old and deserved the right to live his life the way he wanted. EVERYBODY deserves the right to live and the justice system definitely failed Sean and I think that there had to be plenty of homophobic people working to get such a ridiculous sentence for that murderer.

  • Name: Andrew
    Date posted: 7/2/2009 3:20:00 PM
    Hometown: Cincinnati

    Comment:

    I've met the mother of Sean while I was attending college in South Carolina. He was killed outside a club in Greenville. He should be in jail for the rest of his life, but it's SC so nothing surprises me. His family deserves justice, and they've been working hard to get it. She campaigns around the state.

  • Name: spikewebbe
    Date posted: 7/2/2009 3:02:00 PM
    Hometown: brockton, ma

    Comment:

    One year in jail after being convicted in a killing. I'm not going to make any judgements year until I learn more about this case. Sometimes the media gives one third of a story when there's more and they leave out a lot of information.

  • Name: Greg
    Date posted: 7/2/2009 2:31:00 PM
    Hometown: Fort Wayne

    Comment:

    Wow, killing a gay kid gets you only one year in prison. God bless America.



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