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>> after months of deliberation and long conversation with my family, i believe in my heart of hearts that i have accomplished what i set out to do for west virginia. i have made one of the toughest decisions of my life, and decided that i will not be running for reelection to the united states senate. but what i will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to see if theres an interest this creating a movement to mobilize the middle and bring americans together. >> sure soun...

Technological superiority. this is not about hate or bigotry of any sort but rather about the protection of religious rights. >> this is discrimination couched behind the belief that i can hide behind my religious beliefs. >> after weighing all of the arguments, i have vetoed senate bill 1062 moments ago. usually one of the background players, and its weird, obviously, this, but at the same time, it is what it is. and part of life. it might work to get people all torn up and upset and ever...

In troop strength in order to keep up our readiness and technological superiority. >> this is for the protection of religious rights. >> this is discrimination couched behind the belief that i can hide behind my religious beliefs. >> after weighing all of the arguments, i have vetoed senate bill 1062 moments ago. >> usually one of the background players, and its weird, obviously, this, but at the same time, it is what it is. and part of life. >> it might work to get people all torn up and upset ...

Still, the s&p 500, look at this. the s&p is in spitting distance of a record high, just 12 points shy. stock futures up slightly at this moment. overseas markets are mixed right now. all right, honest to goodness history made overnight. mark your calendars. jason collins became the first openly gay player to appear in an nba game, and in any game for the four major professional sports, mens sports. collins signed a ten-day contract with the brooklyn nets, and hours later took the court agains...

For the upper northeast. >> the upper midwest will see a lot of temperatures in the teens. mostly 30s and 40s in the upper two-thirds. 60s, 70s, even a few 80s across the south. now some sports. a bit of history from the nba. jason collins became the first openly gay player to see action in any of the four major sports. collins signed a ten-day contract with the brooklyn nets yesterday. a few hours later, he was on the floor, facing the l.a. lakers. before the game, collins said he was too bus...

History was made on the basketball court. youre looking at jason collins right there, the newest center for the brooklyn nets and the first gay player, openly gay player to appear in an nba game or any game for any of the four major professional mens sports. collins signed a ten-day contract with the nets sunday afternoon and just a few hours later, he was on the court playing in a game against the los angeles lakers. >> it was weird in that, you know, im usually, like the background, one of the...

He was a free agent last april when he revealed he was gay in a "sports illustrated" cover story. after last nights game, the 12-year nba vet, said he was just glad to be back on the court. >> it was weird in that im usually like one of the background players. it is weird, obviously, with this. at the same time, it is what it is. it is part of life. the most important thing is the team got the win. thats all i have ever cared about. i dont care about scoring. i dont care about -- i care about my...