Massachusetts Senate votes to let out-of-state gays marry
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press Writer
      BOSTON (AP) - Gay couples from across the country are one step closer to a Massachusetts wedding. The state Senate voted Tuesday to repeal a 1913 law used to bar out-of-state gay couples from marrying in the state.
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Briefy around Texas
By The Associated Press
      Poultry leader paid $9,000 for Perry, aides to travel to promote waiver request: AUSTIN (AP) - An East Texas poultry producer, who wants a waiver of federal ethanol mandates, paid more than $9,000 in airfare for Gov. Rick Perry and three aides to attend a June 24 news conference in Washington to promote the waiver, according to newspaper reports.
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