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	Click to View in Browser 03/25/2013 Insight: Silent or supportive, conservatives give gay marriage momentum SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - On a frosty December night last year, about two dozen guests slipped into the Alta Club, a century-old private retreat a block away from the temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that dominates Salt Lake City. What spring? Snow snarls traffic, flights on East Coast (Reuters) - The first Monday of spring brought snow instead of sunshine along the East Coast, snarling the morning commute in the densely populated stretch between Washington and New York. Supreme Court agrees to hear Michigan affirmative action case WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to weigh a Michigan law that bans affirmative action in public college admissions. U.S. victims of mass shootings seek control over donations NEW YORK (Reuters) - Survivors of mass U.S. shootings have united to provide victims of future tragedies greater control over donations made after such events and to prevent nonprofit groups from holding onto money intended for families of the dead and wounded. New York state senate pushes ahead with budget votes ALBANY, NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state's senate made a start on ratifying the state's budget in a session on Sunday afternoon even as the assembly said it would remain shuttered until Thursday in what may turn into to a race to beat the end-of-month deadline. Analysis: In suing clinic over drugs, U.S. baseball may be targeting players NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major League Baseball likely faces an uphill battle if it hopes to win a lawsuit it filed last week against the owner of a Florida clinic that allegedly provided banned performance-enhancing drugs to the league's players. NY Mayor Bloomberg predicts success for expanded gun checks WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg predicted on Sunday that pressure from the American public would eventually force the Congress to expand background checks for gun buyers, even though the measure faces an uncertain fate in the Senate. Suspect in Colorado killing had "bad streak": governor (Reuters) - Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, a longtime family friend of a prime suspect in the shooting death of the state's prisons chief, said on Sunday that the now-dead suspect always seemed to suffer from a "streak of cruelty and anger." Opponents mark Obamacare's third anniversary with lobbying surge WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eight months before President Barack Obama's health care law goes prime time, a confederation of industry and business groups is ramping up its lobbying apparatus for an 11th-hour assault on the web of new taxes and regulations. VA chief vows to eliminate veterans' claims backlog by 2015 (Reuters) - U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said on Sunday he was committed to eliminating a backlog of veterans' disability claims that has accumulated steadily as soldiers returned from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Related Video Market Pulse: What's Moving Today and Why Cyprus highlights euro zone bailouts getting harder to agree Great Debate A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend