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TEL AVIV — Israel’s state prosecution said Monday that the suspect in the 2009 deadly attack on a gay youth center in Tel Aviv has confessed that the shooting was motivated by anti-gay bias.

FORT MEADE, Md. — Lawyers for an Army private who gave reams of classified documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks asked a court-martial judge to dismiss some of the charges against him.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ top economic development official on Monday called for legalizing gay marriage and said that treating same sex couples equally under the law could make the state a leader in the South and attract new business.

Applying for a marriage license in Indiana is not a good idea for same-sex couples, even if you know or expect it is going to be denied. It could land the couple a possible three year prison sentence.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A prominent Ohio Republican says he is supporting an effort to overturn Ohio’s ban on same-sex marriage. Jim Petro is a former Ohio auditor, attorney general and state chancellor of higher education.

KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A southwestern Michigan community is considering an ordinance that would ban discrimination in employment, public accommodation and housing practices.

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkey’s media regulator has rejected a demand by influential Turkish charities to censor coverage of LGBT events in the country’s media.

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Friday threatened to jail gays and lesbians for failing to conceive an offspring as he launched his party’s campaign for this month’s general election.

NEW YORK — New York City police are asking for the public’s help in locating two men who allegedly hurled anti-gay slurs at a group on a subway train and allegedly shoved a woman to the floor as she videotaped the incident.

BISBEE, Ariz. — Deborah Grier and Kathy Sowden celebrated an historic day in Bisbee, Ariz., on Friday, becoming the first same-sex couple in Arizona to register in a civil union.