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Three of Maine's congressional delegations members are urging the Supreme court to reject the Defense of Marriage act.
Democratic U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud and independent Sen. Angus King are among 212 Democratic and independent members of Congress submitted a brief rejecting DOMA.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins has not signed on on this time.
The 1996 federal law that denies federal benefits to same-sex couples.
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"I just looked back for a second when I saw it ... and it was carrying the ceiling up"; 8-year-old Courtney Brown describes devastating tornado
The elementary schools destroyed in Oklahoma had no safe room where kids could have taken shelter from the tornado, and there are no requirements for any structures to be built to withstand tornado-force winds. CBS News' Elaine Quijano reports.
Plaza Towers Elementary School third-grade teacher Jennifer Doan spoke to Vinita Nair about how she tried to protect her students from the tornado that ravaged her town.
Courtney Brown, an 8-year-old student at Plaza Towers Elementary, talks to Norah O'Donnell about how she survived the massive tornado that ripped right through her school.
Officials in Oklahoma say they are confident no one is missing or trapped in the rubble. Also, more discussion is expected in the coming days about creating more safe rooms in schools. A look at what we've been covering on "CBS This Morning."
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