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<p>Leisa Waggoner and Chris Allman's 7-year-old son doesn't understand why his moms can't be married like the parents of his friends.</p> <p>"How do you explain that the president doesn't want us to?" asked Waggoner, of Indianapolis.</p> <p>While Indiana opponents of same-sex marriage hailed President Bush's support of a federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage as a victory, the announcement Tuesday left others like Waggoner with one question: Why?</p>

<p>BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) --  Indiana University was crowned the nation's No. 1 "party school" Monday in an annual Princeton Review survey that school leaders and medical experts derided as irresponsible and unscientific.</p> <p>Following IU in the rankings were Clemson University, the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Florida.</p>

<p>Allowing the National Rifle Association to dictate Justice Department policy on firearms could be lethal. But apparently that hasn't stopped Attorney General John Ashcroft from being the stenographer for America's gun lobby.</p> <p>In two Justice Department briefs submitted to the Supreme Court in May, Ashcroft argued the NRA position that the right of individual gun ownership is sacred. His position runs contrary to virtually every court decision ever rendered on the Second Amendment, including every controlling Supreme Court decision.</p>

<p>Underdog IU can win its 6th NCAA title tonightATLANTA -- Indiana University will attempt to bring an improbable season to an incredible end tonight at the Georgia Dome, where the unranked Hoosiers play Maryland for the national collegiate basketball championship.</p>