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Suffering in the bitter cold: Woman who lost power now has hope
Last week, CNN's Rob Marciano was in Memphis when he met Jacqueline Mosley. She was freezing because she couldn't pay her $3,000 power bill.
We were there when the city cut a deal to get her power back on until it warmed up. Jacqui joined us Tuesday to talk about her experience being unemployed for three years and being without heat for almost a year.
To contact Jacqueline Mosley, e-mail: jacquimosley@aol.com
McGwire: I used steroids
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://am.blogs.cnn.com/files/2010/01/mcgwire.jpg caption="Mark McGwire hit 583 home runs in his career, including a then-record 70 in 1998."]
By SI.com Staff
Mark McGwire has admitted taking steroids in 1998 when he broke Roger Maris' home run record.
"I used steroids during my playing career and I apologize," McGwire said in his statement. "I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989/1990 off season and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again. I used them on occasion throughout the nineties, including during the 1998 season. I wish I had never touched steroids. It was foolish and it was a mistake. I truly apologize. Looking back, I wish I had never played during the steroid era.
"I'm sure people will wonder if I could have hit all those home runs had I never taken steroids. I had good years when I didn't take any and I had bad years when I didn't take any. I had good years when I took steroids and I had bad years when I took steroids. But no matter what, I shouldn't have done it and for that I'm truly sorry. Baseball is really different now - it's been cleaned up. The Commissioner and the Players Association implemented testing and they cracked down, and I'm glad they did."
McGwire is entering his first season as the hitting coach of the St. Louis Cardinals, and his return to baseball prompted his admission. "It's time for me to talk about the past and to confirm what people have suspected," McGwire said. That echoes the phrase he used repeatedly during a Congressional inquiry into steroids in baseball in 2005, when he stonewalled questions about whether he had ever used steroids by saying, "I'm not here to talk about the past. Read more
Study: Movies often show unsafe situations
A new study shows Hollywood's doing more to send the right message about safety to your kids. But they could be doing a whole lot better. Our Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen has the report.
Courtroom showdown set to begin over same-sex marriage
By Mallory Simon and Dan Simon, CNN
San Francisco, California (CNN) - They've been committed to each other for eight years and have four sons together, but there's a component missing in one Berkeley, California, couple's life that's out of reach for them: getting married.
Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier's partnership is one that has taken center stage because of the ongoing debate on same-sex marriage in California.
On Monday, the spotlight will be even brighter, when a trial challenging California's Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage, begins in U. S. District Court in San Francisco. Demonstrators are expected to be out in force. There also may be a camera in the courtroom if the ballot initiative's sponsors fail in their 11th hour bid to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to keep it out.
Perry and Stier, along with Jeffrey Zarrillo and Paul Katami, of Los Angeles, are the two couples at the heart of the case, arguing that California's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. They are asking Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker to issue an injunction against Proposition 8's enforcement.
Why light worsens migraines
If you're one of the 30 million Americans who suffer from migraines you probably already know that when your head is throbbing a dark room is a good place to go. But until now, no one knew exactly why light made the pain worse – even in the blind. Our Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen has the report.
New book rattles Washington
As President Obama nears the end of his first year in office, a new book about the 2008 election, called "Game Change," could be a game changer. Our Carol Costello has the report.
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