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From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Allegheny County prosecutors will not press charges against a Strip District club for the death of one of its patrons in January. Cleophus Pettway, 31, of Youngstown, Ohio, was found dead in a private room at Club Pittsburgh, a popular meeting spot for gay men. . . Is it in poor taste to use the phrase 'slap on the wrist' when discussing a gay issue? Even though they are not going to be legally culpable for his death, given the dangers of these solvents - is there a moral culpability? If the presence of the solvents, which were not sold for their intended purposes, in any way helped facilitate his death, then this is a problem and a moral quandary for our community.

SOUTH GATE, Calif. -- Hector De La Torre, the son of Mexican immigrants, was dismayed when he discovered a piece of paper in his property records that would have prevented him from buying his home when it was built in 1948.

The Department of Justice has until April 3 to decide whether it will let a pro-gay ruling on 'don't ask, don't tell' stand or ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review it. Maj. Margaret Witt took the podium Friday at a rally to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' and, with the Capitol as her backdrop, said, 'For 18 years I served in the military, before the Air Force discharged me because they found out I was a lesbian. But I don't want to leave, and I'm challenging the government's attempt to discharge me.' Even as Witt spoke, legal minds at the White House are mulling what to do with her challenge, a court case that will likely force the Obama administration to take its first official action on the military policy prohibiting lesbians, gays, and bisexuals from serving openly. The Department of Justice currently has until April 3 to decide whether they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review Witt's case, a ruling that renders a new interpretation of how to apply the law.

Al Gore, the former US vice-president, delivers an upbeat assessment of the global response to climate change today, saying he believes a 'political tipping point' has been reached which will enable leaders to avert environmental catastrophe. In his first newspaper interview since the US election, the Nobel peace prize winner tells the Guardian that Barack Obama's arrival in the White House, combined with a growing realisation of the problem among business leaders, means there is now enough political momentum to tackle the world's greatest environmental threat.He believes a global climate deal will be agreed at the UN-brokered climate talks scheduled in Copenhagen for December.'There is a very impressive consensus now emerging around the world that the solutions to the economic crisis are also the solutions to the climate crisis,' he says. 'I actually think we will get an agreement at Copenhagen.' While admitting there is a big challenge ahead, he says he is seeing signs of hope. '[Oba