The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
San Francisco - California's Supreme Court nullified more than 4,000 same-sex marriages on Thursday, ruling that San Francisco exceeded its powers by issuing the licences this year. The court wrote that the city defied state law when it issued certificates and performed ceremonies for 4,037 gay and lesbian couples in February and March, when the court ordered the weddings to stop. The state legislation, supported by a voter referendum, defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Polls show that most Californians oppose gay marriage. Seattle - A 19-year-old Minnesota high school student pleaded guilty Wednesday to releasing a variant of the Blaster internet worm that infected more than a million computers last summer. Jeffrey Lee Parson could face 18 months to three years behind bars and be ordered to pay millions of dollars in restitution. Parson admitted to downloading the original Blaster worm, modifying it and sending to out on the internet. Seoul - South Korea has announced it will spend $52 billion to move its seat of government from Seoul to the rural region surrounding Kongju, about 160 kilometres to the south. The move is designed to relieve development pressure on Seoul, which has a population of 10 million, while shifting government operations farther away from the border with communist North Korea.
