Same-sex marriage ceremonies begin in Maryland
By Brian Witte
Same-sex couples are holding marriage ceremonies in Maryland, the first southern state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.

Same-sex couples are holding marriage ceremonies in Maryland, the first southern state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.

Calling himself “a joker,” a Maryland man with an arsenal of guns threatened to shoot up a business he was being fired from, and was wearing a T-shirt that said “Guns don’t kill people. I do” when police confronted him, authorities said Friday.