NewsBreaker Headlines for Wednesday 6/26/2013

NewsBreakerJun 26 '13

istory.Equality.The Supreme Court delivering a death blow to DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act-- legitimizing gay marriage in the eyes of the Federal government. * The Supreme Court refusing to rule on California’s Prop 8… effectively killing the measure that banned gay marriage in that state and opening the doors to legal gay marriage once again. * Pro NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested and charged with first degree murder in the death of Odin Lloyd-- and was also booted from the New England Patriots roster. * Speaking of booted-- Paula Deen was dropped by Wal-Mart and Smithfield-- two companies with whom she had an endorsement deal. * Former South African president Nelson Mandela is reportedly on life support at a Pretoria hospital and near the end of his storied life.* And seven time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer will not get an eighth-- suffering a shocking defeat to Ukraine's 116th ranked Sergey Stakhovsky in four sets.