For a while when I played in a men’s hockey league in Los Angeles one of our regular opponents was an all-gay team called the Blades. That’s right, they were the gay Blades.   One night we played in …

Ukraine: Turnout appeared to be light today for a referendum on independence in eastern Ukraine, with many voters marking their ballots “yes.” The movement’s backers would create independent republics in Donetsk and Luhansk. The chairman of the election committee for …