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News Brief: Wednesday’s 10 Biggest Winners & Losers

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Wednesday was a busy day for news. Not only did the Supreme Court rule on pivotal gay rights cases, but everything from murder to Paula Deen went down today. Here’s a quick round up of everything you may have missed broken down into convenient “Winners & Losers” categories.

Winner: Stonewall

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Following the decisions by the Supreme Court, the LGBTQ community gathered outside of Stonewall Inn to celebrate landmark victories. (Check out this great Instagram video.)

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Loser: Bono

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U2’s front inexplicably man sat down with Focus On The Family, which has done considerable damage to the LGBT movement and now gets to promote their ties to the singer.

Winner: Nancy Pelosi

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In case you missed it, Pelosi swiftly shut down Michele Bachmann’s SCOTUS remarks.

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Loser: Michele Bachmann

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Winner: Google

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Google loves gays and showed its pride with a little Easter egg.

Loser: Aaron Hernandez

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The New England Patriots tight end was released from the team after he was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

Winner: Crossfire

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The long-running political debate program on CNN is making its return after several years off the air.

Loser: Roger Federer

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The tennis champion was knocked out of Wimbledon during Day 3 of the tournament. Aging is a bitch.

Winner: Fans of The Hills

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Entertainment Weekly reported that the show will air an alternate ending to the series in August. What is it? And why? And how? And obviously, can’t wait!

Loser: Paula Deen

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This ongoing saga of Deen’s usage of the N-word reached a new high with the tearful Matt Lauer interview on the Today show. It was not a good PR move.

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