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By Mary Murray, Senior Producer, NBC NewsLOS ANGELES -- There are only about 100 people in the U.S. like 7-year-old Jonah Pournazarian.He suffers from a rare genetic and incurable disease called Glycogen Storage Disease Type 1B. Up until the 80s, most kids with his condition didn't survive past the age of two.But his best buddy, Dylan Siegel, wanted his friend to get better, so he wrote a book hop...    

As activists jammed the state Capitol, lawmakers voted Thursday to make Minnesota the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage, just six months after voters made it clear they supported it.Same-sex marriages would be recognized beginning Aug. 1 if the Senate follows suit next week. It's expected to approve the measure, which Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has said he would sign."This is not about big...