Unix Timestamp: 1076803200
Sunday, February 15. 2004, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The British government draws up plans to break up the BBC in the wake of the Hutton inquiry. //www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1001928,00.html ("Times") //story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/afp/20040214/wl_uk_afp/britain_politics_media_040214223216 (AFP)

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin goes on record that anyone found to be culpable in the sponsorship scandal, including himself, will be immediately discharged. The issue could delay the upcoming election until after the public enquiry is completed.

Same-sex marriage in the United States: Officials at the city and county of San Francisco, California, turn away hundreds of would-be same-sex newlyweds after thousands of gay and lesbian couples show up to marry over the weekend. The city claims it can only handle between 400 and 600 marriages a day, or about one a minute. //www.365gay.com/newscon04/02/021604sfUpdt.htm (365Gay) //abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040215_814.html (AP) //www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44385-2004Feb15.html (Washington Post) //www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-02-15-gay-marriage-legal_x.htm ("USA Today") //sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/16/WEDDINGS.TMP (SF Chronicle)