Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta of Placerville, Calif., descended from the USS Oak Hill amphibious landing ship and shared a quick kiss with her partner, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell of Los Angeles. The crowd screamed and waved flags around them.

Both women, ages 22 and 23 respectively, are fire controlmen in the Navy. They met at training school and have been dating for two years.

Navy officials said it was the first time on record that a same-sex couple was chosen to kiss first upon a ship's return. Sailors and their loved ones bought $1 raffle tickets for the opportunity. Gaeta said she bought $50 of tickets. The Navy said the money would be used to host a Christmas party for the children of sailors.

The ship returned to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story following an 80-day deployment to Central America. The crew of more than 300 participated in exercises involving the militaries of Honduras, Guatemala Colombia and Panama as part of Amphibious-Southern Partnership Station 2012.

Snell is based on the USS Bainbridge, the guided missile destroyer that helped rescue cargo captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates in 2009.

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Matt Damon is expressing his disdain for Barack Obama’s presidency again, this time saying that the President doesn’t have any “balls.”

Once one of Obama’s biggest cheerleaders, Damon slammed the president in a new interview with Elle magazine.

“I’ve talked to a lot of people who worked for Obama at the grassroots level,” he said. “One of them said to me, ‘Never again. I will never be fooled again by a politician.’

“You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of the country, much better,” he added.

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Speaking on the Occupy protests, Damon added: “"If the Democrats think that they didn't have a mandate -- people are literally without any focus or leadership, just wandering out into the streets to yell right now because they are so pissed off. Imagine if they had a leader."

It’s not the first time the Oscar-nominated actor has criticized Obama.

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Last year, Damon said Obama “misinterpreted his mandate” by extending the Bush-era tax cuts.

Obama, in response, joked about Damon’s comments at the White House Correspondent’s Ball.

“I've even let down my key core constituency: movie stars. Just the other day, Matt Damon – I love Matt Damon, love the guy – Matt Damon said he was disappointed in my performance. Well, Matt, I just saw "The Adjustment Bureau," so right back atcha, buddy."

A judge called the imprisoned son of actor Michael Douglas reckless and irresponsible as he nearly doubled his prison sentence Wednesday from five years to 9½ years for repeated drug offenses.

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U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan cited Cameron Douglas' "history of reckless behavior" as he imposed a new punishment that was more than double what prosecutors were seeking for Douglas' guilty plea to drug charges that arose from his successful efforts to smuggle drugs into prison.

Berman added 4½ years to the five-year term he gave Douglas last year for his guilty plea in connection with his sales of methamphetamine in July 2009 from a high-end Manhattan hotel.

The judge said he had never had a case before in which a defendant "has so recklessly, wantonly, flagrantly and criminally acted in such a destructive and manipulative fashion as Cameron Douglas has."

Berman reminded Douglas' lawyers that he had warned at the earlier sentencing that it was the defendant's last chance to turn around a life derailed by drugs and mental troubles stretching into his teenage years.

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The judge also criticized the government for being too lenient on Douglas after he repeatedly violated prison rules by arranging to get drugs. The judge said the violations included four instances in which a lawyer smuggled anti-anxiety prescription drugs into prison for Douglas in her bra. The lawyer entered into a deferred prosecution agreement that enabled the charges against her to be dropped if she stayed out of trouble for six months.

The 33-year-old Douglas asked the judge to give him another chance at treatment.

"I cannot seem to find comfort within my own skin," he said. "I feel ashamed. I feel defeated. ... I know that I bear in my heart what it will take to overcome this plague."

He asked Berman to give him "the room to deal with this situation medically."

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His lawyer also requested leniency for his client, saying that his efforts to get drugs in prison were not unusual for a drug addict who had not been rehabilitated.

The judge noted at one point that Michael Douglas had told probation authorities that his son had been treated six or seven times for drug addiction, but had not completed the treatments.

Berman recommended that Cameron Douglas be sent to a prison facility that can offer him drug treatment and mental health care, although the final decision is let up to the Bureau of Prisons. He also recommended that Douglas be allowed family visits, which have been disallowed since he has been held in solitary confinement for 11 months for violating prison rules.

Earlier this year, Douglas testified as part of a cooperation deal with the government at a drug supplier's trial.

He said he had been addicted to heroin for five years before his 2009 arrest.

The cooperation by the son of the Oscar-winning actor allowed him to escape the mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison that the charges to which he pleaded otherwise required.

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Williams said last month that when he was a senior linebacker at Stanford in 1992 he was a candidate for a Rhodes scholarship, but passed up the opportunity in favor of an NFL tryout.

He spoke on the issue while Yale quarterback Patrick Witt, a Rhodes finalist, debated whether to play in the season finale against archrival Harvard or miss the game for an interview that would determine if he obtained the scholarship.

Witt opted to play in the Nov. 19 game, which Yale lost 45-7.

Williams, who turns 42 Thursday, listed on his resume submitted to Yale that he had been a Rhodes finalist.

The university launched an inquiry after The New York Times reported that the Rhodes Trust, which finances the scholarship, had no record of Williams ever applying for the scholarship.

The result of the inquiry has not been made public. Williams, in a statement announcing his decision, sought to explain the discrepancy.

"I wish to clear the record," Williams said. "On the Rhodes Scholarship issue, I was encouraged to apply by the Stanford Fellowship office, which identified me 'as the kind of student who demonstrates the intellect, energy and commitment that the Rhodes selection committees seek in their applicants.' I considered the opportunity, sought advice and was encouraged to apply by faculty members and my coach Bill Walsh, but I did not apply.

"I am extremely proud of my academic, athletic and coaching career. If there was confusion created, I take full responsibility," Williams said.

Williams exits with a 16-14 record in three seasons at Yale. He was hired in 2009 after spending two years as an assistant with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

His exit is reminiscent of the situation that quickly sunk George O'Leary's tenure at Notre Dame in 2001. O'Leary, now the head coach at Central Florida, admitted he had padded his resume with "inaccuracies" over the years, including a false claim that he had earned a master's degree.

The husband and sons of terminally ill blues singer Etta James ("At Last," "Tell Mama") have reached a deal on managing her $1 million estate and medical care.

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The 73-year-old singer's doctor disclosed last week that James is terminally ill with chronic leukemia, dementia and kidney problems.

Her adult sons Donto and Sametto had challenged the decisions of their stepfather, Artis Mills, who married the singer in 1969 and is the estate's conservator.

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Donto James asked a Riverside County judge to appoint him temporary conservator. But The Riverside Press-Enterprise says Monday's agreement keeps Mills in place as conservator.

At issue was the amount of money available to Mills for the expenses and care of the singer. He wanted $500,000, while the sons wanted it capped at $100,00 The judge set it at $350,000.

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LeAnn Rimes has an impressive bikini photo collection and her latest escape to Mexico provided the star with ample opportunity to add to it.

“I'm rocking the straight hair this morning per Eddies request,” Rimes tweeted on the morning of Dec. 18. “Lotta 70's going on w/ my look today. Love that era!!!”

After enjoying a breakfast of “scrambled eggs and smoked salmon,” the sultry songbird and her husband Eddie Cibrian hit the beach–or, more accurately the infinity pool.

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“My man chillin' makes me happy,” tweeted Rimes.

The love birds spent part of their Sunday watching Tom Brady and the New England Patriots crush Tim Tebow the Denver Broncos in the AFC East championship game.

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“My man's heaven.....football & a FULL tequila bar!....sushi too,” noted Rimes.

Rimes also took time out from her beach vacation to chide her Twitter haters, who were blasting the star for various infractions–including her slight, bikini-clad frame. “Is it me or are people getting crazier and crazier on here?! It's the holidays peeps, let's be joyful.”