Former Metro Court administrator Toby Martinez has admitted taking more than $2 million in public money through inflated invoices and cash payments from construction funds for the new $83 million Metro courthouse in Downtown Albuquerque. State funds have lost billions of dollars in the recent economic turmoil. As noted last night, an independent legislative inquiry in Alaska has found that Gov. Sarah Palin abused her powers as governor. And Connecticut joins Massachusetts and California as a state that has legalized same-sex marriage, thanks to a state Supreme Court ruling Friday.