Gay-rights advocate Matthew Arnold-Lloyd, right, faced off with an unidentified man opposed to gay marriage during a rally at the Albany, N.Y., Capitol Tuesday. Advocates want the Legislature to legalize gay marriage. The Democrat-led state Assembly passed a same-sex marriage measure in 2007 and is expected to do so again, but Senate Democrats say they lack votes to pass the measure. (Mike Groll/Associated Press)

A police officer extinguished flames from a fire and then spoke to a man who had tried to kill himself at a Chongqing,...