With the U.S. Supreme Court announcing Tuesday morning that it would release all final decisions for the session on Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT, news organizations were lined up to cover the groundbreaking news. But with all the focus on reactions to the decisions and analysis of the legal issues around Proposition 8 and DOMA, there was plenty of news that got overlooked yesterday. These are some of the top stories that were missed during the same-sex marriage news blitz.

1. New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was released from the team, arrested and charged with murder. In a classic case of burying the story when everyone was looking elsewhere, the Patriots announced early Wednesday morning that they were releasing Hernandez from his contract. The Associated Press then reported that the football player was arrested and later charged with the murder of semi-pro player Odin Lloyd. Lloyd's body was found a week ago in an industrial park a mile from Hernandez's home. He had been shot multiple times.
2. BART workers prepared to go on strike. KQED reported that the two biggest unions representing BART employees announced Wednesday, after a Tuesday night vote, that they had authorized a strike. If contract negotiations continue to stall, the system -- which carries an average of 400,000 passengers a day -- could shut down Monday. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission also approved $20 million in emergency funding Wednesday morning. But, officials warned, the alternative transportation options are ill-prepared to deal with that high an excess of commuters.
3. Abortion bill, SB 5, was first passed and then defeated after 13-hour filibuster. At 11:15 a.m. Tuesday morning, Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis began a filibuster of a bill that would have drastically limited abortions in the state. She planned to filibuster for 13 hours until the constitutional deadline of midnight passed and a vote could not be taken, but was stymied around 10:30 p.m. over points of procedure. At one point Tuesday night, the live stream of the increasingly technical debate, hosted by the Texas Tribune, garnered more than 160,000 viewers from around the country. The session descended into chaos, though, as spectators began screaming to prevent a vote on the bill. The vote was held anyway and it wasn't until Wednesday morning that it became clear that the vote had been held after the midnight deadline, negating the passage of the bill.