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**FILE** Traffic on Interstate 95 near the Capital Beltway exit in Beltsville, Md. (Associated Press)

ACLU accuses police of creating database with license plate tracker

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Stevie Martin (left) and husband Arthur Martin cheer during a rally for gay marriage on June 26, 2013, on Independence Mall in Philadelphia. Despite the Supreme Court's decision, gay marriage bans still stand in Pennsylvania and roughly three dozen other states. Pennsylvania's constitution, however, does not ban gay marriage, as some other states' constitutions do. (Associated Press)

Pennsylvania lesbians file suit to overturn state marriage ban

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden has left Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and entered Russia his lawyer said on Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

NSA data gathering gave little help in 4 terrorism investigations

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

D.C. high in number of arrests for having pot

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Striking a sour note on the boardwalk

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A woman leaves a Hobby Lobby store in Little Rock, Ark., on Sept. 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

Appeals courts mull ‘Obamacare’ contraception mandate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Attorney General Eric Holder is questioned about the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justice Department subpoena of AP phone records unites left, right in opposition to ‘Big Brother’

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and Kenshin Okubo, people react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Daily Free Press, Kenshin Okubo) MANDATORY CREDIT

ACLU worried about Boston bombing suspect’s Miranda rights

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ACLU lawsuit says cop gave 10-year-old a concussion in D.C. school

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, photo, a portrait of Jesus hangs in the hallway at Jackson Middle School in Jackson, Ohio. The superintendent of the southern Ohio district facing a federal lawsuit over the Jesus portrait says it's been moved to a high school at the preference of the Christian-based student club that the district views as the picture's owner. (AP Photo/WBNS-10 TV)

Ohio school takes down Jesus portrait, up since 1947

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

This Verizon Wireless ad used the company's well-known slogan, "Can you hear me now?"

Can you hear me now? Feds admit FBI warrantless cellphone tracking ‘very common’

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Hope goes out of season in Seattle

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

Illustration: Religion by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: No room for nuisances in Missouri pews

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

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KNIGHT: Joe Doe loses his fight with the10 Commandments

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

States propose limiting use of drones by police

By MATT GOURAS - Associated Press

Illustration ACLU Assaults Freedom by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Skirmish won in war for religious freedom

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

Unlikely duo team up to urge regulation of use of drones in Va.

By Larry O’Dell - Associated Press

**FILE** Anti-abortion and abortion rights supporters stand face to face Jan. 23, 2012, in front of the Supreme Court in Washington during the annual March For Life rally. (Associated Press)

Right-to-life activists find hope in Kansas

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

American Scene: ACLU say cops wrongly arrest videotapers

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES